2004 study by Bush Admin discovered oil rig parts...

wouldn't hold up at depths we operated at...but no action was taken.

I heard this on some talk show today and can't find anything about it at the moment.

Anyone?
Your wish is my command. :lol:

Safety Device Questioned in '04 - WSJ.com

Federal regulators learned in a 2004 study that a vital piece of oil-drilling safety equipment may not function in deep-water seas but did nothing to bolster industry requirements.

The equipment, called shear rams, is supposed to seal off out-of-control oil and gas wells by pinching the pipe closed and cutting it.

As oil companies drilled wells in deeper water, the shear rams had to become stronger and manufacturers responded. But the federally commissioned study questioned whether enough was known about the force required to shear off a pipe at these depths to set proper standards.

The Effort Underwater

OB-IJ127_ShearP_D_20100502222644.jpg


See how BP engineers are trying to stop the flow.

Experts theorize the rams may have failed to work as expected in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, contributing to accident that left 11 dead and an open pipe spewing crude into the Gulf of Mexico.

BP PLC, the giant British oil company that leased the Deepwater Horizon, says it learned from evacuees who escaped the burning rig that workers had tried to activate the shear rams. BP was leasing the rig from Transocean Ltd. and most of the workers were employees of Transocean.

A Transocean spokesman declined comment.

The shear rams are an integral part of the giant blowout preventer, which sits on the sea floor, 5,000 feet below the surface. R. Scott Amann, a spokesman for the sheer ram manufacturer, Cameron International Corp., said he did not know exactly what happened.
That's it, thank you.
 
wouldn't hold up at depths we operated at...but no action was taken.

I heard this on some talk show today and can't find anything about it at the moment.

Anyone?
Your wish is my command. :lol:

Safety Device Questioned in '04 - WSJ.com

Federal regulators learned in a 2004 study that a vital piece of oil-drilling safety equipment may not function in deep-water seas but did nothing to bolster industry requirements.

The equipment, called shear rams, is supposed to seal off out-of-control oil and gas wells by pinching the pipe closed and cutting it.

As oil companies drilled wells in deeper water, the shear rams had to become stronger and manufacturers responded. But the federally commissioned study questioned whether enough was known about the force required to shear off a pipe at these depths to set proper standards.

The Effort Underwater

OB-IJ127_ShearP_D_20100502222644.jpg


See how BP engineers are trying to stop the flow.

Experts theorize the rams may have failed to work as expected in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, contributing to accident that left 11 dead and an open pipe spewing crude into the Gulf of Mexico.

BP PLC, the giant British oil company that leased the Deepwater Horizon, says it learned from evacuees who escaped the burning rig that workers had tried to activate the shear rams. BP was leasing the rig from Transocean Ltd. and most of the workers were employees of Transocean.

A Transocean spokesman declined comment.

The shear rams are an integral part of the giant blowout preventer, which sits on the sea floor, 5,000 feet below the surface. R. Scott Amann, a spokesman for the sheer ram manufacturer, Cameron International Corp., said he did not know exactly what happened.
So a mechanical engineer could not determine the correct tinsel strength needed but a Bush admin regulator could have?
No, the point is it was determined it was unknown and no one bothered to make sure it became known.

If this is what caused the leak then it is ultimately the government's fault for not properly regulating the industry and now the taxpayers are on the hook for the clean up. Not that we weren't already.
 
Here's what I will blame on Obama. Knowing that for the duration of the Bush Administration corporate America's interests were put ahead of the interests of we the people he should have immediately hired 5,000 people to comb through every damn thing done during the Bush administration to find all the ticking time bombs.

And as of today, all deep water wells should be shut down until further investigation.
 
Let's see.......Bush Jr. and Cheney removed some of the restrictions on offshore drilling which contributed towards this accident by allowing them to not install proper safety equipment.

Cheney's previous company, Halliburton, is now implicated in the worst ecological disaster this country has ever had for doing shoddy work with the well, just like they did with Walter Reed and the barracks in Iraq that electrocuted soldiers in the shower.

It isn't Bush and Cheney's fault HOW?

because obie wan messiah has had ample time to make the necessary corrections.. anndddd it happened on his watch.. no excuses.. libtard.

Sorry, Willow, but that is bull shit.

Plenty of blame to be handed around. Bush certainly holds some, as does Obama, Haliburton, BP and Transocean. Lots of blame, lots of recipients.

It's too fucking funny to see the right and the left howling at each other as to whose at fault..... THEY ALL ARE. Anyone who doesn't see that is a fool.
 

New Topics

Forum List

Back
Top