Pocket of methane gas caused the BP Oil Rig Explosion

[SpidermanTuba]

Poor you. Should have bought vacation insurance.

 

[LuckyDan]

Poor you. Should have bought vacation insurance.

I'm expecting an invite to a class action vacay-deprivation suit any day now. I'll get mine.

 

[GilbertArizona]

"Workers, who did basic pressure testing on the seal, didn’t perform a second and more expensive test to ensure that BP Plc’s Macondo well was properly plugged, said Robert Bea, a University of California Berkeley engineering professor."

Methane Breached Faulty Seal, Caused Rig Blast, Professor Says - BusinessWeek

Hopefully the lives of workers lost in the gulf and the recent West Virginia mine will not be forgotten. It was fitting to hear on NPR's Weekend Edition from a family of one of the oil rig's casualties. It has been bugging me that they seemed to have been lost in the story that has been focusing on the environmental and economic impacts.

 

[LuckyDan]

"Workers, who did basic pressure testing on the seal, didn’t perform a second and more expensive test to ensure that BP Plc’s Macondo well was properly plugged, said Robert Bea, a University of California Berkeley engineering professor."

Methane Breached Faulty Seal, Caused Rig Blast, Professor Says - BusinessWeek

Hopefully the lives of workers lost in the gulf and the recent West Virginia mine will not be forgotten. It was fitting to hear on NPR's Weekend Edition from a family of one of the oil rig's casualties. It has been bugging me that they seemed to have been lost in the story that has been focusing on the environmental and economic impacts.

Fuck humanity, goddammit! The environment's at stake!

 

[Mr. H.]

Looks like Obama should have sent SEALs instead of SWATs.

 

[California Girl]

At the end of the article, it says this:

Blowouts are infrequent, because well holes are blocked by piping and pumped-in materials like synthetic mud, cement and even sea water. The pipes are plugged with cement, so fluid and gas can't typically push up inside the pipes.
Instead, a typical blowout surges up a channel around the piping. The narrow space between the well walls and the piping is usually filled with cement, so there is no pathway for a blowout. But if the cement or broken piping leaves enough space, a surge can rise to the surface.
There, at the wellhead of exploratory wells, sits the massive steel contraption known as a blowout preventer. It can snuff a blowout by squeezing rubber seals tightly around the pipes with up to 1 million pounds of force. If the seals fail, the blowout preventer deploys a last line of defense: a set of rams that can slice right through the pipes and cap the blowout.
Deepwater Horizon was also equipped with an automated backup system called a Deadman. It should have activated the blowout preventer even if workers could not.
Based on the interviews with rig workers, none of those safeguards worked.

Until we have the information from the full investigation, it seems a tad premature to assign 'blame' to BP, if there was a sequence of safety feature failures then maybe it's more of a 'shit happens' than a 'BP cut corners'.

I'm sure its a cause without an effect. "Shit" just happens apparently. You're incredibility stupid.

Key word in my post "maybe". You are rushing to judge BP. I am waiting to find out WHO is responsible. That is more likely to be a combination of people - including the US Government - than one person or company.

It's not my problem if you're an hysterical two year old wanting candy.

 

[SpidermanTuba]

"Workers, who did basic pressure testing on the seal, didn’t perform a second and more expensive test to ensure that BP Plc’s Macondo well was properly plugged, said Robert Bea, a University of California Berkeley engineering professor."

Of course they didn't, their corporate bosses told them not to - and their corporate bosses could give a flip about their lives or the lives of those back home on land.

 

[SpidermanTuba]

At the end of the article, it says this:

Blowouts are infrequent, because well holes are blocked by piping and pumped-in materials like synthetic mud, cement and even sea water. The pipes are plugged with cement, so fluid and gas can't typically push up inside the pipes.
Instead, a typical blowout surges up a channel around the piping. The narrow space between the well walls and the piping is usually filled with cement, so there is no pathway for a blowout. But if the cement or broken piping leaves enough space, a surge can rise to the surface.
There, at the wellhead of exploratory wells, sits the massive steel contraption known as a blowout preventer. It can snuff a blowout by squeezing rubber seals tightly around the pipes with up to 1 million pounds of force. If the seals fail, the blowout preventer deploys a last line of defense: a set of rams that can slice right through the pipes and cap the blowout.
Deepwater Horizon was also equipped with an automated backup system called a Deadman. It should have activated the blowout preventer even if workers could not.
Based on the interviews with rig workers, none of those safeguards worked.

Until we have the information from the full investigation, it seems a tad premature to assign 'blame' to BP, if there was a sequence of safety feature failures then maybe it's more of a 'shit happens' than a 'BP cut corners'.

I'm sure its a cause without an effect. "Shit" just happens apparently. You're incredibility stupid.

Key word in my post "maybe". You are rushing to judge BP. I am waiting to find out WHO is responsible. That is more likely to be a combination of people - including the US Government - than one person or company.

It's not my problem if you're an hysterical two year old wanting candy.

CaliGirl, by the time this case works its way through the courts, you'll have 3 illegitimate children from 3 different fathers, sagging tits, gray hair, and an even worse attitude. If you wanna talk about the evidence we have NOW, then do so. If you don't, FUCK OFF

 

[The T]

'James" knows of what he speaks.




Mark Levin

Yes he does. I was listening. Thanks for posting it.

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Right... a platform with a history of violations for disabling safety devices and alarms to cut corners blows up because the safety devices failed, therefore it can't be because they were cutting corners

Of course you side with the corporation - if people didn't want exploding wells, they'd vote with their wallets for safer companies. Where does the Constitution give the Fed authority to intervene anyway...

Funny after the liberals blame it on Bush while on Obamay watch, then after blaming Bush for not spending 500K we find out its was natural causes and the libtards still want to blame BP........LOL you guys are laughable and predictable at best.

Since when of lack of maintenance and cutting corners 'natural causes'?

And I'm not a Liberal. Thanks for playing, but you fail it.

Wow. I had no idea you had access to the complete set of safety records and inspections for this platform. Care to post a link to these records and show us the "lack of maintenance and cutting corners" you speak of? I would be interested in reading some factual information from the Coast Guard OCMI and MMS files.

 

[kyzr]

Has everyone read this article?
http://media.nola.com/news_impact/other/oil-cause-050710.pdf

IMHO any company about to seal the shaft and turn the well over to production is not going to mess it up. Its not a simple process to do all these steps effectively so far down. I'm not throwing rocks until its proven that someone "cut corners".

Unless someone sees an obvious screw-up with the procedure, which was used successfully many times. Its an unfortunate accident. The bigger question is "can we do off-shore drilling safely?" or is it just too dangerous?

 

[PatekPhilippe]

"Workers, who did basic pressure testing on the seal, didn’t perform a second and more expensive test to ensure that BP Plc’s Macondo well was properly plugged, said Robert Bea, a University of California Berkeley engineering professor."

Of course they didn't, their corporate bosses told them not to - and their corporate bosses could give a flip about their lives or the lives of those back home on land.

and you base this statement on what....a professors ASSERTION!?

Doug Suttles, BP’s chief operating officer for exploration and production, declined yesterday to comment on Bea’s assertions....

 

[KissMy]

"Workers, who did basic pressure testing on the seal, didn’t perform a second and more expensive test to ensure that BP Plc’s Macondo well was properly plugged, said Robert Bea, a University of California Berkeley engineering professor."

Of course they didn't, their corporate bosses told them not to - and their corporate bosses could give a flip about their lives or the lives of those back home on land.

The corporate bosses were on the rig at the time of the explosion celebrating the safety record. They were severely injured in the blast, so the life they risk was their own as well. Some people just love to take risk even with their own life for thrill, money or to save time. It is not the class thing you love to promote on here. They are not out to kill others for their own greed.

 

[JBeukema]

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration assessed BP the largest fine in OSHA history – $87 million – after inspectors found 270 safety violations that had been previously cited but not fixed and 439 new violations.

BP has history of safety, environmental violations - Sacramento Business, Housing Market News | Sacramento Bee

 

[SpidermanTuba]

"Workers, who did basic pressure testing on the seal, didn’t perform a second and more expensive test to ensure that BP Plc’s Macondo well was properly plugged, said Robert Bea, a University of California Berkeley engineering professor."

Of course they didn't, their corporate bosses told them not to - and their corporate bosses could give a flip about their lives or the lives of those back home on land.

The corporate bosses were on the rig at the time of the explosion celebrating the safety record. They were severely injured in the blast, so the life they risk was their own as well. Some people just love to take risk even with their own life for thrill, money or to save time. It is not the class thing you love to promote on here. They are not out to kill others for their own greed.

Bullshit. Corporate bosses dont hang out much on oil rigs.

 

[Hamlet]

Based on the interviews with rig workers, none of those safeguards worked.

Until we have the information from the full investigation, it seems a tad premature to assign 'blame' to BP, if there was a sequence of safety feature failures then maybe it's more of a 'shit happens' than a 'BP cut corners'.

Right... a platform with a history of violations for disabling safety devices and alarms to cut corners blows up because the safety devices failed, therefore it can't be because they were cutting corners

Of course you side with the corporation - if people didn't want exploding wells, they'd vote with their wallets for safer companies. Where does the Constitution give the Fed authority to intervene anyway...

Funny after the liberals blame it on Bush while on Obamay watch, then after blaming Bush for not spending 500K we find out its was natural causes and the libtards still want to blame BP........LOL you guys are laughable and predictable at best.

Maybe they'd rather walk?

 

[PatekPhilippe]

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration assessed BP the largest fine in OSHA history – $87 million – after inspectors found 270 safety violations that had been previously cited but not fixed and 439 new violations.

BP has history of safety, environmental violations - Sacramento Business, Housing Market News | Sacramento Bee

Sorry. This has nothing to do, specifically, with this rig and it's safety record. Now please post those links to the safety records you allege show misconduct on the rig in the Gulf.

 

[PatekPhilippe]

Of course they didn't, their corporate bosses told them not to - and their corporate bosses could give a flip about their lives or the lives of those back home on land.

The corporate bosses were on the rig at the time of the explosion celebrating the safety record. They were severely injured in the blast, so the life they risk was their own as well. Some people just love to take risk even with their own life for thrill, money or to save time. It is not the class thing you love to promote on here. They are not out to kill others for their own greed.

Bullshit. Corporate bosses dont hang out much on oil rigs.

Once again you are ill-informed. There were, as a matter of record, BP officials on the rig. The reason they were there was for the acceptance of the well and placing it into production status. Prior to this they had to do an acceptance trial where all safety devices, among many other processes, were tested. Instead of jumping to conclusions about something you know absolutely nothing about, let the investigation be completed....then shoot your mouth off.

 

[KissMy]

Of course they didn't, their corporate bosses told them not to - and their corporate bosses could give a flip about their lives or the lives of those back home on land.

The corporate bosses were on the rig at the time of the explosion celebrating the safety record. They were severely injured in the blast, so the life they risk was their own as well. Some people just love to take risk even with their own life for thrill, money or to save time. It is not the class thing you love to promote on here. They are not out to kill others for their own greed.

Bullshit. Corporate bosses dont hang out much on oil rigs.

A group of BP executives were on board the Deepwater Horizon

A group of BP executives were on board the Deepwater Horizon rig celebrating the project's safety record, according to the transcripts....The BP executives were injured but survived, according to one account.

 

[SpidermanTuba]

The corporate bosses were on the rig at the time of the explosion celebrating the safety record. They were severely injured in the blast, so the life they risk was their own as well. Some people just love to take risk even with their own life for thrill, money or to save time. It is not the class thing you love to promote on here. They are not out to kill others for their own greed.

Bullshit. Corporate bosses dont hang out much on oil rigs.

Once again you are ill-informed. There were, as a matter of record, BP officials on the rig. The reason they were there was for the acceptance of the well and placing it into production status. Prior to this they had to do an acceptance trial where all safety devices, among many other processes, were tested. Instead of jumping to conclusions about something you know absolutely nothing about, let the investigation be completed....then shoot your mouth off.

Stupidity abounds.

I'm not waiting 20 years to blame the company responsible.