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Shell has more experience at this, I think.

This confirms what I have heard, right AAC?

Look, mate, the Saudis have applied the "let's suck up detritus from a petro spill into (take your pick) barges and/or transport vessels equipped w/vacuum hoses" since their first major spill back in the 1970s, and encompassing spills both Persian Gulf and Red Sea spills.

This policy has been SO effective that one can hardly find a criticism of Saudi offshore-drilling policy ANYWHERE. It also happens to be all of 1) practical, 2) effective, and 3) easily accomplished, given the availability of appropriate vessels, of which the Saudis have no shortage.

I'll **cheerfully** bet you my life against a cold beer that A) BP would gladly deploy assorted vacuuming ships/barges, were the assorted Reicharschloches of this administration to let them do so, B) the Kenyan doesn't want this to occur because he, doctrinally, believes that a collapse of Gulf states' economies benefits him (...gee, not a coincidence that **every** governor of the 5 Gulf states is...shock me!...a Republican!), and C) the same said bastard is and has been deliberately involved in the destruction of as many portions of the American economy as possible since 20 January 2009.

Care to fade me, laddiebuck?

This is what I don’t understand..why weren’t all the experts from all the oil companies from around the world called IMMEDIATELY to come up with fixes. IT MAKES NO FREAKING SENSE.

Yes. Shell is the deepwater expert.