My thoughts are that the explosion should have automatically activated a series of fail-safes that closed the well. The amount of oil that should be acceptable to spill should be the amount in the pipe from the base of the well to rig. Failing the automatic measure there should be a manual series of valves that can be closed by submersible robot within hours (or at most days) of a disaster.
Having an operation like this without numerous redundant safety measures as well as a rapid response plan (a REAL plan) on how to handle a disaster is completely and utterly unforgivable. Business as usual I guess. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:41 PM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So now that things (maybe) are finally getting patched up permanently in > the > Gulf......what do you guys think? > > I think all of the criticism leveled at BP about ignoring safety concerns > prior to the accident...and all of the calls for a comprehensive review of > safety regulations before allowing deep sea drilling to continue....are > completely valid. > > But putting those aside, what do you guys think about BP's response to the > disaster, from a technical standpoint? Think they got the well capped in a > reasonable amount of time? Considering that they faced a disaster that had > never been met before....a well leaking from a mile under water......I tend > to think, at least from an engineering and technical standpoint, that they > did a pretty good job of getting the well capped. > > Thoughts? (looking for Judah.....) > > -- > No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown > In the end there is one dance you'll do alone > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324386 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
