re:BP - Thanks a ton

[tlc9193]

Originally Posted by dickholloway

Yep it will blow right over, just like 15 people BP killed at the houston refinery, the 3 kids in WA, the giant long beach oil spill in 1990's, and now this.....it'll just blow right over.

[wullger]

Hope BP does a better job in taking care of this one then they take care of things at the Texas City/Houston area plant.

["prima"Donna]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

Not to start an argument or demean anyone, but this is a selfish consideration... The tradgedy is the loss of life, and the environmental damage, not what is going to happen our driving habits.

I personally knew a couple of the guys on that rig... and the implied "OMG I wont be able to drive my Camaro" concept never entered my mind until it was brought up here... Ok, so what...

Robert, when I first heard the news about the oil rig explosion and loss of life, you were the 1st person I thought of, because I know that's what you do, and I feared that you might possibly be one of the casualties, until I remembered that you usually work in Brazil...
Such a tragedy, I am sorry for your loss of your friends and co-workers...

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by "prima"Donna

Robert, when I first heard the news about the oil rig explosion and loss of life, you were the 1st person I thought of, because I know that's what you do, and I feared that you might possibly be one of the casualties, until I remembered that you usually work in Brazil...
Such a tragedy, I am sorry for your loss of your friends and co-workers...

Thanks Donna, I'm fine, and looking forward to finishing up nine more days and getting back to the land of fresh milk, and no Portuebonics...

Then I get to drive my Camaro all the way from south of Austin, to Gillete Wyoming...Gotta attend a class there, and then my wife is flying in and we will travel the Rockies south into and through Colorado, New Mexico, and back into Texas... We are stretching the return trip out to six days...

[verboten]

BP the most fined Oil company in last 5 years over $500 Million. They don't care about the environment nor the people working on the rigs. The oil companies fought the Gov't to not have the remote closure valves which would now save up to 5000 barrels or 42 gallons per barrel a day!

You gotta love there new marketing campaign and logo with a green and yellow flower.

Now the last living coral reef in North America is in jeopardy.

[RipGear]

Originally Posted by verboten

BP the most fined Oil company in last 5 years over $500 Million. They don't care about the environment nor the people working on the rigs. The oil companies fought the Gov't to not have the remote closure valves which would now save up to 5000 barrels or 42 gallons per barrel a day!

You gotta love there new marketing campaign and logo with a green and yellow flower.

Now the last living coral reef in North America is in jeopardy.

Hello Verboten,
Please read post #28 in this thread, it will clear up a little of the misinformation.

["prima"Donna]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

Thanks Donna, I'm fine, and looking forward to finishing up nine more days and getting back to the land of fresh milk, and no Portuebonics...

Then I get to drive my Camaro all the way from south of Austin, to Gillete Wyoming...Gotta attend a class there, and then my wife is flying in and we will travel the Rockies south into and through Colorado, New Mexico, and back into Texas... We are stretching the return trip out to six days...

Glad you are ok and I hope you have a great trip in your RJT Camaro and please take plenty of photos to share with us when you return!!!...

[tlc9193]

Originally Posted by verboten

BP the most fined Oil company in last 5 years over $500 Million. They don't care about the environment nor the people working on the rigs. The oil companies fought the Gov't to not have the remote closure valves which would now save up to 5000 barrels or 42 gallons per barrel a day!

You gotta love there new marketing campaign and logo with a green and yellow flower.

Now the last living coral reef in North America is in jeopardy.

You sound about as dumb as a box of rocks.

[Patriot]

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[upheval]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

I used to work the Gulf, I am currently in Brazil, working for Petrobras, but as I've told others, it's a huge world, but a very small oilfield... I know people from most every drilling company out there and probably from almost every service company as well...

Thanks for Your Consideration... If you spend any time out here, it's hard for something like this to not hit home...

I agree, I am working in South Korea, on Petrobras II as electrical lead for the equipment provider. It is a big world but definately a small field!

[2SSARMY]

lets all get canoes, ride out there, scoop up the oil and sell it!

[hamidar05]

I am glad to see we have some oil men setting this straight. What are the chances a rig/platform would suffer this type of catastrophic failure, I hear there is a lot of safety engineered into these things? Or do sometimes safety/procedures get a bit lax? Also, has anyone seen any interviews of the folks that were working to see if they have any ideas of what happened? I have heard some really bad theories, and am not so sure the truth would come out, or if the whole situation would not just be used for politics?

The impact is going to be bad, all the way around no matter what views you have, a tragedy indeed. God bless the folks that lost their lives and their families.

[scritchy]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

Think... homeland security act, no liquid bottles over three ounces, etc... Knee jerk reactions are the norm...

Not to go too far off-topic but there is a very specific (and scary) reason they picked the limit for liquids that they did. That one is far from a knee-jerk reaction but a response to an actual threat.

[v6sonoma]

It's more likely to have an affect at the pump. With BP having to shell out 1 million a day to clean it up and having to drill a second well guess who those costs are going to get passed off to. And don't think the others won't follow.