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[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transocean ]Wiki on Transocean[/url]
They were the owners and operators of [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon ]THIS[/url]
I know BP instructed Transocean, but can someone clear up why Transocean haven't been getting any flack for this disaster?
If you read the Deepwater Horizon wiki, you will see that a geyser of sea water, mixed with mud and methane gas shot up the bore onto the platform and then eventually, when it became pure methane, the gas ignited. The failsafe at the seabed failed and the rig was torched in a firestorm, subsequently sinking the platform and claiming 11 lives. Pretty shocking!
I'm struggling to understand how anyone can be held responsible for what appears to me to be an accident. It doesn't seem like anyone was being reckless with safety, but just that the escaping gases were unexpectedly more violent than the engineers had ever imagined.
Methane gas escaping from the seabead occurs naturally in parts of the world, the most well known area is in the Bermuda Triangle. The theory for some of the missing vessels there is due to what happens when there is a sudden release of methane. Buoyancy in sea full of rising methane gas is lost and the ships go down. If you are anywhere over a methane gas blowout and you are on a boat, your toast, but i digress.
I think America should be pouring in every resource she has to assist BP and Transocean to plug this leak as well as focusing on ther clean up.
Seems like all that Obama is doing right now is mud slinging.
Transocean are not getting any flack because nobody knows who they are unlike BP. They are probably at fault but the owner/operator is deemed culpable in situations like this!
The failsafe at the seabed failed
erm 'failsafe' it was not
if you're anything to do with the oil biz you'll have heard of Transocean - they pretty big in the drilling rig business - probably a bunch of cowboys...sort of like Halliburton & BP - after all it is the oil business - not known for its lack of people with big egos....in my experience 🙂
I think it highlights the difference between American directness and the British tendency to try and blame someone else. BP essentially sub-contracted the running of the rig, does that mean BP has no responsiblity for what is happening now? To my mind if you sub-contract to another company you need to be damn sure the job is done properly - after all its your profits on the line too. I don't agree with the American BP bashing and actually think BP is doing as much as it can, but employing a sub-contractor does not absolve you of blame.
"I think America should be pouring in every resource she has to assist BP"
Thats why BP are there they are the experts.
Know Transocean a pretty big Drilling company and have fairly regular dealings with them.
Have a look ar this bit of their website:
http://www.deepwater.com/fw/main/Safety-560.html
Also check out if their share have dropped on the New York stock exchange, look for RIG. Not as much as BP.
Methane gas escaping from the seabead occurs naturally in parts of the world, the most well known area is in the Bermuda Triangle. The theory for some of the missing vessels there is due to what happens when there is a sudden release of methane. Buoyancy in sea full of rising methane gas is lost and the ships go down. If you are anywhere over a methane gas blowout and you are on a boat, your toast, but i digress.
this is a natural process and nothing to do with Oil prospecting. the gas that blew up the rig was from the oil reserve itself, not from Methane anhydrates, which is what you are refering to. I have said this to a few people now about the fact that we are all in some way culpable for this disaster, particularly the Amreicans for their lust for the Black stuff.
It interesting to see that the British Gov has given permission for deep water prospecting off our northern shores!