[QUOTE=tengineer;42161]Earl,
When the military enter the civilian arena You have to be prepared to accept challenges to your imagined superior notions of how to run a company. Civilian companies are not allowed to let anyone die. That is not a military philosophy.
Alcor,
You need to get some rest or something. Your constant best efforts to defend BP has undoubtedly taken it’s toll as the above statement is illogical to the point of being incoherent.
By the way, civilian companies do run risks that allow people to die if they think it’s financially worth their while. Remember the BP “three little pigs” memo regarding the BP refinery in Texas City? Google it to remind yourself of BP’s safety culture and how they value life.
Tengineer[/QUOTE]
You’re right! I’ve made an effort to present the facts concerning responsibilities on the Drilling Rig. I’ve attempted to show how ‘instructions’ from town are only valid when the Rig’s Leaders ‘filter’, analyse, and upgrade all plans. It happens every single day offshore. It’s called, many minds working together. And, no plan is above volume and pressure control. Who is in charge of the well? The Driller.
Try to understand, the offshore industry is not a baby-sitting service where the Rig Personnel are spoon-fed by teams sitting onshore. On the contrary, these are highly skilled individuals who are trained and expected to understand when to take action. They are not concerned about memo’s or ‘outline plans’. They follow the ‘Program’, but will intervene if the vessel and crew are threatened.
The very highest priority is given to volume and pressure control. Nothing is above this. This is ‘God’ in the offshore drilling world. No Operator can influence what we do if we see ‘flow’ from the well. We shut in, and the Operators promote this as the first action to take. Obviously, we need a working BOP!
But, if flow is coming at us and we have no idea about it then someone isn’t doing their job. We’ve lost all ‘Control’. Many of you suggest this is a BP responsibility. Actually, it’s TO’s.
I hope I’ve offered some impartial view on how the oil patch works. Good Luck with all future drilling in the GOM.
I