On May 23, 6:57*am, "
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Harry K wrote:
On May 23, 6:38 am, "
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Oren wrote:
On Sat, 22 May 2010 12:04:34 -0700, Smitty Two
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In article ,
dpb wrote:
This beating up on BP is simply populist Monday-morning qb'ing for the
consumption of the press and populace.
Huh? As far as I'm concerned, they ****ed up. They should not have been
doing something that entailed risk, without a plan for dealing with any
problem that might arise. It's really just that damn simple.
You cannot write a contingency plan for every situation. Can't expect
a plan to cover every set of circumstances. *Didn't NASA save the
Apollo with a improvised brainstorm?
CAN'T write a contingency plan for every situation? *Hell, how about
"What do we do when the pipe breaks one mile down?" *I hope I live long
enough to witness the hearings where the oil guys are asked "Did you
ever discuss what corrective action would be taken if you opened a
gusher on the bottom of the ocean a mile down?"

BP HAD a contingency plan and fought to NOT follow it whilst the rig was
still on top of the water. *They violated their own safety procedure to
save time and money. *Apollo? *Apollo didn't have the potential for
ruining an ocean, and the flyboys did what they did because they were
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I thought the report was that they did have that contingency - a 'blow-
out preventer'. *Something went wrong with it however.

Harry K

As I understand it, the "mud" that is used to fill the pipe was pumped
out. *The mud helped maintain proper pressure. *Increasing pressure
damaged some kind of rubber seal. *Someone noticed rubber particles in
whatever was being pumped out and brought it to the attention of ? *That
was the beginning, and I think the pressure problem is what allowed the
gas to escape. *The BOP was part of a solution, but obviously there was
no plan for "what if the BOP battery dies and the whole rig blows up?".
If I was pumping gas from the bottom of the ocean, I'd kind of wonder
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IIANM the BOP is installed where the well surfaces...in this case way
down there on the bottom.

Harry K