To: VRWCTexan
OK but it's still not that bad. When a storm comes they shut in the wells on the seabed. If you need to set a new platform it will be a major cost and take time, however you still have the wells in place. The oil industry is a great bunch of can do people ... when left alone to do their work.
Sorry if I sounded a bit testy.
63 posted on
09/27/2005 8:47:11 PM PDT by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(Houston - Showing New Orleans how it's done.)
To: HoustonCurmudgeon
My apology to you as well - I've worked in the offshore field for 36 years my-self....and was a bit shocked to see Typhoon up-ended.
There are other so called mini-TLPs in the Gulf (and not knowing their locations I was concerned that it was a design flaw that may have been repeated)
66 posted on
09/27/2005 8:49:58 PM PDT by
VRWCTexan
(History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
To: HoustonCurmudgeon
My one laugh this weekend was when a Fox news babe asked the Coast Guard if they were rushing out to rescue the TransOcean rig that snapped their towing-cable - he politely advised that these guys are the real "experts" and will "rescue themselves" without any support needed from the USCG
71 posted on
09/27/2005 8:55:22 PM PDT by
VRWCTexan
(History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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