Gulf oil platform "accident".

[Dreamstalker]

Just heard on BBC Newshour that BP is now saying the rig isn't their equipment...?!

[Rapscallion]

I saw something forwarded via email - apparently it's rented from a company at a cost of a half million dollars a day. That's just for basics. For other things such as helicopter fleet and so forth, running costs are about a million dollars per day.

Rapscallion

[unholypet]

To be honest, whether it was intentional or accidental, one part of me is slightly happy it happened.

The only reason that part exists, is because my father (who has been laid off and denied jobs continually for 1 1/2 years) is getting to work on cleaning it up. He care enough about the environment to want to help, but is also making some much needed money.

I can confirm that the oil company are the ones who bid on the (insert call-in-as-needed-national-clean-up-company) that is going to work on it. Dad is one of 600 people who are certified to handle the chemical spills and repairs.

[Hobbs]

I saw something forwarded via email -

What a reliable source

[Rapscallion]

I didn't say it was reliable. I said it was forwarded to me via email.

Rapscallion

[insertNameHere]

Well I had a co-op at an oil company. The engineers were so concerned about going over budget, that they would do things against company standards to keep from going over budget. Also, about it not being BPs oil rig is BS, but probably true, they do shell games just in case of situations like this they front the money to make a new company who just runs a rig or two. that way the shell company goes bankrupt but not a big impact to large corp.

My company used to lease computers to our depeartment, 6 laptops 4 desktops for something like $3000 a month. BTW, going to best buy and spending that same amount would have netted much better equipment. However that operating expense was likely for tax purposes.

[Imprl59]

I don't see it being a terrorist act. They want to kill people and create mass hysteria. All this has done is make a damn big mess. I think it will come down to either a human error or somebody cutting corners.

[Crazedclerkthe2nd]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100511/...gulf_oil_spill

I can't say I'm surprised at this. The three companies involved in the accident are each saying the other is at fault.

[Fashion Lad!]

I don't see how this could have been on purpose. BP is losing a lot of money by letting 210,000 gallons of oil spill into the ocean. Not to mention the workers that were killed. Not to mention that social ramifications they are likely to suffer.

[LexiaFira]

rented or what not the whole thing is this, it was supposed to be a top of the line oil rig, and if it was costing half a mil a day to run rented or otherwise why not buy it (i know, i know nothing of business workings and apparently thats just too easy to do in the business world)
then why the hell not pay that little bit extra for what is needed instead of having to play this pointing fingers game later over this massive screw up.
Which yes could have been an accident could have been a malfunction etc.
But thats the thing, if it was top of the line this shouldn't have easily happened.

Doesn't matter now the damage is done, every day the spill changed shape or got worse got better got worse, and now its on our shores (Louisiana and other states) so people here are rightly pissed. And alot of people are mad at BP and what BP's name stands for. I'm not going to say BP's origins are to blame but around here....*sigh* some people think other countries should stay out of some countries business, I'm not one of them but thats what some of the arguments have come to. British Petrolium had gas stations scattered across the us as being environmentally safe waay before this happened so their name being in this is just only part of it, gah

mostly upset because alot of people have their ships out helping, - the upside they are getting money off this - but some of our main staples and wildlife are now majorly affected if not dying because of it.

[HYHYBT]

Why rent instead of buying it? Any number of reasons; there might be a law of some sort involved; you cannot buy something that is not for sale; the proceeds from operation can pay for rental, while purchase has to be done up-front, etc.

Plus this way they can point fingers when things go wrong

[draggar]

I don't see it being a terrorist act. They want to kill people and create mass hysteria. All this has done is make a damn big mess. I think it will come down to either a human error or somebody cutting corners.

Not all terrorists want to kill as many people as they can. Some want to make a point. I could see a group like ELF (Earth Liberation Front) doing this to get laws to swing their way.

A Venezuelan group could do it to get people to go away from BP and then back to Citgo.

An anti-UK group (it is British Petroleum), like a hard core Irish group, could do this.

Other large oil companies could have done it to draw attention away from something they're doing.

Countries like Iran or North Korea could have done this to test our response.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

The blame falls on BP. No terrorists were involved.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-a...dent-survivor/

The 60 Minutes interview tells the story from the perspective of one of the surviving engineers and lays out BP's failures (in not letting the experts do their job as was safe to do so) leading up to the accident.

Very informative.

[Rapscallion]

And alot of people are mad at BP and what BP's name stands for. I'm not going to say BP's origins are to blame but around here....*sigh* some people think other countries should stay out of some countries business, I'm not one of them but thats what some of the arguments have come to.

Bwahahahahaha!

Sorry, but coming from anyone in the US, being told that any other country should stay out of other countries' business is hysterical.

Rapscallion

[Hobbs]

Technically, telling Brits to not operate in the Western Hemisphere is in keeping with the Monroe Doctrine.