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Posted on 4/26/22 at 5:30 am to TutHillTiger
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frick BP, the executives and people should still be in prison, anywhere else in the world and they would be. They are such pos that the Russians kicked them out for being lying mfers
Not aware of any BP executives that went to prison. One rig supervisor was sentenced to a few months and a mid level engineer ( for deleting some text). Beyond that no one went to prison.
Also don’t know of many events like this in other countries where executives went to jail. No executives from Oxy with Piper Alpha or Exxon’s Longford natural gas plant. Very few if anyone has done prison time for any of these types of events unless they are some mid level employee.
The executives usually come out just fine. Tony Hayward went on to make a lot of money after this as did the others who were fired ( very few). The current CEO of BP was part of the top executives at the time and the culture which created Macondo. He was also making horrible cost decisions in the North Sea which has increased the risk of operating those assets.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 5:40 am to spacewrangler
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spacewrangler
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Here are a few of the pictures I took with my cell phone.. have some videos on a flash drive
What are the fricking odds that the guy who was fishing 12 years ago near one of the greatest oil disasters in the history of man kind is an active poster here.
The OT, baws. This crew goes deep.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 6:03 am to Doublebagger
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Frick BP. They shouldnt be allowed to Drill on our soil.
Yeah no drilling on soil. You’re brilliant
Posted on 4/26/22 at 6:15 am to turnpiketiger
I did some lab work on the spill. Use to have a bottle of Macondo oil on my desk as a reminder to what could happen when everything goes wrong.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 6:48 am to jnethe1
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and may we never forget the lessons learned.
Drilling gonna drilling. Ain't learned shite. As long as the well site leader/company man is God, nothing will change.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 7:39 am to jnethe1
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I was working for BP on Marlin (VK-915) then and I cant remember if its the one on the left or right, but one of the 2 boats right there in front fighting the fire is our weekly boat (or was back then) that we sent over. We are about 20 miles from where it went down and all we could do was watch it from here.
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You cannot comprehend how massive the fire was..
This.
DWH completely changed the entire industry.
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 7:52 am
Posted on 4/26/22 at 7:47 am to Doublebagger
BP. Beyond petroleum bullshite. That company management were one of the first virtue signallers. It’s an oil company. Don’t take your eye off the ball.
They did. Those meffers.
They did. Those meffers.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 7:50 am to Deplorableinohio
Currently on my drillship drilling an exploratory well. Many unknowns drilling this type of well. One of my past fellow engineers died that day. May he rest in peace and his family have somewhat of a life with closure. I take my job very serious and if I don't do my job well.......people die. That how I look at it and what I base my job off of day to day.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:01 am to Gee Grenouille
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Drilling gonna drilling. Ain't learned shite. As long as the well site leader/company man is God, nothing will change.
You’re a moron and couldn’t be further from the truth
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:05 am to theantiquetiger
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Frick BP. They shouldnt be allowed to Drill on our soil.
Ummm, I think they were in international waters
A fellow from Jonesville or Harrisonburg was one of the guys who died, IIRC. Tragic, all leaving families behind.
As for the international waters part, I don't know but why does LA allow itself to let the Fed give them 3 nautical miles of territorial sea when Texas and I think FL both get 7?
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 8:06 am
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:09 am to spacewrangler
My nephews friends were out there fishing and one of, if not the first. I’m not sure if you’re one of them. They’re from the northshore. I know they were on some news show about it at one point.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:11 am to jnethe1
I met Gordon Jones a week before the accident. I was at a mutual friend's crawfish boil. We didn't know each other and I would have quickly forgotten about him had the accident not occurred. Gordon spent almost the entire time playing toy golf clubs with his toddler-aged son. His very pregnant wife sat in the shade, watching and smiling.
Every time I think about Deepwater Horizon, I think of that crawfish boil. Gordon was so happy while playing with his son and a smile never left his son's face. Because of the accident, a father never saw his kids grow up and two kids never knew their father. I'm now a father, and the thought of it all physically hurts me. It's just one of those things that makes me stop what I'm doing and realize that tomorrow isn't a guarantee and to hug the ones you love every day before you step foot out the door to go to work.
Every time I think about Deepwater Horizon, I think of that crawfish boil. Gordon was so happy while playing with his son and a smile never left his son's face. Because of the accident, a father never saw his kids grow up and two kids never knew their father. I'm now a father, and the thought of it all physically hurts me. It's just one of those things that makes me stop what I'm doing and realize that tomorrow isn't a guarantee and to hug the ones you love every day before you step foot out the door to go to work.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:18 am to jnethe1
It was April, 20th. But no, nothing was posted. Thank you for doing so
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:21 am to jnethe1
Stuff like this is how I got into safety. People make fun of the profession but they've never had to lead an incident investigation for a death or dismemberment, or been deposed by attorneys. It's shifty all around. Especially when you figure out how much broken shite people knew existed and did nothing.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:23 am to BottomlandBrew
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I met Gordon Jones a week before the accident. I was at a mutual friend's crawfish boil. We didn't know each other and I would have quickly forgotten about him had the accident not occurred. Gordon spent almost the entire time playing toy golf clubs with his toddler-aged son. His very pregnant wife sat in the shade, watching and smiling.
Every time I think about Deepwater Horizon, I think of that crawfish boil. Gordon was so happy while playing with his son and a smile never left his son's face. Because of the accident, a father never saw his kids grow up and two kids never knew their father. I'm now a father, and the thought of it all physically hurts me. It's just one of those things that makes me stop what I'm doing and realize that tomorrow isn't a guarantee and to hug the ones you love every day before you step foot out the door to go to work.
This hits hard. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:28 am to VanRIch
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My nephews friends were out there fishing and one of, if not the first. I’m not sure if you’re one of them. They’re from the northshore. I know they were on some news show about it at one point.
No, I'm not from Northshore. Live in Orange Beach. We were fishing on my boat (31' Jupiter CC) at Horn Mountain rig approximately 14nm away when it all started to go down around 940pm. We arrived around 1020pm and we were the only fishing vessel on scene and the only other boat besides the crew boat Damon Bankston. I've heard there was another fishing boat there when it started and they left immediately.
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 8:31 am
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:41 am to BottomlandBrew
She gave birth maybe 2 weeks after this happened? She’s since remarried & owns a business in Towne Center.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:44 am to spacewrangler
Did you help get people out of the water or play any part in the rescue efforts? I can only imagine being a witness to something like that.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 8:44 am to Sweep Da Leg
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Drilling gonna drilling. Ain't learned shite. As long as the well site leader/company man is God, nothing will change.
You’re a moron and couldn’t be further from the truth
15 years in this industry, sitting on a platform right now. I got off of Thunder Horse as fast as I could after DH. Please tell me how things have changed? If Doug from Mississippi with barely a HS education is sitting in the drillers chair and the WSL says "do this stupid shite" he's gonna do it. It's that or the poor house. That's the crux of the issue.
ETA: Ty for the compliment.
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