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Title: BP Oil Spill: Failed Safety Device On Deepwater Horizon Rig Was Modified In China Rather Than Overhauled In The USA
Source: GUARDIAN UK
URL Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environme ... rizon-blow-out-preventer-china
Published: Jul 19, 2010
Author: Tim Webb
Post Date: 2010-07-19 20:09:39 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 12674
Comments: 24

BP ordered the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig, whose explosion led to the worst environmental disaster in US history, to overhaul a crucial piece of the rig's safety equipment in China, the Observer has learnt. The blow-out preventer – the last line of defence against an out-of-control well – subsequently failed to activate and is at the centre of investigations into what caused the disaster.

Experts say that the practice of having such engineering work carried out in China, rather than the US, saves money and is common in the industry.

This weekend BP remained cautiously optimistic that the cap placed on top of the Gulf of Mexico well on Thursday night would continue to hold back the torrent of oil. It is the first time the flow has been stopped since the accident happened almost three months ago. But BP said that the pressure readings from the Macondo well were not as high as it had hoped, which could indicate that it has ruptured and that oil could be leaking out somewhere else.

There is no evidence that the significant modifications to the blowout preventer (BOP), which were carried out in China in 2005, caused the equipment to fail. But industry lawyers said BP could be made liable for any mistakes that a Chinese subcontractor made carrying out the work. It would be almost impossible to secure damages in China, where international law is barely recognised.

It is understood that lawyers for Cameron International, the manufacturer of the BOP, will argue the device was so significantly modified in China that it no longer resembled the original component, and that Cameron should therefore not be held liable.

Transocean, the owner of the Deepwater Horizon, which bought the BOP from Cameron, has already told congressional hearings into the disaster that the modifications were carried out at BP's request and "under its direction" as the lessee of the rig. BP and Cameron declined to comment this weekend.

Responding to the latest developments in the Gulf, President Obama said that it was too early to say if the well had been permanently fixed. "We're moving in that direction, but I don't want us to get too far ahead of ourselves," he said.

BP has been monitoring the pressure inside the well since Thursday. Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral overseeing the response effort, said that pressure of about 7,500 pounds per square inch would show the well was intact, while pressure that lingered below 6,000 psi would indicate it had been damaged and could be leaking. The pressure on Friday night remained at about 6,700 psi and was rising only fractionally.

Allen has told BP to step up monitoring for any seabed breaches and gather additional seismological data to detect any pockets of oil in the layers of rock and sediment around the well.

This week David Cameron will travel to the US to meet Obama and other politicians where he will stress the importance of BP to the UK economy. Business figures such as Lord Jones, the UK trade ambassador and former CBI boss, criticised Cameron for not being sufficiently supportive of the company last month after he said that he "understood the US government's frustrations" over BP's failed attempts to stop the leak.

A government adviser said that Cameron and Obama shared common interests over the crisis, and that both wanted BP to survive the incident. BP accounts for over a tenth of all share dividends paid by UK companies, and pension funds rely on the income it generates. Politicians in the US want BP to make enough profits to pay potentially billions of dollars in compensation and damages arising from the spill. Subscribe to *Spill-Baby-Spill*

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#1. To: Brian S (#0)

Oh Shit. Hold on. Ever heard of a 'bullhead'.

Also called a Static Kill.

To push mud into the Well Head. Depends on a Integral Structure to hold the pressure as the oil/gas is pushed down the well.

bp's doing anything to keep from doing a flow rate. Even killing the planet.

I'm listening to Kent Wells Monday afternoon McBriefing. After all of the normal generalities, he has just dropped the bomb that they're considering the "static kill". He said that it's not approved and they studying it, and then did not elaborate. So far, the press hasn't picked up on it and are mostly focused on the Hatfields and McCoys style feud that kicked up yesterday after the Suttles briefing.

http://dailyhurricane.com/2010/07/bp-top-kill-redux-now-called-the-static-kill.html

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-19   20:24:16 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: mcgowanjm (#1)

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeei McToejam when did you become such an "expert" on the oil patch, and deep water drilling rigs?

All of those years that you were meeting with the other Fabianists and community organizing? Maybe it was all of those years you were busy hugging and spiking trees McToejam? Maybe it was while you "occupied" those trees at Berserkley McToejam? possibly it was while you sucked at the gooberment teat in some meaningless paper pushing gig?

Whenever did you manage to work in getting your petroleum engineering degree or journey man rig tender card? Hmmmmmmm McToejam?

How's that end of the world scenario working out for you libTURD boy?

How's your depends supply holding out?

You F ing brain dead libTURD whore.

Mad Dog  posted on  2010-07-19   22:02:09 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Mad Dog (#6)

Fuck you knob gobbler.

Suck my bozo...

war  posted on  2010-07-19   22:06:06 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: war, Mad Dog (#7)

Suck my bozo...

War is queer!

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