“The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the massive oil spill that has spewed as much as 798,000 gallons (19,000 barrels) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico every day.”
Say a bump to 20,000 barrels at reduced price of $70/barrel = US$1.4 million!
Lost rig. 11 dead. Cost of cleanup, fines, and whatever they lose in damages in court. And about $50,000,000 in lost crude spilled over five weeks.
Hope it was worth it to tell experienced rig operators, essentially, “My way or the highway.” That’ll learn ‘em.
One question bugs me:
What is the “pecking order”?
Specifically,... Can a tool pusher overrule a company man when it comes to a procedure that will probably end up costing him his rig?
Just wondering.
New story to CNN
Fox had it 2 weeks ago!
Wondering about the details of:
1.When did BP get selected to drill in this location?
2.Why was BP selected over a U.S. Company like EXXON?
3.Why did the Obama Regulator approve the latest Fatal
Change Request 5 minutes after it was given to HER?
4.BP gave over $ 1 Million to Bozo’s Campaign, how much more
to other Demorats, and DNC Committees? Did they give any to the RNC or McPain?
5.How much did BP spend on their massive TV d Campaign supporting Bozo’s Green Energy and Windmill Energy Plan and Cap and Trade? It had to be Millions!
6. Why did Bozo play down this massive scandal for over two months pretending that BP had it all under control?
There is a billion other questions and this stinks as bad as Obozo making Love to every Enemy of America and giving his Infamous Crotch Salute yet again at the Memorial for the Ft Hood Muslim Terrorist Victims!
I’m not sold and if I ever am, it damn sure won’t be by the likes of CNN.
This is the story of how $26m of expense became $26b worth of expense because of short cuts, probably because someone wasn't thinking about what would happen if things went wrong.
This is very old news. See FR post I made on May 11 referencing a WSJ article: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2511207/posts
“The BP official wanted workers to replace heavy mud, used to keep the well’s pressure down, with lighter seawater to help speed a process that was costing an estimated $750,000 a day and was already running five weeks late, rig survivors told CNN.”
One question. Was the BP official among the dead?
If true, Transocean should have just walked away, and let BP handle it. There is NO excuse for subordinating one’s own professional judgement over a key safety issue! Tranocean does NOT have to do whatever BP says - they will just lose the contract, at worst.