Failure of Rig’s Last Line of Defense Tied to Myriad Factors ( Deepwater Horizon BOP Fails )

The New York Times ^ | June 20, 2010 | David Barstow, Laura Dodd, James Glanz, Stephanie Saul and Ian Urbina.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[dalebert]

ping

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

H/T to mauisurfer at the Oil Drum .

[jonrick46]

Here is a drawing that shows a good picture of what may have gone wrong with Deepwater Horizon:

[Revel]

Wow that drawing is pretty interesting. Too bad you are the only one that can see it....LOL

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Video at the website ....and a lengthy article...which gives the MMS ( Government Agency ) some hard shots....

[Shadowstrike]

I see it fine.

[1066AD]

Bloomberg reports the well started giving trouble in February and that MMS was fully aware.

P.S. BP’s Hayward sold a bunch of BP stock mid March.

[1066AD]

Bloomberg report: "Cracks Show BP Was Battling Gulf Well as Early as February".

[Domangart]

175,000 lbs of pressure is a bitch.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Article about the rig doing the relief well:

For the Crew of a Drill Ship, a Routine Task, a Far-From-Routine Goal

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I hadn’t heard of any pressures that high....

[Irisshlass]

I am hearing between 20,000 and 70,000 psi.

[Revel]

Nothing there at all for me. Not even a blank space.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Would you remember where you saw such a high pressure number?

That is way way higher than anything I have seen.

[Bender2]

The NYT saying "It also shows that the Obama administration failed to grapple with either the well-known weaknesses of blowout preventers or the sufficiency of the nation’s drilling regulations even as it made plans this spring to expand offshore oil exploration."

Gadzooks! Is... freezing over?

[allmost]

The story and numbers will change within a week or two. As they have previously.

[jonrick46]

If the print is too small to read,hit “ctrl,” and do a scroll on your mouse. It should get bigger.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Usually the Times has a hint of an agenda....but I am not spotting one with this article.