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testpack,
Excellent post. Good to read something by someone who's obviously got a bit of understanding of the whole affair.
But also, a little addition. The GoM operation was run by 'BP America', following the post-John Browne splitting of BP into different, semi-autonomous 'profit centres'. Not a single 'Brit' was involved with the Macondo operation. But Obama immediately targeted Head Office in London, and let's face it, Hayward's remarks were ill thought-out (or rather spontaneous) so fueled ire and subsequent witch-hunting. Or should that be money-hunting?
Whilst it's fairly quiet on a Sat. and obv, no RNS's. I thought I would throw my 10p worth in. I was a BP SH at the time and therefore it was significant to me. Very. Matters were made considerably worse for BP following Pres. Obama visit to the shore in Louisiana. He said on national TV that it was a British Petroleum operation. A name not used for 10 years following BP's T/O of USA's Standard Oil. He paid little attention to the 13 (?), fatalaties. He made his point to the American people and more importantly to the American legal system where the blame lay. There were obvious failings with both the drilling mud, and centering rings which were instrumental in the cause of the gas escape and subsequent failure. However, there were, I believe, only a few regrettable deaths in in the early minutes after the first gas explosion. Majority of deaths occurred following more explosions as the gas and oil leaks intensified. The BOP had been activated, but failed to operate. The first system was an electrical system, but failed owing to the wiring being burnt out in the first gas explosion. The fallback system was a mechanical system operated by a battery. Further deaths and obviously all of the oil spill was caused by the failure of the batteries. Subsequently it was found out that one of the batteries was significantly undercharged and was incapable of operating the BOP. The BOP was supplied by Halliburton ( who were given Chapter 10 to prevent it being made bankrupt in litigation, Transocean, the rig owner, had the responsibility of the rig maintenance and the battery maintenance. It argued that the battery discharged following the fire. The litigation against BP is history. It's pity that the UK legal system found that in the American owned, operated rig, Piper Alpha, Occidental, that the 235(?) deaths folowing the explosion was as 'Accident'. Occidental paid a few 10's of $M to victims families. For Maconda, BP paid over $60B. Sorry for the rant and length.
Wellwell,
"AK thanks for the tip although I was once guided away from that book due in part to the poor technical input from one or more of the researchers and contributors."
I've ticked the recommend thing for that post of yours. Because yes, while the thing was in the making, all sorts of jokers wanted to get in on the act. However their contributions never made it into print.
Tantalum,
"I know one of the chaps that built part of the tree valve system. "
I doubt it, 'cos there wasn't a 'tree' installed on the Macondo well. Though maybe your friend works for Cameron, which built the BOP. And yes, the set of blind / shear rams which were closed didn't centre the pipe, and thus the well didn't get properly shut-in. The design (it was a longstanding design fault) has since been modified. And yes, I suppose a BOP ram setup could be thought of as a sort of 'valve'.
AK thanks for the tip although I was once guided away from that book due in part to the poor technical input from one or more of the researchers and contributors.
I know one of the chaps that built part of the tree valve system. It seems there were perhaps design shortcomings there too. A great way of winding him up after a few drinks..
I think if an American company had found themselves picking up the tab after, it would have been much more modest. It was an excuse to raid BP's coffers when they were not primarily to blame. A nice cash injection after the financial crisis.
Somehow, I don't think we will get a reply from Boracic as to the reason behind his question, was it to sow seeds of doubt? that was my only thought, maybe a member of ER or some other group, GP, etc.
PS Please excuse typos in my 23:20 post. It was written hurriedly and I hit 'send' before checking it.
boracic,
"I seem to remember Transocean were involved in the spillage in the Gulf of Mexico where BP took most if not all of the blame ."
Yes, the DWH was a Transocean rig.
"I think Halliburton were involved as well". Correct. Principally because they were responsible for the (failed) cement job on the 7" production casing, which was a significant contributing factor to the blowout.
However, to echo Chablard's question, what was the point of your post? What has the Macondo blowout got to do with Hurricane and their WoS operations?
Yobbo,
"Or read the official report,"
Which one? There were a number of different 'official reports' published by different groups and bodies, none of which can be considered 100% 'definitive'.
Wellwell,
"There's certainly no one on this board who will be able to provide any info on the Deep Water Horizon disaster, you'll just have to watch the movie."
I suggest you find a copt of the book 'Deepwater Horizon, A Sysrems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster' by Earl Boebert& James Blossom, pub Harvard University Press, 2016, and check out page 280. I'd also submit that watching 'the movie' is absolutly the last way to try and learn anything factual about the event. It's riddled with inaccuracies, mistakes, and downright absurdities.
Boracic.
Really. What was the point of that post??
Or read the official report, a surprisingly easy to read document, which differs quite a lot from the film.
Take cover!
There's certainly no one on this board who will be able to provide any info on the Deep Water Horizon disaster, you'll just have to watch the movie.
I seem to remember Transocean were involved in the spillage in the Gulf of Mexico where BP took most if not all of the blame .
I think Halliburton were involved as well , maybe to do with the pipework .
Could somebody advise ?