Another Disgusting Oil Spill!!

reefraff

reefraff

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Originally Posted by GeriDoc
http:///forum/post/3269227
I almost agree with you. The problem is that offshore drilling has been regulated by people from the offshore drilling industry, and anyone with knowledge and experience in this will have spent considerable time in the industry. It is the same old "fox guarding the chicken coop" problem, and I don't know how to solve it.
You really think anyone who used to work in a industry is going to go easy on safety regs they might impose on that industry? I've never bought that. Thats why you go throught a screening process before hiring the person and make sure they cut all ties.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3269237
You really think anyone who used to work in a industry is going to go easy on safety regs they might impose on that industry? I've never bought that. Thats why you go throught a screening process before hiring the person and make sure they cut all ties.
lol, exactly that is why you don't hire idiots...
 
reefraff

reefraff

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Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3269239
lol, exactly that is why you don't hire idiots...
Well yeah. I don't think I'd be looking at hiring that idiot from BP who just said when you consider the size of the gulf this leak is tiny. That would be like hiring someone to run the Treasury department who couldn't figure out how to do his own taxes, Oh wait
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3269241
Well yeah. I don't think I'd be looking at hiring that idiot from BP who just said when you consider the size of the gulf this leak is tiny. That would be like hiring someone to run the Treasury department who couldn't figure out how to do his own taxes, Oh wait

lol, I can't find it now, but I had this video emailed to me of some brit or (funny talker like the brits) and he was discussing an oil spill, and said the spill is nowhere because there is nothing there. And went round and round saying that. I've seen that video posted here before. But it reminded me of that dude.
 
ibanez

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It looks like the gulf is going to be the dead sea. They better jump on some of the new tech out there that people are offering before it's too late for all the life in the gulf.
 
reefraff

reefraff

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Now we know why Obama wants the finger pointing to end
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10661614
Turns out the inspectors haven't been doing their job. One point in the article mentions rigs are supposed to be inspected once a month. There are 55 inspectors for 90 rigs in the gulf. They also have to inspect production platforms once a year. Last 3 inspections of this particular rig were 2 hours each.
 
mrdc

mrdc

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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3269694
Now we know why Obama wants the finger pointing to end
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10661614
Turns out the inspectors haven't been doing their job. One point in the article mentions rigs are supposed to be inspected once a month. There are 55 inspectors for 90 rigs in the gulf. They also have to inspect production platforms once a year. Last 3 inspections of this particular rig were 2 hours each.
I saw that over the weekend and it made me sick but didn’t surprise me. Today I see that the latest BP fix is pulling 20% of the oil from the leak assuming the estimate of how much is coming out is anywhere accurate. The BP COO was on Fox this morning and they were throwing questions at him knowing he was going to give the political answer (no answer at all).
 
mrdc

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No I didn't see that. Though her gov't statement is correct, I don't see her having any expertise!
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by mrdc
http:///forum/post/3270143
No I didn't see that. Though her gov't statement is correct, I don't see her having any expertise!
I am curious with this pipe thing, how they are dealing with the freezing hydrates they had on the boxes...
 
mrdc

mrdc

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Not sure. They said that they were going to try the boxes again and try to go at an angle or pump hot water into it. Guess they gave up on that idea. Not sure if they pumped anything into the current pipe while they were inserting it.
I wonder what the temp is at the leak site.
I’m also surprised that it isn’t a top news story on most of the major news sites. I consider it a top story everyday.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by mrdc
http:///forum/post/3270153
Not sure. They said that they were going to try the boxes again and try to go at an angle or pump hot water into it. Guess they gave up on that idea. Not sure if they pumped anything into the current pipe while they were inserting it.
I wonder what the temp is at the leak site.
I’m also surprised that it isn’t a top news story on most of the major news sites. I consider it a top story everyday.
At the pressures they are operating under that stuff will start freezing around 60-70 degrees... And when they said they'll try the boxes again, that means "That didn't work, it isn't going to work, but we'll keep it aorund and have a few engineering playing with ideas, incase a lightbulb goes off."
 
reefraff

reefraff

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That CEO of BP is a goner. He said again the spill is tiny compared to the size of the gulf and the environmental impacts will likely be modest.
Hopefully he is right but my god, from a PR position what an idiot. Saying that a year from now MIGHT be a smart move once you have say an ounce of evidence to support your position.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3270172
That CEO of BP is a goner. He said again the spill is tiny compared to the size of the gulf and the environmental impacts will likely be modest.
Hopefully he is right but my god, from a PR position what an idiot. Saying that a year from now MIGHT be a smart move once you have say an ounce of evidence to support your position.
I dunno if he's a gonner... But it dang sure isn't the right PR move... But it is pretty accurate...
 
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