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I will assume that all you know about the oil and gas industry is that you can pull up to the gas pump and fill your vehicle with the gas that is processed with the oil that is brought to surface by the oil wells in the Gulf.

False. I work in the industry and have been on rigs many times. I have also been on the planning team for several wildcat and development wells.

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The Operator (BP) hires out Transocean to drill a well for them. They work very closely together in all decesion making and planning. They have BP reps on location as well as Transocean Reps. They have meetings several times a day with the folks in the office to discuss current operations and operations moving forward, as well as any unplanned events. They were well aware of the downhole pressures. Everyone was, that is the only way they could have drilled it. They used proper mud weights to offset the reservoir pressures to drill the well safetly. You make it sound like BP hires Transocean and tells them. "Hey I want a well drilled at this location, go drill it and let me know when you are done

When did I ever say that? I was saying that BP is the ultimate responsible party because they are involved in so much of the planning and they are writing the checks. People were trying to absolve BP and point the finger at the service companies. All i was saying is that there are scenarios where maybe BP dropped the ball and it wasnt a failure of equipment. Not saying that is the case here but it may be. I guarantee you BP will be under investigation just as much as TO.

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Posted by shaunk128

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Posted on 5/2/10 at 6:44 pm to lsugradman

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You are telling me that when a company decides to drill in a certain location they have no idea what zones and what sorts of pressures they are going to encounter there? And that they arent responsible for making sure the drilling co is aware of those issues and their equipment isnt rated appropriately?

This is the statement where you sounded to me that you had no clue about the planning and development of wells. They need to get the operation under control and then the investigation will determine who is at fault. BP will take the most fault over it I am pretty sure because it was on thier property. These companies have contracts where each indivudal company will pay the price for certian things during the event of a disaster.
We cant speculate on who will be most at fault, but we do need to make sure that the 11 lives lost in this accident dosent get overshadowed by the events that are currently taking place. Mother Nature will eventually work herself out. These fathers,brothers,sons, and husbands are gone forever.

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