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

[Greg Freemyer]

Greg,

Most of our Gulf well are in shallow water (1000 ft or less).  AIUI,
those have the emergency cutoff at the surface.  So you don't even
need a sub to take out a few hundred wells.  Just think of the fun we
could have then.

Greg

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Obviously snipers were deployed in case it was a Korean/Al Qaeda, etc.
> terrorist action, so as to prevent another rig from being taken down. Now if
> this affair hasn't given ideas of how to wreck the US economy to those who
> might care to do so, they must be taking a Rip van Winkle style nap. How
> many hundreds of active wells do we have in the gulf? Hopefully those have
> better failsafe cutoff valves.
>
> GC
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Preston Boyington <preston.lists at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>> > Would that be so bad?  Wouldn't it be nice to have a shorter drive to
>> > the beach?  If Hartsfield were suddenly beachfront property they could
>> > take off over the ocean without annoying folks trying to sleep.  :-)
>>
>> LOL!  well I haven't read the article, but a small (low yield?) nuke
>> like the US and other countries have in their arsenal doesn't do quite
>> that much damage.  from my understanding it's more of a small city size
>> area of impact.
>>
>> my assumption would be their using small ones like was proposed for
>> space shuttle propulsion years ago.
>>
>> on a different note; I still haven't heard _why_ snipers were deployed
>> to neighboring rigs.  I worked on offshore drilling rigs for years (and
>> still have family working thereon) and that was a first for me.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Arrant Drivel - really, it's just trash...
>> http://www.arrantdrivel.com/
>>
>> Where the road takes me - a highwayman's perspective
>> http://www.prestonboyington.com/
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