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- BP should be charged with negligent homicide for the murder of these 11 innocent victims,and also added to the charges should be cruelty to animals. BP knowingly operated this well in an irresponsible negligent way. If they are let off by only paying a fine for the murder of innocent people is in itself just another blasphemy. There are now family and friends of these lost souls who will grieve their loss as long as they live. This was not an accident. The people who were running this operation knowingly continued to operate this well when it was not functioning properly. This is not an accident, this is gross negligience, and if someone is killed when another human is acting in a grossly negligent way then they should be charged in the criminal court and pay the consequences for their actions. These big companies make so much money that a fine will not teach them to behave in a just and prudent way, it only tells them that we can do what we want to, its only money.
Somehow all of this corporate criminal activity and behavior that shows no conscience for humans, for animals and for our planet. My heart goes out to all of the families who lost loved ones. All of the wildlife and all of natured that is being tortured and destroyed. After the murders we have all of those people who live along the coast who have lost their livelyhoods, way of life, and the sadness of seeing what they love being destroyed by people who did their jobs in a negligent and criminally irresponsible manner. - Reply to this comment
- by KT
BP In Haste to Complete and Move on with Drilling Program-
As an old rig supervisor, I am impressed with Williams' account of events leading to disaster. He is not familiar with drilling and cementing but has been around enough to give a good account. But where is Cameron in all this series of errors. The BOP belongs to them - it must be guaranteed by them and any rig personnel must keep them advised of any problem so they can help. The battery problem, the faulty pod, the pulling out of the annular seal - also some modification to the BOP to help in testing. You really did not have a functional bop again. And then the shear rams could not cut the drillpipe it was supposed to shutoff! Why? What safeguard you had if you had to shear the pipe and move off with the drilling vessel? It was a comedy of errors.
Pulling rubber through a BOP is a criminal act - and could only be corrected by bringing the well under control and replacing the rams or bop. This is the only safeguard from disaster if the well kicks violently or there is a breakage above the bop.
As the well started to flow back - displacing to salt water was an unthinkable advice. Mud should have been circulated until the gas bubbles were removed. But was the rig and circulating systems geared for handling a flow back of gas? As soon as gas spread over the deck, the engines started to speed up.
I do not know of the new Nitrogen 'Fluffy' Cement but would say that it appears as another Halliburton salesman technique to peddle fast setting cement. I would not go with that untried cementing scam in a deep offshore well - drilling in 5000 ft of water.
Let see what comes out of the inquiry.
MURDER or Serious Negligence - which one is it? - Reply to this comment
- Thank you for an amazing account of this massive unprecedented catastrophe. May we all learn to live a more-oil-free existence and hold irresponsible Big Oil executives responsible. This catastrophe is so cataclysmic, I say, jail time for those who didn't fix problems they knew about. Eco-systems, under-water wildlife, and fishing businesses are now wiped-out. Shame on you BP. And shame on your CEO trying to pass the buck of responsibility that lies squarely on upper management's shoulders. If not managing what happens in his/her business, what's a CEO for?
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- This was an absolutely riviting program - what a survisor Mike Williams is - it was so intense that I sat still for 40 minutes not moving. And yest what did happen to Andrea? While there is so much negligence on the part of BP, I thank Sixty Minutes for the broadcast. My prayers to out to those who lost their lives.
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- Need an honest, objective report on a complex issue, turn to 60 Minutes!!
All three companies, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are culpible in this disaster. Their CEO's are spineless and "stupid" to be spinning this issue. There were enough red flags to have warranted at least a review of the operating systems. Money was the driving force behind the rush to get this well on stream. BP made a "stupid" decision and for that they should change their slogan from 'Beyond Petroleum' to BAD PEOPLE. - Reply to this comment
- This is another news place that doesn't get all the facts. There are 2 sets of annulars on the BOP and they are made for moving pipe through them some time rubber will break off but they would still seal. If one wouldn't work the other one would. There are 2 control pods and if one isn't working it is pulled corrected then sent back down some times it depends on what function they are say isn't working several back-ups on the whole system. Along with the 2 annulars there are 5 ram closing devises to close on the pipe. A little bit investigation maybe you wouldn't have all these idiots running a muck. With these crazy commits and by the way the stack is good for 15,000 psi the annulars good for 10,000 psi. Maybe when they pull the stack we'll get the true answer. What about the engine overspeed shutdown why didn't they work or the reverse power in the generation set these may be of some interest to others.
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- AndyMaxo-
All I know is that Nature abhors a vacuum, and that if something goes gushing out, it usually leaves a void in which SOMETHING will go gushing in. I seem to recall that drillers try to counterbalance all the oil pumped out by pumping seawater in? Anyone who knows for sure, I'd appreciate your posting something. I did notice though, that there was an earthquake near Puerto Rico, yesterday or today? Coincidence? - Reply to this comment
- From my experience as an ex oil field worker in Alaska and the Gulf working on the most advanced drilling facility in the world, I was shocked about the events that led up to this disaster. Twenty years ago the technology was advanced enough for this not to happen. Some of technology used over 20 years ago on my project is now being used today like video teleconferencing. Senior management made a decision to move forward even though they were briefed about the failing equipment. This particular rig had a 7 year no accident safety record. I believe they were at a sense of comfort to try something that was going to save them money (BP). Going backwards and fixing the damaged equipment and then move forward I guess was not an option at the senior management level for a million dollar a day operation. So they took some risks. Now I guess the American tax payer will be paying for that as well. I cant wait until the congressional hearings are over and their findings of this event.
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- Our appreciation goes out to CBS for telling the truth. Our democracy if it is to survive requires a muckracking press, something which has recently been absent. How many more sordid details yet remain to be extracted from the Deepwater Horizon? And, then there is almost a mirror image situation at the Massey Energy Company Upper Big Branch Mine in WV.Here the angry widows and orphans of the miners may have finally awakened the US Attorney. What had the bureaucrats been doing since January 2009? Watching porn? Apparently no one had the forsight to go looking for the ticking time bombs?just business as usual. The events of 11 September 2001 should not have been a surprise either. Everyone knew including the FAA that airline security was grossly deficient. The electorate now hopefully no longer finds such an attitude acceptable. We do demand and deserve a government that works.Political malfeasence should not be separated from capitalist greed. They should go to the scaffold togeather!
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- The non-democratic corporate model places the bean counters and corporate lawyers in charge without checks and balances.
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