[QUOTE=company man 1;37383]Wow! That was a lot of reading. I hate to do this because TO is partly to share in this responsibility also. But the two most important things I took away from the article were that BP had TO change part of its defense mechanism to a test mechanism to save time & money & they clearly stated that at least half of the shear ram piston functioned fully. It sounds as if they did not even check the other half. Would they not want to know if the other half also functioned fully? That was very vague & open ended. There have to be changes made in MMS enforcement ability as well as culture. They must have redundant shear rams as part of a BOP system also.[/QUOTE]
Since the single point of failure (associated with a catostrophic event, see earlier link to the 2001 examination), was identified as a shuttle valve in the blind shear mechanism, you would think they would have checked both halves…?
Waves to Alcor who I don’t think should have been banned even if I don’t always agree with him.
Admins-- don’t ban [I]me[/I] for this plz plz plz- his private IM is shut down too so…