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To: silverleaf

and that is why oil rig explosions and the complete failure of blow out containment systems have been so common .... right

More common than I think you realize.

This site only lists the worst ones:

65 posted on 04/30/2010 6:15:47 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)

To: thackney

caused by strong winds

yet our rigs are built to withstand hurricanes like Katrina and worse- and they have

68 posted on 04/30/2010 6:29:56 AM PDT by silverleaf (Karl Marx was not one of the founding fathers ....)

To: thackney

Is there technology available to prevent blowouts during drilling, or is that just part of the risk?

69 posted on 04/30/2010 6:34:11 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)

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