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

[Jim Kinney]

I think the Chernobyl moniker is certainly more correct than Katrina. _WE_
made this mess not nature.

We have some really bright people that seem to be forced to the backseat
when decisions are made. Accounting has it's place and that is not the
drivers seat. The big question I keep asking, with no responses from
anywhere, is how do we transition from where we are now to a more
meritocracy processes?

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com>wrote:

> Our faith in our own know-how is certainly taking a beating in this
> episode. We know how to unleash forces that we don't know how to control
> (and destroy a lot of things we don't know how to replace). People keep
> comparing this to Katrina. But I think it's more like Chernobyl. We are
> likely to have a long-term dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
>
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30rig.html?
>>
>> Time to start pumping the well head full of execs yet?
>>
>> Does anyone know of a single component compound that reacts with mixed
>> organics to make a solid? Drilling mud is a lubricant. They need to pump in
>> a fast-setting glue. However, since the article talks about the screw ups in
>> the valve and the cement well casing I'm concerned that with the well
>> pressure a plugged head will only force a leak (or blowout) near the head in
>> the sea floor. The cement casing is supposed to act as a reinforcement but
>> there are reports that the material used was substandard (thanks
>> Haliburton!) and poorly installed.
>>
>> Maybe since the riser pipe is still attached to the head they can beat on
>> it with the "top cap" box and crimp it down to cut the flow. Who knows.
>> Maybe a slow crimping cutoff of the flow will not shock the casing and allow
>> a temporary blockage with the sub-floor fracturing of the crappy casing they
>> are worried about.
>>
>>
>
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