[QUOTE=alcor;39389]
[IMG]http://cfs1.gcaptain.com/cfs/forum/images/misc/quote_icon.png[/IMG] Originally Posted by [B]alf[/B] [[IMG]http://cfs1.gcaptain.com/cfs/forum/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png[/IMG]](http://gcaptain.com/forum/offshore/4805-deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-post39389.html#post39389)Nola…See post 4366 from CM1 below…and similar posts from around 30th June.
[B] [IMG]http://gcaptain.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif[/IMG] Re: Majeure NOW for shallow water [/B] [IMG]http://cfs1.gcaptain.com/cfs/forum/images/misc/quote_icon.png[/IMG] Originally Posted by [B]tvhawaii[/B] [[IMG]http://cfs1.gcaptain.com/cfs/forum/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png[/IMG]](http://gcaptain.com/forum/4805-deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2.html#post38700) I copied exactly what is quoted above in my E-mail to him, and this is his reply.(sigh)
"Tell him the 4.1 bbls expands to 70 feet 8.4 bbls and 800 psi under
the casing hanger and that was enough to breakdown the weak zone and
push mud out of annulus.
It wasn’t arbitrarily applied like Obama’s moratorium."
Warmest Regards,
Michael Davis, B.S. Petroleum Engineering
(713) 470-8882
MDavis@DrillScience.com
Edit: Don’t people take the time to read anymore?!
[QUOTE]TV, there is no use in trying to reason with this BP hired gun. He is only out to cover BP’s ass because he knows they are guilty of premeditated negligence leading to the deaths of eleven men & causing the greatest environmental catastrophe in the history of the world. He let the cat out of the bag weeks ago when he was arguing against air that BP made the change of well plan from exploratory to production during the last days of drillng the well, when it is evident by their running of the rupure discs in the 16" that they had planned on producing this well before it was ever drilled. This meant that they were responsible to put the best available system in place to mitigate any possible dangers. Instead they made the conscious decision probably months before to run the cheapest well design possible & balme the government or their vendors if anything went wrong. They didn’t actually THINK anything would happen, but were already prepared with fingernails sharpened before the occurance to place blame on anything or anyone else for the damage caused by their premedtated death & destruction. How else do you think he turns so quickly from the MMS to TO to the company man to the BOPs every time the natural sequence comes back full circle to BP’s negligent planning & design as the root cause of this disaster. Remember the blame the cowboy mentality of US culture. This was a smoke screen when he as BP insider knew what the management of his company had planned to do & how they planned to blame others that they either cohersed, bribed, extorted, or plain ignored in their headlong push to make this disaster occur.
[/QUOTE]What an extraordinary statement to make. Those of us who believe in the offshore oil industry’s survival want to know the truth of the events the days prior to the disaster struck. We can all speculate about the failures. One fact is this: BP, are doing every possible thing to right the wrong. I guarantee all of you that there is much more to be revealed. Revealing some of that information may compromise the efforts to drill the relief well due to TO’s implication.
Those who work in the industry understand ‘last line of defence’, and who has the responsibility to take action. Those who want to simply fill their car without any understanding and appreciation of the dangers in the oil industry should hold their comments for other media outlets. Wild statements without any basis for fact are the media’s attempt to understand an industry which is so dynamic every well drilled is different. I hope this discussion thread is designed for those with intimate knowledge of the industry, and particularly, operations from Semi-Submersible vessels. This is what the investigation is all about.
As for the rupture disks, I believe every Oil Operator that I know of would like to convert an exploration well to a Production well. Again, it’s extraordinary, that anyone thinks this is not possible. Do not mislead people with inaccuracies.[/QUOTE]
Alco, the quote was made by others under post 4366… Not by me.