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Merchant Marine (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:45 AM Original message |
Why the Deepwater Horizon Blew Up- Taken from a Driller's Forum |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Something that got my attention - does he say the cement job was fubard? |
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Merchant Marine (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It would appear that a failure in the cement casing occured at the rig's most vulnerable moment |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That is ironic. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. "Sneer." - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R - Halliburton) |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. This is not the first time an explosion has occurred after |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Really? We need to add up all the horrible things they have done |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Agreed! |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. can anyone give us laymen a precis of what the guy is saying? |
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Merchant Marine (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Hopefully this diagram will help. |
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N_E_1 for Tennis (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. This is a easy read, will explain a lot. |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. will peruse this |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. Very good information... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. I am going to kick this up later in the morning. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. Very Helpful, Sir: Thank You |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Is that you Mr. Rumsfeld? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. The Late, Much Lamented Mr. D. Adams, Actually, Sir.... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. I am curious about this comment |
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crazylikafox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. yep, he sure did say that. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. thank you for posting this n/t |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. I have seen electrical crews compress lugs onto that rather large |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
12. And then there's Methane hydrate..... |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Sounds like this is close to what I understand that happened |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Sure does. Here's a witness report: |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. From what I understand, they use quick-cure cement to save money. |
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nenagh (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
14. Thank you |
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SlipperySlope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. Thanks for the excellent post (and link). |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
17. Thanks for the info |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
18. That BallSh**ty cement job leads right back to Haliburton...n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. kick for later |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
20. Thank you for that. It demonstrates the root cause of all of these kinds of events. |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. You don't know that to be true |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Well, they both have horrendous records |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
21. +1 |
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Merchant Marine (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. Bump for the morning crowd... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. Kicked and recommended. |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Good thread, the earlier one of the crew member being interviewed very informative as well.. |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. Thanks! Very helpful. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Rec. So this was a screw up, not really a failure of equipment - a bad installation? |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Not alone, the screw up was the failure to realize that the equipment |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. What about this lack of a $500,000 remote switch we hear about? Was it an issue? |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well from what I have heard through the oilfield grapevine is that they did have a fail safe remote |
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Lavender Blue (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Your remote won't change the channel on the TV if the TV's broke. |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Reading more about it, the acoustic remote is for triggering the BOP from a lifeboat. |
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Lavender Blue (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. That's the big unknown, how much integrity is in the seal between the casing and the crumbling hole. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. "more than one thing has to go wrong" |
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hankthecrank (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
44. Sounds with that much pressure the cement dome thingy isn't going to work |
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