Gulf Oil Rig explosion who do you think should be blamed? or not.

[Fozzer]

[quote]I wasn't talking about evaporation; more like convection, wherein the oil (and other debris such as dirt) gets picked up by air currents along the surface of the water and lifted into the air.

[ShaneG_old]

Chevron has one now.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... AD9GALQN81

[Fozzer]

Chevron has one now.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... AD9GALQN81

When you consider all the Gas and Oil Pipelines traversing the World, its not surprising that these disasters happen every now and again!

Its all too easy to forget that they exist!

Paul.

[tcco94]

When is this damn thing gunna get fixed. Its getting old now knowing that oil is STILL spewing into the ocean.

[expat]

Chevron has one now.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... AD9GALQN81

When you consider all the Gas and Oil Pipelines traversing the World, its not surprising that these disasters happen every now and again!

Its all too easy to forget that they exist!

Paul.

Chevron PR must be sending champagne to BP by the crate load

Matt

[tcco94]

BP said sorry to the Nation and will give $20 billion to the gulf.

On the positive side of things..

[an-225]

BP said sorry to the Nation and will give $20 billion to the gulf.

On the positive side of things..

Not really positive for pensioners in the UK.

[JBaymore]

It is possible that $20 Billion will only be the tip of the iceberg.

best,

............john

[patchz]

BP said sorry to the Nation and will give $20 billion to the gulf.

On the positive side of things..

Not really positive for pensioners in the UK.

Actually, it is, as well as everyone else on the planet. Spills such as this, in the long run will have a negative effect on the whole planet. So if $20 billion helps to stop it and clean it up, then it helps everyone. It's just the Gulf that will reap the most benefits in the short term.

[Hagar]

BP said sorry to the Nation and will give $20 billion to the gulf.

On the positive side of things..

Not really positive for pensioners in the UK.

Actually, it is, as well as everyone else on the planet. Spills such as this, in the long run will have a negative effect on the whole planet. So if $20 billion helps to stop it and clean it up, then it helps everyone. It's just the Gulf that will reap the most benefits in the short term.

What An-225 means is that most private pension funds in the UK are heavily invested in BP. As BP has stopped paying dividends this year that will seriously affect the majority of pension schemes in this country. It just goes to show how dependent the Western economy is on oil.

I'm not trying to make light of the scale of this disaster but it astonishes me that the accused has been judged guilty without fair trial & before the results of any inquiries into the accident are known. Not only that but the management appears to have accepted full responsibility & agreed to cover the costs without protest. I can't imagine this happening if the positions were reversed.

[Fozzer]

Listening to this (the voices), on the news, today.....>>>>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/us_and ... 337146.stm

.....reminded me of this...>>>

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/hoover.htm

Paul..... ....!

[pete]

Just been watching Hayward -- what an incompetent (at best) or underhanded person. He knows nothing --- or pretends to. Either way he should not be involved in this any more.

BP are obviously to blame for this -- they are the drilling company & the company in charge of the well. The buck stops at the developers. 

Now what needs to be done is remove BP from the operation. They have proven their incompetence on almost all levels -- with a horrendous record of accidents and breaches of law, even criminal violations on several occasions,  in their portfolio. Higher than any other oil company by miles -- and bring in the best in the world to fix this thing with the US government at the helm. (Hey Red Adare .. we miss you!!)

Obvious to me is that one company you do not want running the rescue is BP.

BP should also lose the right to drill anywhere ever again.