See, I always ask, "Where were you before?" Were you sitting around day and night thinking, "Those BP Obongo minions are going to ruin everything with that Deep Horizon project!" ... I don't think so!
I think this catastrophe blindsided you just like it blindsided BP. Naturally there must have been some profound weakness in their approach to this project, but it was something they didn't expect, something beyond their calculations, and apparently something beyond everybody's calculations. This is what mystifies me.
There was no blindsided concerning BP, the "Bean counters" were calling the shots instead of their engineers and service company people.
“...but it was something they didn’t expect, something beyond their calculations, and apparently something beyond everybody’s calculations. This is what mystifies me.”
According to the articles about the argument between the driller and tool pusher on the rig with the company man (BP) - the driller had an idea what would happen if they didn’t follow the plan and keep going with the mud until more cement had been added and allowed to cure more.
What mystifies me is why, when the backflow pressures kicked back that someone didn’t say “Hey, ol’ Hank the driller was right - start adding mud RIGHT NOW!” Instead they wait and it calms down and the keeping going, and then it kicked again, they wait, then keep going.
I wonder if the driller was off-duty, or perhaps even off the rig by this time.
I am very much pro-oil. That was my education, and worked on a rig for a couple of summers. Can’t say I’m pro company man. Or pro bean counter.
You’re right. I didn’t think about it. I trusted them. I shouldn’t have.