This whole thing reminds me of an acquaintance that, on a motorcycle ride, swung wide on a corner and plowed into the side of a boat being towed by a pickup going the opposite direction. He busted the hull and his motorcycle ripped one of the axles right off the trailer.
And he was hurt too.
The guy in the truck stopped and was very concerned about making sure the guy was all right. We were all trying to get an ambulance, protect his injured hand and arm, etc.
That was then. A month or two later he was in court being sued by the boat owner. Everything in its time.
This spill has passed the “lets all work together to get this stopped” phase. Now it gets ugly.
Interesting - also check out the comments at the WSJ site. I thought somebody’s analogy to the Challenger disaster was pretty good - a series of questionable decisions that snowballed into a disaster.
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I’ve had a real bad opinion of BP since they screwed all us propane users with their price fixing deal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/23/AR2007102302255.html
Thanks. VERY informative article. Sounds like BP had put “Larry the Cable Guy” in charge on the rig....GIT’R DONE!
Oh my! How could President Obama have let them get away with such a thing
B.P. has a history of cutting corners to the detriment of themselves, workers and now the environment. If they can ever recover from this episode, I would have them on a very short leash and an independent review of all but the most insignificant of jobs. If the old saying,"Penny-wise and pound foolish" applied to any one, it's them.
I feel sort of bad for BP. As someone who has worked in the offshore subsea oil industry and when you got a 1 million dollar a day rig sitting there and you are way over budget(Macondo had at least 1 sidetrack)on your well costs the management rides you to get done and get off the well.
In this industry, time is money like no where else. BP has drilled hundreds of wells without incident but this time it was different.