200,000 Gallons A Day

[Lady's Human]

I have to laugh at all the grandstanding in DC over this.

They grilled the CEO of the company about the well in question, and the media went nuts when the CEO didn't know the specifics involved with THAT well.

If they had the site engineer on the stand and he didn't know, there's a problem.

The CEO is probably an MBA or equivalent. Not an engineer, not a part of the drilling crew, he oversees the operations of BP on a global basis.

To make a military comparison, the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shouldn't be on the stand answering questions about the actions of a Lieutenant in charge of a platoon, and shouldn't be expected to know the details of what the Lieutenant was doing.

[Puckstop31]

I have to laugh at all the grandstanding in DC over this.

They grilled the CEO of the company about the well in question, and the media went nuts when the CEO didn't know the specifics involved with THAT well.

If they had the site engineer on the stand and he didn't know, there's a problem.

The CEO is probably an MBA or equivalent. Not an engineer, not a part of the drilling crew, he oversees the operations of BP on a global basis.

To make a military comparison, the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shouldn't be on the stand answering questions about the actions of a Lieutenant in charge of a platoon, and shouldn't be expected to know the details of what the Lieutenant was doing.

You can delegate authority but not responsibility. Something our political "leaders" would do well to remember.

So, yes, it speaks volumes to see CONgress grill him about not knowing the day to day details of how a rig runs. It just reinforces the fact that very, very few of those clowns have any idea what running a buisness is all about.


To add a military comparison... I had the 'joy' of giving a ride and tour to a 2 star general who spent his whole career in Quartermaster Corps (Supply, aka bean counter.) My very first words to him before he touched the tank. "Sir, do not touch ANYthing with out asking first. This thing is built to kill and it does not care who it kills. Also, the only thing soft in there is YOU." Ya shoulda seen to look I got. "How dare this Sergeant talk to me like that." LOL Not 20 seconds inside and he bumped his head, hard, on the Commanders sight extension. "See, I told ya so, Sir."

Big time leader who's job was to give us go juice and bullets. Does not mean he knew dookie about what happened after that. I didn't know the details of HOW the stuff got to us. I just know that it did.

[RICHARD]

Oil, Oil, Oil?
Oldie but goodie

http://spectator.org/archives/2006/01/11/oil-oil-oil

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Just heard over the weekend that Nancy Pelosi moved into her new offices, that will cost us 225,000 a year in rent. I was mad at first, then heard they were green office spaces.

That kinda sucks because she ain't gonna be in there for long.

Effing moron.

[Edwina's Secretary]

BP ignored direction from Haliburton about safety – must be Al Gore’s fault.

BP ignored the advice, complaints and concerns of its own employees about safety on the oil rig – President Obama’s fault of course!

A Congressperson from Texas who is DEEP in the pocket of the oil companies (is there any other kind of Texan???) apologized to a foreign company responsible for a hideous disaster causing major damage to this country. For what did he apologize? Because the government of the United States DARED to try and hold that foreign company accountable.

Earlier someone asked what we will tell future generation. Apparently we will tell them “doo-doo” happens especially when you get greedy, cut corners, ignore advice – especially from those who actually do the job.

And when that “doo-doo” gets really deep and really bad – blame someone else – someone you don’t like. All that matters is that your stockholders get their dividends, you don’t get too exhausted and the mess you made doesn’t dirty your yacht.

Lesson taught – whatever you do wrong – it is someone else’s fault! Just spin, spin, spin.

[RICHARD]

I love virgin olive oyl.


Popeye ruined if for me.


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Did you say something?

[Lady's Human]

Who's deep in the pockets of the oil companies?

For thirty years we've listened to politicians bleat about our dependence on foreign oil.

Nuclear power is a legit option.......but it was killed by trial lawyers and hollywood overreacting to an accident which wasn't a disaster, it was a proof of concept.

A plant had a catastrophic failure, and a bunch of people got the radiation equivalent of an extra dental X-ray.....if they were living a mile or less from the plant. Result? Panic, lawsuits and essentially the destruction of an industry which COULD have reduced our dependence on oil.

Inshore drilling? Nope, can't do it, too dangerous.

Offshore drilling? Nope can't do it, too dangerous.

Coal? Nope, can't do it, too dangerous and too much pollution, regardless of how the smokestack emissions are handled.

Hydro? Nope, can't do it, regardless of how fish friendly we can make the dams.

Wind? Nope, can't do it, it will ruin our view. (Doesn't work all the time anyway)

Solar is impractical, low energy density and messy to construct...........unless of course, we do it in space, which we can't do, because NASA is just a waste of money we could use to guarantee another dependent generation of voters. Social programs are far more important than something that could actually give people gainful employment and solve a problem.



There are many alternatives to oil currently available............but people need to decide whether we're going to actually DO something, or just listen to another generation of political idiots bleating about a problem no one wants to really solve, because they are ALL to busy getting money from one group or another, which, in the long run, keeps us dependent on oil and guarantees that no solution will be USED. Note, not FOUND, USED!

[RICHARD]

There are many alternatives to oil currently available............but people need to decide whether we're going to actually DO something, or just listen to another generation of political idiots bleating about a problem no one wants to really solve, because they are ALL to busy getting money from one group or another, which, in the long run, keeps us dependent on oil and guarantees that no solution will be USED. Note, not FOUND, USED!

You forgot geothermal......

[momcat]

BP ignored direction from Haliburton about safety – must be Al Gore’s fault.

BP ignored the advice, complaints and concerns of its own employees about safety on the oil rig – President Obama’s fault of course!

A Congressperson from Texas who is DEEP in the pocket of the oil companies (is there any other kind of Texan???) apologized to a foreign company responsible for a hideous disaster causing major damage to this country. For what did he apologize? Because the government of the United States DARED to try and hold that foreign company accountable.

Earlier someone asked what we will tell future generation. Apparently we will tell them “doo-doo” happens especially when you get greedy, cut corners, ignore advice – especially from those who actually do the job.

And when that “doo-doo” gets really deep and really bad – blame someone else – someone you don’t like. All that matters is that your stockholders get their dividends, you don’t get too exhausted and the mess you made doesn’t dirty your yacht.

Lesson taught – whatever you do wrong – it is someone else’s fault! Just spin, spin, spin.

Great post! Sure, there is a lot of "blame" to go around but ultimately it falls on BP, they cut corners and ignored a crew member who reported a problem with a part that wasn't working properly. I saw an interview with 5 of the survivors from the rig explosion, they said there were 3 explosions in all. Earlier that day, 3 of them witnessed a heated discussion between a BP honcho and the drill master. The project was 5 weeks behind schedule and $26 million over budget. The BP honcho said there were to be changes in procedure and the drill master objected saying it was too dangerous. BP said it was not open for discussion, that was how it was to be done and stormed out. We know what happened as a result. And BP has the nerve to continue to minimize the extent of this disaster.

[Louie and me]

I agree with Edwina's Secretary's post for the most part except to remind everyone BP is not exclusively a "foreign" company, it is almost 50% owned by the US.