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re: obama comment about moratorium...........
Posted on 6/4/10 at 4:26 pm to Mudminnow
Posted on 6/4/10 at 4:26 pm to Mudminnow
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BP should pick up the tab because of lost jobs
I disagree that BP are the one's reponsible for paying all of the worker this effects and I have a brother that is on a rig right now which had to halt operations becuase of this. I could only talk to him through the internet and yesterday he was worried what he is going to do and if he needs to start looking for different work. I would not be suprised if Obama asks BP to pay workers from these rigs being shut down but it is in no way their responsibility to do so becuase it was a decision exucuted by Obama. The moratorium is a political move made to satisfy liberal supporters not living around the gulf coast and it will be a costly move IMO that will backfire and he almost definately has to stand ground on his dicision becuase taking it back that will hurt him as well.
This post was edited on 6/4/10 at 4:30 pm
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Posted on 6/4/10 at 5:22 pm to Markie812
This may piss some of you off, but I'll post it anyway.
The oil industry apologists on this board either have their head burried in the sand or are responding out of fear and worry about financial impacts. Either way, america and the administration will not allow drilling to move forward untill they are assured it can and WILL be done safely. From what I see that necessitates at the very least a redesign and modification of all existing BOP's. Any shear device that will not shear 100% of it's target is not worth a damn. Knowingly deploying this by the industry is inexcusable. Knowigly allowing this by the MMS is unfathomable..............
Sometimes I wonder if the apologists realize this well is still flowing. Oil is washing onshore from Vermillion Parish to Pensacola Bay AND THE WELL IS STILL frickING FLOWING!!! If I was President my only comment about the moratorium would be to contact me once this well is shut in and when you have reliable BOP's then I would start talking about lifting the moratorium.
This well may flow (I mean spill) for 6 months...or longer.
Also, I am sick and tired of hearring from BP about how hard it is to do things in 5,000' WD. If we absolutely cannot handle a blowout becasue of the water depth, then it raises serious questions about the wisdom of drilling there.
You boys can thank BP, not President Obama. The curent administration was allowing drilling in Alaska and along the eastern seaboard. MMS was stretching the eastern boundary of the "Central GOM" planning area for lease sales. BP could not have fricked this up at a worse time.
The oil industry apologists on this board either have their head burried in the sand or are responding out of fear and worry about financial impacts. Either way, america and the administration will not allow drilling to move forward untill they are assured it can and WILL be done safely. From what I see that necessitates at the very least a redesign and modification of all existing BOP's. Any shear device that will not shear 100% of it's target is not worth a damn. Knowingly deploying this by the industry is inexcusable. Knowigly allowing this by the MMS is unfathomable..............
Sometimes I wonder if the apologists realize this well is still flowing. Oil is washing onshore from Vermillion Parish to Pensacola Bay AND THE WELL IS STILL frickING FLOWING!!! If I was President my only comment about the moratorium would be to contact me once this well is shut in and when you have reliable BOP's then I would start talking about lifting the moratorium.
This well may flow (I mean spill) for 6 months...or longer.
Also, I am sick and tired of hearring from BP about how hard it is to do things in 5,000' WD. If we absolutely cannot handle a blowout becasue of the water depth, then it raises serious questions about the wisdom of drilling there.
You boys can thank BP, not President Obama. The curent administration was allowing drilling in Alaska and along the eastern seaboard. MMS was stretching the eastern boundary of the "Central GOM" planning area for lease sales. BP could not have fricked this up at a worse time.
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