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To: screaminsunshine

I have a engineer friend in the industry who thinks when it all comes out they’ll find that the well was talking to them but no one heard until it was to late.


4 posted on 05/13/2010 2:34:53 AM PDT by valkyry1
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To: valkyry1

Yep. Stupid operators in a hurry. Human error no doubt. 11 dead because of a dumb ass.


5 posted on 05/13/2010 2:40:16 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (S)
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To: valkyry1
I have a engineer friend in the industry who thinks when it all comes out they’ll find that the well was talking to them but no one heard until it was to late.

Well, if the oil industry is anything like the electric power industry, then they have "dumbed down" just about every aspect of every technical job by making written procedures that MUST be followed for almost every conceivable circumstance. The unfortunate side effect of that is that people with true knowledge and decision-making ability are disappearing, and being replaced by obedient drones who have no clue why they're doing what they're doing, but are instead "just following the procedure".

8 posted on 05/13/2010 3:05:02 AM PDT by meyer (Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
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