The final cut..... Deep water Horizon
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From: Martin Riddle on 1 Jun 2010 21:19 This is interesting, They cut the riser with a large shear, now they are cutting the riser at the top of the BOP. Anyone betting lots of oil will gush out? (mind the wrap) <http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html> Cheers
From: David L. Jones on 2 Jun 2010 02:07 Martin Riddle wrote: > This is interesting, They cut the riser with a large shear, now they > are cutting the riser at the top of the BOP. > > Anyone betting lots of oil will gush out? > > (mind the wrap) > http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html Is it just me being cynical, or is someone paid to sit there and twiddle the ROV joystick 24/7 to make it look like they are doing something? Just nuke it I recon. Can't possibly do any worse. Dave. -- ================================================ Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.eevblog.com
From: Martin Brown on 2 Jun 2010 03:13 On 02/06/2010 02:19, Martin Riddle wrote: > This is interesting, They cut the riser with a large shear, now they > are cutting the riser at the top of the BOP. > > Anyone betting lots of oil will gush out? Yup. If they unlucky they could almost double the flow rate. I just hope they have some convincing way of attaching the new contraption that is supposed to take the oil away afterwards. Oh look it has filled with ice and dropped off will not play well. > > (mind the wrap) > <http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html> I want to see what instructions the production manager of the rig gave to the operating team and when they knew the BOP was no longer failsafe. Regards, Martin Brown
From: Bill Sloman on 2 Jun 2010 05:27 On Jun 2, 9:13 am, Martin Brown <|||newspam...(a)nezumi.demon.co.uk> wrote: > On 02/06/2010 02:19, Martin Riddle wrote: > > > This is interesting, They cut the riser with a large shear, now they > > are cutting the riser at the top of the BOP. > > > Anyone betting lots of oil will gush out? > > Yup. If they unlucky they could almost double the flow rate. > > I just hope they have some convincing way of attaching the new > contraption that is supposed to take the oil away afterwards. Oh look it > has filled with ice and dropped off will not play well. > > > (mind the wrap) > > <http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english....> > > I want to see what instructions the production manager of the rig gave > to the operating team and when they knew the BOP was no longer failsafe. I suspect that we will find out. The US government does seem to searching for scapegoats, and BP's production manager would do fine - it's not as if British Petroleum would have paid to help any US politicians to get themselves elected, though they may have had to "lobby" to get permission to drill the well in the first place. -- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
From: Uwe Hercksen on 2 Jun 2010 05:57
Martin Brown schrieb: > I want to see what instructions the production manager of the rig gave > to the operating team and when they knew the BOP was no longer failsafe. Hello, they could not replace the bad BOP by another good BOP, they only could mount another BOP on top of the existing BOP. Bye |