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05-27-2010, 02:07 PM
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#151 | | Banned (BBM)
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they operate the plant, and they failed at maintaining the fail safe valve
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05-27-2010, 02:23 PM
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#152 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Liquid_o2  Everyone talks about BP all the time, but I don't hear much discussion of Transocean and how they play into this disaster. They owned and operated the rig that went down. What role do they have in this cleanup effort, if any? | BP owns the well,and therefore is the one charged with the cleanup.
Transocean is BP's subcontractor, it's BP's responsibility to ensure it's subcontractors are operating to spec. BP could go after Transocean after the fact, but right now this is BP's baby
Also, there were testimonials from survivors that a transocean and BP official were in an argument about the process they were going to use to cement the well.
They're going to play the blame game for a long time after this is over.
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05-27-2010, 02:44 PM
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#153 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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top kill has been temporary suspended
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05-27-2010, 04:06 PM
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#154 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
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Originally Posted by Liquid_o2 Everyone talks about BP all the time, but I don't hear much discussion of Transocean and how they play into this disaster. They owned and operated the rig that went down. What role do they have in this cleanup effort, if any? | watch the show "60 minutes" that was posted earlier, and u'll understand why this is Bp's fault, and not transocean's. BP was pushing the transocean crew harder and harder because it was costing BP way too much money than originally planned to drill this well, thus BP flew people onto tranocean's rig and lay the smack down on how to do shit the BP way, and now shit hits the fan, BP points fingers at transocean.
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05-27-2010, 05:08 PM
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#155 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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on a side note the Chevron's Burnaby refinery has been seeping oil, gas and diesel fuel into the Burrard Inlet since at least April 21 http://www.vancouversun.com/Historic...018/story.html | |
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05-27-2010, 05:24 PM
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#156 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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All BP does is talk bullshit too, obviously all these VP's are gonna talk about the best case scenario when in fact it's probably 100 times worse then they report and they know it. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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05-27-2010, 05:50 PM
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#157 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by sunny_j | wow...
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05-27-2010, 06:21 PM
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#158 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by sunny_j | I bet more oil, gas, and diesel fuel gets out of motorboats and ships in burrard inlet than that Chevron refinery...
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05-27-2010, 07:30 PM
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#159 | | In RS I Trust
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Originally Posted by sunny_j | not since April21 thats when it happened. I used to work at the loading rack and they are VERY VERY environmentally conscious. They are just required to notify the government when it happens
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05-27-2010, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by murd0c | bump
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05-27-2010, 08:45 PM
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#161 | | In RS I Trust
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is it more or does it look worse then before?
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05-27-2010, 08:49 PM
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#162 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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it is more. earlier it was 3 gushers now it looks like 5.
also read that BP took a 16 hour break from top kill and never told anyone till recently
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05-27-2010, 08:51 PM
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#163 | | resident Oil Guru
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Whats interesting is that BP will have to pay taxes on the amount of oil that has leaked.. (it's considered profit once it's come out of the ground..)which is probably one of their motivations in lying about the numbers.
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05-27-2010, 08:52 PM
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#164 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo Whats interesting is that BP will have to pay taxes on the amount of oil that has leaked.. (it's considered profit once it's come out of the ground..)which is probably one of their motivations in lying about the numbers. | interesting. i never knew that.
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05-27-2010, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo Whats interesting is that BP will have to pay taxes on the amount of oil that has leaked.. (it's considered profit once it's come out of the ground..)which is probably one of their motivations in lying about the numbers. | so they are saying could be a max of 3.8mill litres a day right now. Thats a whole lotta tax lol
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05-27-2010, 09:06 PM
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#166 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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"JUST PLUG THE DAMN HOLE!"
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05-27-2010, 10:47 PM
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I wish I could be down there and help with the clean-up.
The only thing that is stopping me is the cost of the flight, rent, food, etc.
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05-27-2010, 11:15 PM
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ill equip you might end up like those sick fishermen
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05-28-2010, 04:08 AM
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#169 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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The total financial cost of the response in the five weeks since a rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed the oil from a well head one mile down now stands at $930 million, up from a $760 million estimate on May 24, BP said.
| Wow @ $930 million just for the clean up. Imagine the payouts for the massive lawsuits in the coming months and years and possible lawsuits from the various States and residents against the EPA for dumping millions of gallons of untested toxic chemicals.
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05-28-2010, 07:38 AM
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#170 | | Banned (BBM)
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Originally Posted by orange7 I wish I could be down there and help with the clean-up.
The only thing that is stopping me is the cost of the flight, rent, food, etc. | u need a donation from RS fellows to save up ur flight ticket
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05-28-2010, 08:14 AM
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#171 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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MSNBC is reporting that they managed to stop the flow of oil from the well with the drilling mud. Now they have to pump it full of cement.
They're not out of the woods yet.
"WASHINGTON - The flow of oil from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico has stopped, the Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen claimed Friday, but BP warned it would be a further 48 hours before it was known whether the "top kill" procedure had been successful.
"They have been able to stop the hydrocarbons from coming up the wellbore," Allen said on ABC's Good Morning America. "I think the real challenge today is going to be sustain the mud on top of the hydrocarbons and reduce the pressure to the point where they could actually put a cement plug in." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37394541/ns/gulf_oil_spill/
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05-28-2010, 08:44 AM
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#172 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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*Fingers crossed*
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05-28-2010, 08:48 AM
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#173 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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Originally Posted by orange7 I wish I could be down there and help with the clean-up.
The only thing that is stopping me is the cost of the flight, rent, food, etc. | Yeah the only thing stopping me from going to Africa and saving the children from aids and famine is the cost of flight, rent, food, etc.
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05-28-2010, 11:06 AM
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#174 | | resident Oil Guru
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Any excuse will do!
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05-28-2010, 03:12 PM
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#175 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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My Cousin is a Oil driller in Northern Alberta. He said the only way that they will be able to stop it is to diagonally drill into the existing pipe and attempt to block or redirect the oil flow
He also mentioned that anyone that finds out how to stop it will be an instant Billionaire. His crew put in a multi billion dollar quote to drill over a period of 8 months.
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