1 posted on
08/08/2006 4:38:02 PM PDT by
John W
To: John W
2 posted on
08/08/2006 4:39:47 PM PDT by
kinoxi
To: John W
This is nothing but MSNBC hog wash. The real problem is that we have been prevented from drilling for oil on both USA coasts and in Alaska by the Democrat Party. That's the problem. End of story!!! Treason is what's thats called!!!
To: John W
This would not have happened if John Kerry were president.
5 posted on
08/08/2006 4:42:55 PM PDT by
aomagrat
(Just when you think you have it made in the shade, the tree falls on you.)
To: John W
"Was The BP Pipeline Problem Preventable?"
That thorny question was long ago presented to the real experts-the lawyers. Which means we'll never know.
6 posted on
08/08/2006 4:44:09 PM PDT by
Spok
(He who bites the hand that feeds him will also lick the boot that kicks him.)
To: John W
"Hamel says a dozen past and current BP employees came to him claiming they'd been told to cut back on a chemical put into the system to retard rust and corrosion, and to falsify records. A federal official confirms that many of these workers have also talked to the FBI."
I'm interested in what the investigation finds.
7 posted on
08/08/2006 4:45:45 PM PDT by
ansel12
(Life is exquisite... of great beauty, keenly felt.)
To: John W
It was designed to last 25 years and it lasted close to 30! If they had let Bush drill in ANWAR 6 years ago, we would be looking at $1.79 for gas and BP could have been down and no one would have noticed.
This message was caused by DEMOCRAPS: They care more for Caribou then they do about your family and you!
8 posted on
08/08/2006 4:46:13 PM PDT by
Bommer
To: John W
"I think this was predictable and preventable," says Phil Flynn, an energy analyst with Alaron Trading Corp.
Yep and so are most other major accidents...
But an analyst trying to churn money I'm not going to believe at this stage. At some point in the future with the ongoing investigations we'll know more facts and a better judgment can be ascertained.
9 posted on
08/08/2006 4:46:37 PM PDT by
deport
To: John W
I have never seen so much of man's pathetic nature revealed as I have through the management and distribution of oil. The good news is the oil from below will kill us, but the oil from above (seven fold anointing of the Holy Spirit) will save us.
To: John W
Was The BP Pipeline Problem Preventable?
Let's see.....................
height of the "summer driving season"
Oil, gas at record highs.......................
the opportunity to lay off a bunch of workers and increase profits in the interim.......................
do some regular maintenance that should be done sometime anyway.......................
a governing body that will look the other way.............................
Nope, no chance this could have been done ANY other time in the 21st century.
13 posted on
08/08/2006 4:49:23 PM PDT by
WhiteGuy
(It's about the People Who Count the Votes................. - Wally O'Dell)
To: John W
The Prudhoe Bay facility was constructed 29 years age with a design life of 20 years and planning to pump a total of 9.6 billion Barrels of oil. To this date we have pumped 14 billion barrels and exceeded the design life of the project by 9 years in a harsh arctic environment. No suprise at all that there is a lot of corrosion in the system.
To: John W
"Was The BP Pipeline Problem Preventable?:That's what the straight man will say in the intro to the next sappy insipid BP commercial.
17 posted on
08/08/2006 4:54:06 PM PDT by
OKSooner
To: John W
I have a relative who works for a large company that does nothing but pipeline inspections, surveys, repairs and installations of corrosion prevention equipment. The pipelines (not sure if this particular one had it) can have a cathodic protection system installed that monitors and slows corrosion. Reality is that corrosion will always occur but it can me managed successfully. This system is not unlike the system we used to have in the Navy on our ships to do the same exact thing. With a properly installed and maintained system, there should have been no surprises as to the exact condition of the pipeline at any given time.
21 posted on
08/08/2006 5:00:34 PM PDT by
jettester
(I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
To: John W
To all of you out there commenting on BP and its ineptitude. This subject is/was being discussed earlier today at this link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679898/posts
One of the points discussed there happens to be which pipeline was the problem. I have noticed that the current discussion does not even come close to where the problem lies.
47 posted on
08/08/2006 8:20:54 PM PDT by
egfowler3
(Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.)
To: John W
Where was the Congressional oversight before the problem?
58 posted on
08/09/2006 6:07:31 AM PDT by
stocksthatgoup
("Is it real? Or is it Reuters?")
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