tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571217448396416517.post6408014608450725101..comments2024-02-12T11:58:36.964-06:00Comments on BP Slick: Transocean, Doomed Rig's Owner, Seeks to Limit Its LiabilityJohn L. Wathenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140840127236193125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571217448396416517.post-72301525266156113782010-05-18T16:39:40.606-05:002010-05-18T16:39:40.606-05:00Apparently, just before the blowout, there was an ...Apparently, just before the blowout, there was an argument between BP and TransOcean big-wigs. Normally, when Transocean would finish drilling, they would leave the shaft full of "mud" so that no pressure could blowout while Halliburton came along and installed the concrete well head plugs. But BP was already way behind schedule and argued (and won) that the "mud" be removed so that BP could more quickly start pumping once Halliburton was done. Bottom line is that BP person who argued to save time by removing the "mud" from the shafts, should face a criminal indictment (assuming he survived).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764127112455164178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571217448396416517.post-10724316041968887512010-05-18T16:31:57.492-05:002010-05-18T16:31:57.492-05:00I read a CBS (i think) article about a whistle-blo...I read a CBS (i think) article about a whistle-blower who was on the rig. He said that a week before the blowout, someone bumped a lever while the blowout preventor (BOP) was engaged and put major stress on the BOP. Later he found a bunch of large chunks of a gasket material in the "mud" that had come up from the drilling tip. Those were chunks of the annular seal from the BOP, but the drilling captain (Transocean) said it wasn't a problem and drilling continued.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764127112455164178noreply@blogger.com