Judge Blocks Obama's Ban on Offshore Drilling

[azoomm]

That would make sense, if any regulations were broken or even being checked.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by azoomm

That would make sense, if any regulations were broken or even being checked.

I don't know about regulations, but I have seen at least 3-4 articles talking about questionable engineering decisions on that rig.

[Papa_Complex]

Weren't they required to have preventers in place that would have stopped the natural gas release, that caused the initial explosion?

[azoomm]

They had a BOP. Its what is still on the ground.

The decisions came with applied permits the government approved.

[Papa_Complex]

In the aviation industry they will ground an entire fleet precisely to determine IF a common fault exists.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

In the aviation industry they will ground an entire fleet precisely to determine IF a common fault exists.

True, but they don't do it based on an unidentified fault on a single aircraft. Look at the rudder issues that caused multiple 737 crashes resulting in hundreds of fatalities. It took years to identify what the problem was, and even more years before the fix was required. I don't believe the 737 fleet was ever grounded.

[azoomm]

I know nothing about what type of process Haliburton used, all I know is it didn't hold. Filling the riser with saltwater is part of the normal process, they have to displace it with something to recover the mud. This well was "done" which is why they were doing it. I'm not criticizing what they did, only that it was the timing of things happening. Any one isolated thing happening in the process wouldn't have caused a catastrophe. But, six things together.... and boom.

People are just mad. I'm ok with that. I'm not arguing whether they should be. Just being knee jerk and bitching for the sake of it all should be something I'm used to, huh?

After all, I should be "glad" this is going down. Or so I was told by someone that it will make my husband's job safer. I would be, except I was told that by several people who have no idea what he does, what happened here, what goes on, where he is, blah blah blah.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by azoomm

I know nothing about what type of process Haliburton used, all I know is it didn't hold. Filling the riser with saltwater is part of the normal process, they have to displace it with something to recover the mud. This well was "done" which is why they were doing it. I'm not criticizing what they did, only that it was the timing of things happening. Any one isolated thing happening in the process wouldn't have caused a catastrophe. But, six things together.... and boom.

People are just mad. I'm ok with that. I'm not arguing whether they should be. Just being knee jerk and bitching for the sake of it all should be something I'm used to, huh?

After all, I should be "glad" this is going down. Or so I was told by someone that it will make my husband's job safer. I would be, except I was told that by several people who have no idea what he does, what happened here, what goes on, where he is, blah blah blah.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...417936798.html

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...417936798.html

And?

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by azoomm

And?

and...


http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/25238/page1/