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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:28 PM Original message |
The Gulf Disaster = Who Knew What When? Firedoglake |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Criminal negligence...just like the coalmine disasters. They put profit over safety..even if it |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R. thanks for posting. nt |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. No one could have predicted this |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Does somebody pay high school kids to unrec every thread? |
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luckyleftyme2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. you nailed it |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Someone on firedoglake once expressed disagreement with the president |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. No, it's folks |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. You can bet that the logging station has been put under lock and |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. "the drilling pierces into the oil/gas pool" ?!?!?!? |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Sounds like you know a lot about drilling! |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. There are various persons on a rig |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. BOPs? What are they? |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Ah...BOP = "Blowout Preventer" |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm curious about the safety valves not functioning.... |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Nobody has said the BOPs didn't function. |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I was referring to a quote in the OP, "Since the safety valves were not functioning," |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'm like you...curious. Here's stuff about BOPs |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Thank you for the link... unfortunately, it just makes me more mad. : ) |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Sounds right to me. But I still don't understand this. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. BOPs are inspected, and records kept |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. So when you said earlier that you suspected the BOPs |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I thought you said you didn't think they were used....! I'm more confused than you are, |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Sorry - I got mixed up - you didn't make that comment... : ) nt |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Right, I think TransitJohn said that. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I mean that I don't think that they were operated by the people whose responsibility it was |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. So the wrong people were trying to operate the BOPs? |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. There was nobody left to activate it as they |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Hmmm...OK...I'm with you now. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Correct, manual activation. |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Wow! I get you. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I've only worked offshore |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. What you said above makes sense to me now. |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. What you said jibes with this: |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Can you tell us this, pls: |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. wonder if they know how long it takes for the pressure to build up to the point of |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Formation pressure doesn't build up over the course of drilling a well, it's constant. |
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IndianaJoe (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I'd like to know more about the shut-off valve too. |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Thank you! : ). I don't understand how this drilling could operate for a |
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kiers (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. Excellent explanation here |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. K&R |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
39. K & R. n/t |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
40. On MSNBC yesterday a guest said that the USA doesn't require the same |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. K & R & Bookmarked. nt |
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