[QUOTE=alcor;36365]I don’t disagree with anything you’ve written here. BP, have screwed up everyone’s lives and will answer for that. And, many will be strung up!
I’m looking at ALL the failures. How were they able to get away with running one completion string? Where are the authorities to ensure that rules are being abided? Why didn’t Transocean lift the lid on the operations? They must have been aware that the rules were being broken.
In the absence of anyone else questioning their decisions, I believe this is an opportunity for the MMS to take better charge of all wells in order to control the corner cutting.
I’m interested in who else joins BP on the Gallows.
Is the offshore industry in the GOM rife with corner cutting or is it just BP? This question can only be addressed by comparing all offshore wells drilled in the past 5 years to see what sort of ‘policing’ is required for the future.
One problem in this case is that MMS appear to have approved the casing design. I hope they also stipulated the requirements for full circulation prior to the cement job.
I’d like to know what happened when they ran the Production string and in particular I’m interested in what was happening with well volumes. Someone is going to be crucified![/QUOTE]
As I have said before, there is only one guilty party here. It is simple. BP had a desire to shortcut safety & make it an industry standard. They are the resposible party. As I have said before, The MMS probably didn’t have the tools to run the simulations of cause & effect that BP did. Therefore they did not have the understanding BP did. They certainly weren’t made aware by BP of Halliburton’s simulations concerning the lack of centralizers. This disaster lays at the feet of BP & BP alone. They made these decisions without regard to safety simply for money? These people murdered eleven men & caused 6 others to jump from a rig in the middle of the night into burning water for the sole purpose of saving money. I pity the rotten sole of anyone who can in any way justify their actions in the casue of this accident. That person should reevaluate their whole belief system.