Likely?...........No
Possible?.....Yes

Heard the possibility of a screw up in the concreteing of the well a few hours before the explosion? Maybe will find out the TRUTH one day; you know, like the single bullet theory.

One thing I DO believe; If there is something to be covered up, OsamaObama is the one to do it


 

Let's try this.

www.eutimes.net/2010/05/us-orders-blackout-over-north-korean-torpedoing-of-gulf-of-mexico-oil-rig/ 


Hey Scott, seems I heard about a shut off valve operated by remote control that was not (and not required by US Govt. but required by many other countries) on this well. What's the deal on that? Anyone know why these valves if they exist are not required just for reasons like this.

I'm a dril baby drill kind of guy but also believe every care has to be taken to prevent accidents like this. Granted we don't know what caused the well to blow but would this remote control shut off valve if in place, have prevented the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf and gave a greater increase in chance of sucessfully completing the cleanup operation?

I couldn't understand why the flow kept on coming, I've worked on rigs throughout Europe and there is always a safety valve sometimes more than one, which "fail close" when anything go's wrong upstairs, they can be troublesome if pressure drops, then divers have to work on them .. I think maybe B.P were cutting corners. I know its an enviromental disaster but i can't help thinking of the eleven dead and their families and also the injured.

These are the most sophisticated and safest rigs in the world. Many redundant safety systems. There are several valves in the sub sea assembly and BOPs (blowout preventer). Last line of defense are the Shear Rams, which cut the drill string and shuts everything in. One thing you have to remember is that the explosion up top was caused by an enormous amount of pressure and flow down hole. Untold damage has occurred to everything on the sea bed. Add that to 5000ft to the bottom and that adds to the problem of not being able to get the well shut in. As far as the cement screw up, I have seen a rig on land take a kick just after cementing and it blew 19,000 ft of cement right back out of the hole. Hell, I've seen a blowout drilling surface. (400 ft). Transocean and BP have the most stringent safety policies in the world. I feel sure there was no "cutting corners" Even if BP wanted to (and they wouldn't), Transocean would never allow it. They use what is called RISER. It is a large diameter pipe that goes to the sea floor and all the drilling is done through it. Apparently the riser has separated. If not, all of the oil would be coming out up top. One last thing. All of the remote safety valves in the world do you no good if where you control it from blew up and is now on the bottom of the ocean. I feel for the families. I've had to tell family members about their loved ones before and it sucks. We work safe for our families. There are certain risks in the oilfield and we live with them every day.

Guess they are talking about some dome type contraption that lowers over the top of the well hole. This dome thing supposedly has a nipple at the top (yea I know, sounds like a giant titty) that pipe or hose can be attached to allowing the oil to flow up and on board tanker ships? You know anything about that Scott?