thackney, IIRC you work for a oil company or are in the business. We have not kept up with all the news. Yet, we have heard reports of sabotage, stuck valves, Obama covering ass and being able to retreat on Gulf dilling.
Do have have deep sea exploration experience? If so, is it common to have this many functions fail at once. It seems there were valves and check valves that malfunctioned?
I have to believe these rigs are the utmost of safety. Any ideas on what (really) happened?
I’ve heard one explanation that made some sense and would have been the result of really bad timing with a blowout.
I’ve worked offshore before, but not much and only for production, not exploration.
For me it is more a combination of career with hobby interest (or obsession).