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

[Larry Johnson]

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