# Deepwater Horizon - Transocean Oil Rig Fire 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Offshore\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343 "2010-06-30T14:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![john](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/john/32/5_2.png) [@john](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/john)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/1 "2010-06-30T14:44:12Z")
We are having problems with adding new threads to [the original post](http://gcaptain.com/forum/offshore/4805-deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire.html). So please use this post to continue the discussion. Thanks, John ---
**Author:** ![john](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/john/32/5_2.png) [@john](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/john)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/2 "2010-06-30T14:48:38Z")
test test test ---
**Author:** ![company\_man\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@company\_man\_1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/company_man_1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/3 "2010-06-30T16:26:21Z")
[QUOTE=john;38856]test test test[/QUOTE] Thanks John. Let me be the first to throw a punch. Screw you BP. You & your paid lackeys are dirty low down murdering trash. ---
**Author:** ![bubbie52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f1d935/32.png) [@bubbie52](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/bubbie52)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/4 "2010-06-30T16:40:27Z")
Has anyone been able to post since page 174 thread 4350? I have been following this thread since the beginning and just wondering if I missed anything,Thanks Bubbie52 ---
**Author:** ![PLCGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@PLCGuy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PLCGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/5 "2010-06-30T16:40:31Z")
[QUOTE=john;38856]test test test[/QUOTE] Ahh, I see we are back up and running. I guess with that first thread we discovered the limits of the software… Thanks for the new thread, John! Yep, I too say Screw BP. And screw this rubbish of trying to claim it’s all an inherited AMOCO problem. I beg to differ, and so does the US Chemical Safety Board. Anybody here ever read the report and/or watched the video about the Texas City explosion? [http://www.csb.gov/investigations/detail.aspx?SID=20&Type=2&pg=1&F\_All=y](http://www.csb.gov/investigations/detail.aspx?SID=20&Type=2&pg=1&F_All=y) If you stick it out and watch the video all the way to the final part where they’re passing around the blame, you will discover that BP is criticized for a top-down culture that puts production ahead of safety, and more to the point the investigators comment that BP systematically gutted and destroyed the good safety culture AMOCO had created and maintained. Edit: Up and running, but I still don’t have my Thank You button back. Drat. ---
**Author:** ![PLCGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@PLCGuy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PLCGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/6 "2010-06-30T16:58:18Z")
[QUOTE=bubbie52;38860]Has anyone been able to post since page 174 thread 4350? I have been following this thread since the beginning and just wondering if I missed anything,Thanks Bubbie52[/QUOTE] By going to {Forum Actions -\> General Settings} and changing the number of posts displayed per page from “Forum Defaults” to “100” I was able to see a little ways beyond Post 4350. I don’t think we missed much; looked to me like nobody could see beyond 4350 and they were posting away wondering why their posts were vanishing. So really there were only a few posts, but they were posted multiple times due to confusion… ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/7 "2010-07-01T01:29:52Z")
test is this working ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/8 "2010-07-01T01:31:37Z")
this thing is still error messaging,me , ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/9 "2010-07-01T01:34:55Z")
I thought it was fixed,What is going on?? can somebody tellme what is going on,dell are you out there? ALvis, Alf,blister?? ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/10 "2010-07-01T01:42:21Z")
dell, what is going on? ---
**Author:** ![company\_man\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@company\_man\_1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/company_man_1)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/11 "2010-07-01T02:29:26Z")
[QUOTE=Alf;38882]Alvis? I’m sure he won’t mind the mix up. Which “[B]one off in the corner[/B]”? Looking from forwards… apprx 1 inch up from sealevel on the starboard side (left side of photo) is a flare from the starboard overboard line. On the port side (RH side of the photo) just beneath the crane boom…to me it looks like a lot of light reflection from the other numerous flames?.[/QUOTE]Sorry Alf. You are the man. Are you guys still having trouble posting on here? Every time I post it shows a data base error. The pic you posted shows a fire waaay off to one corner. I am wondering if that was a possible ignition source or just a vent line coming off diesel storage etc. Anyway thanks again for showing the diffewrent sources of energy to the fire. ---
**Author:** ![Alf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Alf](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Alf)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/12 "2010-07-01T02:30:54Z")
[QUOTE=company man 1;38875] Edit: Sorry Alf. Nice post. Hey, I didn’t have my galsses on.[/QUOTE] You only realise how old you have become when you get called “Grandad”! ---
**Author:** ![Alf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Alf](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Alf)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/13 "2010-07-01T02:37:09Z")
[QUOTE=company man 1;38883]Sorry Alf. You are the man. Are you guys still having trouble posting on here? Every time I post it shows a data base error. The pic you posted shows a fire waaay off to one corner. I am wondering if that was a possible ignition source or just a vent line coming off diesel storage etc. Anyway thanks again for showing the diffewrent sources of energy to the fire.[/QUOTE] We are still hit and miss with the postings. I’m sure they will get it sorted soon. I’m looking at the photo Can you be a bit more specific than “[B]waaay off to one corne[/B]r”? ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/14 "2010-07-01T02:46:14Z")
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**Author:** ![Alf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Alf](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Alf)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/15 "2010-07-01T02:58:20Z")
Guys and Nola Just type in your responses etc and after you get the database error message just hit refresh & Your posting will be there. ---
**Author:** ![Walton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/87869e/32.png) [@Walton](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Walton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/16 "2010-07-01T03:14:20Z")
Deleted due to duplication of message. ---
**Author:** ![company\_man\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@company\_man\_1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/company_man_1)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/17 "2010-07-01T03:14:30Z")
[QUOTE=Alf;38891]Guys and Nola Just type in your responses etc and after you get the database error message just hit refresh & Your posting will be there.[/QUOTE] Alf, I guess it would be toward what was labeled the starboard aft corner. I checked the drawing you posted & couldn’t identify an ignition/ energy source in that area. I also blew up the picture & you can see the blow coming out of the rig floor & not ignited at the point this picture was taken. the on take later shows massive fire in the middle of the rig. I’m not sure what all this tells us, but there is a message there to be interpreted. ---
**Author:** ![BLISTERS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@BLISTERS](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/BLISTERS)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/18 "2010-07-01T04:43:29Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/citizentube](http://www.youtube.com/citizentube) ---
**Author:** ![peakoilerrrr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@peakoilerrrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/peakoilerrrr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/19 "2010-07-01T05:37:09Z")
Holy Chu! Recall the 2-pipe anomaly? It’s back [from LATimes 6-29]… … "The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated [B]imaging equipment [/B]detected not one but [B]two drill pipes, side by side[/B], inside the wreckage of the well’s blowout preventer on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. [B]BP officials said it was impossible[/B]. The Deepwater Horizon rig, which drilled the well, used a single pipe, connected in segments, to bore 13,000 feet below the ocean floor. But when workers cut into the wreckage to install a containment cap this month, sure enough, they found two pipes. … > **[Second pipe may have crippled BP well's defense mechanism](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/29/news/sc-dc-oil-spill-pipes-20100626)** > > The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated imaging equipment detected not... This 2-pipe anomaly in sheared BOP demands confirmation as either true or false. Did BP save lots of time/$ by not removing some unwanted pipe-thingy? ---
**Author:** ![peakoilerrrr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@peakoilerrrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/peakoilerrrr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/20 "2010-07-01T05:52:04Z")
Holy Chu! Recall the 2-pipe anomaly? It’s back [from LATimes 6-29]… … "The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated [B]imaging equipment [/B]detected not one but [B]two drill pipes, side by side[/B], inside the wreckage of the well’s blowout preventer on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. [B]BP officials said it was impossible[/B]. The Deepwater Horizon rig, which drilled the well, used a single pipe, connected in segments, to bore 13,000 feet below the ocean floor. But when workers cut into the wreckage to install a containment cap this month, sure enough, they found two pipes. … > **[Second pipe may have crippled BP well's defense mechanism](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/29/news/sc-dc-oil-spill-pipes-20100626)** > > The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated imaging equipment detected not... This 2-pipe anomaly in sheared BOP/riser demands confirmation as either true or false. Did BP save lots of time/$ by not removing some unwanted pipe-thingy? [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343.md?page=2)