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Did North Korea Sabotage Gulf Oil Rig, and Did Obama Cover It Up?
Conservative Examiner ^
| 5/1/2010
| Anthony G. Martin
Posted on 05/01/2010 12:05:09 PM PDT by Welshman007
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To: babygene
There was an explosion. Its pretty difficult to get a substance, particularly a gas, to explode unless it is confined in a pressure vessel. Hell, even gunpowder will not explode if you light it with a match unless its confined. Certainly not oil or gas or even hydrogen. It just burns.Post 32 has an excellent interview with a person on the rig, 40,000 PSI of colorless, odorless gas blows water out of 5000 feet of pipe......and you say it can't explode.....I guess that big "foof" when the gas went of wasn't technically an explosion, unless you happened to be standing in the middle of it, like the 11 dead men.
To: CedarDave
Thanks for that link.
Firsthand report from a highly credible survivor— accident.
And the BOP had been tested prior to the maneuver. He said although he didn’t have firsthand knowledge of the test results, they never would have continued had the BOP test results indicated a failure of any kind.
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05/01/2010 2:24:23 PM PDT
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thouworm
To: ScreamingFist
I think you’re beating your head against a wall.
People want to believe there was sabatoge, so they are going to believe it no matter what you say.
They have no life experience with anything even vagely similiar to the oilfield.
30,000 to 40,000psi simply does not compute.
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05/01/2010 2:31:13 PM PDT
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IMR 4350
To: IMR 4350
I think youre beating your head against a wall.Thanks IMR, but we have to keep posting, otherwise Free Republic becomes Coast to Coast.
To: ScreamingFist
Pick your targets, some just aren't worth wasting your time over.
I think I got through to some on a different post, but I don't know.
Being around the oilfield and other dangerous jobs for so many years, patient isn't exactly one of my virtues.
If the worm can't learn after you tell them twice, it's time to run em off. I've got patients for ignorant, I don't have patients for stupid.
If you have the patients to deal with some of these clowns that know absolutely nothing about it, but want to argue with you, some body’s who's been there and done that, more power to you.
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posted on
05/01/2010 7:23:43 PM PDT
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IMR 4350
To: ScreamingFist
Pick your targets, some just aren't worth wasting your time over.
I think I got through to some on a different post, but I don't know.
Being around the oilfield and other dangerous jobs for so many years, patient isn't exactly one of my virtues.
If the worm can't learn after you tell them twice, it's time to run em off. I've got patients for ignorant, I don't have patients for stupid.
If you have the patients to deal with some of these clowns that know absolutely nothing about it, but want to argue with you, some body’s who's been there and done that, more power to you.
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posted on
05/01/2010 7:23:43 PM PDT
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IMR 4350
To: IMR 4350
If you have the patients to deal with some of these clowns that know absolutely nothing about it, but want to argue with you, some bodys who's been there and done that, more power to you.I already see your point.....we've moved from Rig problems to EMP devices on other threads......sad state to be sure....take care FRiend.
To: ScreamingFist
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05/01/2010 8:58:55 PM PDT
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danamco
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