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Transocean Rig Disaster: The Well From Hell
saltycajun ^ | 4/28/10 | Calcasieu Kryptonite

Posted on 05/01/2010 8:36:33 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

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To: Frantzie; All

“... American will go broke - period. This is what they want.”

I was listening a couple of nights ago when Mark Levin was talking about the President ordering SWAT to other oil rigs - and it was one of the clues I had been missing. But .. on Friday, I put a lot more of the clues together and on 4/30, I posted the following story at FreeRepublic.com:

This whole oil rig thing smells to high heaven! There just seems to be too much “coincidence”; and I don’t believe in coincidence.

I think the reason it bothers me is that too many things were going on at the same time .. making this “coincidence” waaaaaaay too convenient.

These are the pieces of the puzzle that I put together.

1st - the dems are plotting to unleash upon America a cap and tax plan (but it’s not gaining in approval);

2nd - the dems want to do whatever they can to stop America from drilling their own oil (because that would create millions of jobs, spur the economy, and ensure energy independence for lots of years);

3rd - although Obama was allowing drilling (but not in the best areas - where oil had already been located), the oil industry was calling him on it;

4th - it just happened to be a day or so before or after “Earth Day” - focused on by all the environment whackos;

5th - to solve all those problems (”Never let a good crisis go to waste.”) - what could be better than a good oil spill - like maybe blowing up an oil rig ..?? Hmmmmm ..?? That would solve everything .. RIGHT ..??

Now, NO MORE OIL DRILLING; CAP AND TAX WILL BE EASY TO PASS; LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE OF EARTH DAY, and I just can’t believe for one minute that this was an “accident” or just a coincidence.

The real cap .. the President sent SWAT to guard all the oil rigs .. WHY WOULD HE DO THAT IF IT WAS AN “ACCIDENT”. But .. if the oil rig was blown up .. then they better inspect all the other oil wells to find out if they are ready to blow up too ..?? Hmmmm ..?? Or .. is SWAT there to check and see if any evidence can be found of something other than an “accident” ..??

The real big question I have is: WHO BLEW IT UP ..??

And remember .. just a couple of days ago there was a thread on FR where we were discussing the Weather Underground and their statements about 25,000,000 being a casuality risk they were willing to take .. Hmmmmm ..?? Did they believe killing over 100 on the oil rig was acceptable in order to accomplish their goal ..??

Interestingly .. there is a 6th factor: Who do the dems hate almost as much as Bush - Halliburton! It turns out Halliburton (aka Cheney’s Halliburton) was involved in the construction of the oil rig. Hmmmm ..?? Coincidence ..?? I don’t think so.


21 posted on 05/01/2010 10:37:56 AM PDT by CyberAnt
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To: diverteach

Bad deal all around. This is serious as a heart attack work and almost like surgery. If everyone is not working together, especially the captain, problems can happen.

Supposedly the Feds who control these leases warned about about this spot for nat gas and “water flow(?).”

Contrary to what the Kenyan Islamic marxists regime and media will spew - these people are highly trained, very smart and very capable. What they are able to do is almost incomprehensible. The pressure and cold at 5,000 feet under water is staggering. The metal used and all the other equipment has to sustain these temp changes and incredible pressure.

By an large this is American expertise and no one is better except some Brits, French, Dutch and possibly Norwegians and a few others.

The libs will demonize the oil industry 24x7x365 even more after this.

Somebody screwed up if this capitain was an SOB. You do not want to put a hot head in charge of a ship probably worth at least $250 million or more plus a crew that can get killed.

It sounds like they hit high pressure nat gas, it came up the drilling pipe plus oil & mud then ignited. I would not rule out sabotage.


22 posted on 05/01/2010 10:46:15 AM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain & Graham = La Raza's favorite Senators)
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To: CyberAnt

Interestingly .. there is a 6th factor: Who do the dems hate almost as much as Bush - Halliburton! It turns out Halliburton (aka Cheney’s Halliburton) was involved in the construction of the oil rig. Hmmmm ..?? Coincidence ..?? I don’t think so.


Deepwater Horizon was constructed back in 2001. Was Halliburton an owner back then or had ownership of the contruction firm in South Korea that built the vessel? And what does that do with an event happening almost 10 years later? just curious to your thinking....


23 posted on 05/01/2010 10:49:20 AM PDT by deport
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To: CyberAnt

that this was not an accident has been on my mind since I heard of it. Way too convenient!


24 posted on 05/01/2010 10:55:48 AM PDT by RebelTXRose
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To: Star Traveler

Here is the link to that article. Worth checking out. It explains the SWAT teams. Kind of like flyswatters against the subs.

http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1367.htm


25 posted on 05/01/2010 10:56:47 AM PDT by CommonJudge (Captions on, for the hearing impaired, haha)
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To: CyberAnt

Saudi Arabia. They clear about $700 billion in profit each year selling oil. We send out probably $500 billion for oil. We have the energy. Obama and the Dems keep grabbing more land out west for the Fed govt.

The Saudis use that money to export Islam and Muslims. The money is used to build mosques through Muslim Brotherhood. They build them like a shopping center development. Few muslims there - build the mosques - move muslims there. CAIR is a MB front.

I would bet the Southern Povery Law Center and loads of enviro groups get Saudi money. It FLOODS DC with thinks tanks etc. That idiot “diplomat” Joe Wilson worked for a think tank backed by Saudi money.

In London, DC and other major capitals - Saudi money flows into major law firms.

These drilling ships drill thousands of wells. I would guess in 16 years of Bush2 and Clinton - thousands of offshore wells were drilled around the world. There was never a “blow out” like this.


26 posted on 05/01/2010 10:59:50 AM PDT by Frantzie (McCain=Obama's friend. McCain & Graham = La Raza's favorite Senators)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

The politicians will never blame themselves. Ever.


27 posted on 05/01/2010 11:13:54 AM PDT by comps4spice (hey, hey, ho, ho, the political class has got to go)
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To: CommonJudge

I’m sure we have our own subs patrolling now.


28 posted on 05/01/2010 11:13:58 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (?)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Has anyone ever sealed a well using thermite?


29 posted on 05/01/2010 11:42:36 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
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To: All

My wife, who came from a CA oil town, pointed out the difference in press response (and govt. response) in sympathy to the 11 oil workers lost vs. the coal miners lost recently in West Virginia.

I guess the death of a worker for the “evil oil company” doesn’t really count in the liberal mind - even though their Toyota Pious still goes to the gas pump. /S


30 posted on 05/01/2010 12:34:25 PM PDT by az_gila (AZ - one Governor down... we don't want her back...)
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To: Frantzie

That’s why I’m suspicious of this supposed “accident”.

I still think SWAT is a major clue.


31 posted on 05/01/2010 12:53:42 PM PDT by CyberAnt
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To: CyberAnt

Yes I well know who Halliburton is. But you said they did some of the construction of the oil rig.

[Interestingly .. there is a 6th factor: Who do the dems hate almost as much as Bush - Halliburton! It turns out Halliburton (aka Cheney’s Halliburton) was involved in the construction of the oil rig. Hmmmm ..?? Coincidence ..?? I don’t think so.]

Halliburton is a sub contractor doing the cementing on the well to shut it in but that have nothing to do with the contstuction of the oil rig. The drilling facility [oil rig] is owned by Transocean who purchased it from Reading Bates which had it constructed in 2001 by Hyundai in South Korea.


35 posted on 05/01/2010 7:13:02 PM PDT by deport
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To: Bean Counter
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/05/01/the-gulf-oil-rig-explosion-on-the-scene-photos/#more-19096

good info here, read all the comments.

36 posted on 05/02/2010 8:03:55 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Another site with running info as it is accumulated:

The Hayride


37 posted on 05/02/2010 8:09:59 AM PDT by deport
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To: deport

“a failed piece of equipment.”


38 posted on 05/02/2010 8:13:55 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

“a failed piece of equipment.”


I guess the CEO is trying to find outs for BP........... For sure something happened out of the normal.


39 posted on 05/02/2010 8:23:41 AM PDT by deport
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