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I know I read it didnt yesterday, I gotta look it up, ive read so many articles that seem contradictory, I read one that said the crew "failed to hit" it LOL

Yeah I saw also that the emergency shut-off valve (whatever name they call it in oil speak) had failed and it should have clamped it shut as soon as the incident occured. They sent down a robot sub to try to make it activate but it failed to do so.

It's unthinkable that anyone would be allowed to drill on the sea floor without redundant emergency shut off's. But there ya go. Hard to predict the unknown I guess.

Drilling Process Attracts Scrutiny in Rig Explosion
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...564769072.html

somebody mentioned Halliburton earlier and they might be at the core of this.

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Originally Posted by joshgirls (Post 17088470)

Not get get all political & shit...

But why is the left wing going ballistic about the arizona law but not making a peep about this in the national media? Seems to me wrecking the entire ecosystem of the Gulf is much worse then sending foreign nationals back home. :2 cents:

oh because it's just AMERICANS doing hard jobs. No illegals died in the explosion.

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Originally Posted by Spunky (Post 17088650)

A tragedy as bad as Exxon.that shit is thick and will take a month to suck up,causing destruction along the way.the greed of oil is eventually going to kill everything

way more than a month...

oh man, sucky situation

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Originally Posted by joshgirls (Post 17088470)

eh,what are you talking about, this shit is all over the news and people are going balistic.

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Originally Posted by PR_Tom (Post 17089762)

Ok, I have read that BPs claims of back up valves are too expensive.

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Early investigations have revealed that BP did not bother to install -- and that U.S. regulations do not require -- a backup device to provide another layer of protection in case the "fail-safe" shutoff valve failed (which is exactly what happened). Brazil requires such a device, and oil companies like Shell install it routinely even in the U.S. BP didn't because, at $500,000, it was "too expensive."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-p..._b_558473.html

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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX (Post 17089801)

Ok, I have read that BPs claims of back up valves are too expensive.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-p..._b_558473.html

OK maybe I got mixed up with the level of device that failed.

same here me too, ive read conflicting reports.

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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX (Post 17089706)

Of course, this is the swamp. ;) Technically though, gators wont be right there, they like more marshy areas like swampy ponds, shallow water, this is a deep waterway, tons of tug boats pushing barges going up and down, people skiing, jet skis etdc, that scared the gators away long ago, they dont come around the park.

If oil hits these swamps the little fellas will be all over the place.

Damn this is a huge mess and I feel for our planet... Fucked Up :Oh crap

What an awful situation :( So the new study on Chernobyl just came out, and now this. Looks like there's going to be some big money funneled into other fuel sources in the near future.