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Deep Water Horizon Questions
Posted on 6/5/17 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 6/5/17 at 8:18 pm
Watching the movie...
Did any of you boys ever work on that rig? Any of you guys ever fish around it?
Hard to believe that tragedy was 7 years ago...sad stuff.
Did any of you boys ever work on that rig? Any of you guys ever fish around it?
Hard to believe that tragedy was 7 years ago...sad stuff.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 8:33 pm to DeltaDoc
Worked on two of its sister rigs but not that particular one. Definitely sad stuff that should have been avoided.
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 6/5/17 at 8:37 pm to GREENHEAD22
My dad was the company man to its sister rig the day it sunk. Very stressful day for us bc for about 6 hours all we knew was a Deepwater Transocean rig blew and that was it. All communication was cut off in case it was a terrorist attack
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 6/5/17 at 10:09 pm to DeltaDoc
My parents tailgate for baseball games with a couple that have a son that was on the rig when it all went down. He had to jump off the rig, and is deaf in one hear now. He got a settlement and bought properties and lives off that income.
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 6/6/17 at 6:28 am to DeltaDoc
My stepson was on another rig at the time of the explosion and he could see the fire from his rig.
When the movie came out Miz C called him as soon as we walked out of the theater and told him he had to find something else to do!
When the movie came out Miz C called him as soon as we walked out of the theater and told him he had to find something else to do!
Posted on 6/6/17 at 9:28 am to LSUCouyon
I wonder how realistic the movie was to reality?
Posted on 6/6/17 at 9:36 am to DeltaDoc
I watched it last night too. I was impressed. Only part I didn't like was that they had to throw the oil covered pelicans in there 30 seconds after the explosion.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 9:37 am to DeltaDoc
My brother ran a supply boat out there and helped with disaster on site.
A friend of mine sold and provided the shear that cut the wellhead, or whatever was cut on the sea floor.
A friend of mine sold and provided the shear that cut the wellhead, or whatever was cut on the sea floor.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 9:43 am to DeltaDoc
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I wonder how realistic the movie was to reality?
Haven't watched movie yet, but wondering the same thing? Wonder if Hollywood through some "liberal" viewpoints in?
Posted on 6/6/17 at 9:57 am to TopWaterTiger
The movie pretty much puts all of the blame on BP. Which from what I understand the drilling company is partly responsible as well.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:05 am to civiltiger07
Halliburton, Transocean, and BP all contributed to the accident. BP being the operator ends up with almost all the liability because Halliburton and Transocean were working at their discretion. Typically when things go south in the oilfield all the different companies litigate it in court after things are brought under control. The Horizon incident was no different in this regard other than the massive scale and huge dollar amounts.
This post was edited on 6/6/17 at 10:06 am
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:08 am to Murtown
this is straight from the investigation report.
"On the Bankston, Captain Alwin J. Landry was on the bridge updating his log when his mate noticed the mud. Landry stepped out and saw “mud falling on the back half of my boat, kind of like a black rain.” He called the Deepwater Horizon bridge to say, “I’m getting mud on me.” Landry instructed his crew to get inside. The Deepwater Horizon called back and told him to move back 500 meters.114 A crew member noticed a mud-covered seagull and egret fall to the deck.115 Shortly after, Landry saw the rig explode. Before the ship could move away, his crew had to detach the long mud transfer hose connecting them to the rig."
"On the Bankston, Captain Alwin J. Landry was on the bridge updating his log when his mate noticed the mud. Landry stepped out and saw “mud falling on the back half of my boat, kind of like a black rain.” He called the Deepwater Horizon bridge to say, “I’m getting mud on me.” Landry instructed his crew to get inside. The Deepwater Horizon called back and told him to move back 500 meters.114 A crew member noticed a mud-covered seagull and egret fall to the deck.115 Shortly after, Landry saw the rig explode. Before the ship could move away, his crew had to detach the long mud transfer hose connecting them to the rig."
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:10 am to TigerDog83
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Halliburton, Transocean, and BP all contributed to the accident. BP being the operator ends up with almost all the liability because Halliburton and Transocean were working at their discretion.
This. But where I would put Halliburton and Transocean at fault is for not stepping in to tell BP to stop the job because it was unsafe. Instead, they went along with what BP wanted to do.
I work for one of these companies (I won't specify) and heard multiple views on what went wrong. The common narrative was BP wanting to cut corners.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:28 am to civiltiger07
Was a chief engineer on two of the biggest lift-boats in the world. BP was one of our biggest customers. Check out the track record from 1990. MMS had ample opportunities to have all off BP's leases revoked. Abusing injection wells, not evacuating for hurricanes, leading the number of deaths in the industry.......
BP was on a very bad course.
Hard to shut a job down when you will get run off and blackmailed. Workers on installations,rigs, vessels.....become family. Getting removed and replaced can upset a balance, so do what you can as safe as possible.
Lots of operators believe in safety until it costs money.
BP was on a very bad course.
Hard to shut a job down when you will get run off and blackmailed. Workers on installations,rigs, vessels.....become family. Getting removed and replaced can upset a balance, so do what you can as safe as possible.
Lots of operators believe in safety until it costs money.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:43 am to DeltaDoc
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Watching the movie...
Sorry you had to sit thru that.
Literally one of the worst movies I have ever watched.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:44 am to D500MAG
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Abusing injection wells
Can you explain what you mean by this? I'm in the industry, but more topsides oriented. No agenda, I'm just curious.
Posted on 6/6/17 at 10:48 am to PillageUrVillage
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I work for one of these companies (I won't specify) and heard multiple views on what went wrong. The common narrative was BP wanting to cut corners.
The Government report specifies the causes of the incident. BP was dealing with a tricky formation and didn't want mud or cement losses into what was obviously a productive zone. They stopped drilling when the margin got slim on over-balance/under-balance and performed a nitrified cement job to limit fluid loss. That job clearly failed. They misinterpreted tests on the cement job after deciding not to run cement bond logs. They then used a riskier than normal temporary abandonment procedure displacing more mud than usual. While they were gaining mud back and obviously getting a kick MI-Swaco was transferring mud to the supply vessel to prepare to move the rig. Halliburton and Transocean made some decisions that contributed especially in regards to the cement job testing (Halliburton) and interpretation of tests/not detecting the kick (Transocean) but BP was the operator.
This post was edited on 6/6/17 at 10:53 am
Posted on 6/6/17 at 11:07 am to AlxTgr
My understanding of the movie is the producers had the deceased families relatives come to the set so they could learn about the person that their character was portraying.
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