Thread: BP Gives Up
View Single Post
  #11  
Old 06-16-2010, 03:08 PM
Mike2456 Mike2456 is offline
Yearling
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 6
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Danzig View Post
It was my understanding that the well/rig that exploded was in the midst of being shut down. From what I read, that's the most dangerous part of drilling-stopping a well. How that has to do with greed I don't know, if they were ending oil drilling in that spot.
There was quite a bit more to it within the process of "shutting the well down", and the skipped and botched steps, the argument on deck, the unapproved methods - in the name of speed and money - caused the explosion and killed those men.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/05/2...-bp-tried.html

(This is Riot, working from another computer)
Reply With Quote