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I'm surprised there isn't a ready market for people going out and collecting oil off the surface.
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AIUI, the basic problem is that blowout preventers are designed to work with a certain strength of pipe (they have a pair of blades that are explosively released to cut through the pipe and block it if a sudden pressure surge is detected.) But being at 5000 feet, the pipe was too thick for the blades to cut through it! DOH!
In fact there are two or three devices designed to do the same thing, and all of them failed for basically that reason - Nobody thought to strengthen them for the grade of pipe in use.
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostThe BP disaster seems to be caused in a similar way where nobody was employed to check the safety features.
Can't really blame BP for that, but I expect it to cost them a pretty penny.
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostWhat really pi$$es me off is that this accident, like the Total Oil Depot fire and many othes are caused by the greed and cutting costs. In the Total disaster, by just one person on duty to check basic equipment would have prevented disaster. The BP disaster seems to be caused in a similar way where nobody was employed to check the safety features. Each piece of equipment was someone else’s responsibility.
An important point here is that it has happened on the doorstep of the USA as opposed to offshore Brazil, Angola and other remote parts of the world. This will force the Industry to look very closely at drilling offshore in deep waters/wells, and it will also make the worlds largest consumer of Oil look again at its own policies.
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What really pi$$es me off is that this accident, like the Total Oil Depot fire and many othes are caused by the greed and cutting costs. In the Total disaster, by just one person on duty to check basic equipment would have prevented disaster. The BP disaster seems to be caused in a similar way where nobody was employed to check the safety features. Each piece of equipment was someone else’s responsibility.
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View Postoh dear!
http://http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBNgvb9TEqE4&pos=9
Will BP actually survive this?
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The Gul of Mexico is now a fire hazard
oh dear!
http://http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBNgvb9TEqE4&pos=9
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