Explosive revelation about Deepwater Horizon

[oddlots]

http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/201...important.html

"BP contracted Schlumberger (SLB) to run the Cement Bond Log (CBL) test that was the final test on the plug that was skipped. The people testifying have been very coy about mentioning this, and you’ll see why.

SLB is an extremely highly regarded (and incredibly expensive) service company. They place a high standard on safety and train their workers to shut down unsafe operations.

SLB gets out to the Deepwater Horizon to run the CBL, and they find the well still kicking heavily, which it should not be that late in the operation. SLB orders the “company man” (BP’s man on the scene that runs the operation) to dump kill fluid down the well and shut-in the well. The company man refuses. SLB in the very next sentence asks for a helo to take all SLB personel back to shore. The company man says there are no more helo’s scheduled for the rest of the week (translation: you’re here to do a job, now do it). SLB gets on the horn to shore, calls SLB’s corporate HQ, and gets a helo flown out there at SLB’s expense and takes all SLB personel to shore.

6 hours later, the platform explodes."

[ASH]

Re: Explosive revelation about Deepwater Horizon

I notice that the Reuters article on the same subject says Slumberger says their personnel left on a regularly scheduled BP helicopter flight. Seems to contradict a portion of this story.

[nitroglycol]

Re: Explosive revelation about Deepwater Horizon

Good catch, ASH. I'd like to know what the truth is.

The Reuters story shows stock quotes for BP and Schlumberger; the former is down, the latter is up. This suggests that some think the story has legs, though it still doesn't prove anything.

One thing is clear -- if it should turn out to be true that BP ignored warnings, they should be charged with everything in the book, including but not limited to eleven counts of manslaughter. If it is not true, whoever made up the story had better have good lawyers...

[don]

Re: Explosive revelation about Deepwater Horizon

Third possibility: Initial responses could have been made 'clean and neat'.

Regular flights may have been more politic at the time than emergency getaway.

There is an interlocked financial dependency here.....

[VIT]

Re: Explosive revelation about Deepwater Horizon

http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/201...important.html

"BP contracted Schlumberger (SLB) to run the Cement Bond Log (CBL) test that was the final test on the plug that was skipped. The people testifying have been very coy about mentioning this, and you’ll see why.

SLB is an extremely highly regarded (and incredibly expensive) service company. They place a high standard on safety and train their workers to shut down unsafe operations.

SLB gets out to the Deepwater Horizon to run the CBL, and they find the well still kicking heavily, which it should not be that late in the operation. SLB orders the “company man” (BP’s man on the scene that runs the operation) to dump kill fluid down the well and shut-in the well. The company man refuses. SLB in the very next sentence asks for a helo to take all SLB personel back to shore. The company man says there are no more helo’s scheduled for the rest of the week (translation: you’re here to do a job, now do it). SLB gets on the horn to shore, calls SLB’s corporate HQ, and gets a helo flown out there at SLB’s expense and takes all SLB personel to shore.

6 hours later, the platform explodes."

It sounds suspicious:
- in many cases it is more expensive to keep SLB personnel on the rig then send it back onshore.
- if the well would "kicking" I doubt Transocean proceeded to subsequent operations since they are responsible to secure the well.