[ale] BP knew of problems 11 months before the rig blew -further OT

[Lightner, Jeff]

The cynic in me at the time of the explosion made me wonder if some
eco-terrorist hadn't somehow caused it in reaction to the then recent
announcement of expanded offshore drilling by President Obama.

I have really seen much discussion of the cause of the explosion - only
the ballyhoo over the mess and cleanup.   Your post seems to at least be
in the area of cause.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Larry Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 2:48 PM
To: damon at damtek.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] BP knew of problems 11 months before the rig blew
-further OT

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com>
wrote:

>
> The post by some one else listing the retired oil guy was informative:
> If he is right, this happened due to lack of experience in dealing the
> the pressure.

Well, maybe for the time being I'm not so gone (at least until after I
make another plug for that interview with Pete Davidson).  No matter
which side of the issue of offshore drilling one falls on, it doesn't
hurt to have a fairly clear and conversational grasp of the issues,
and this particular interview gave the best down-to-earth description
I've seen yet.  In addition to the pressure he cites the lack of
experience with solid methane hydrate traveling upward in the pipe to
the separators.  He also mentioned that Norwegian and Russian drillers
might have much more experience with this than the companies handling
the Deep Horizon rig.

Again the link is http://vimeo.com/11977842

Listen to it.  You won't regret it.

Larry
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