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Stupak: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws
A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that was...
Well, I sure hope there is no more drilling until they can get it right! Not only did it not help anything, it is a million times worse for how long into the future! Grrr!
I still say regulate the heck out of them!!! And I mean worldwide. This is ridiculous!!!
Drill Baby Drill ! Yeah, and lets get some more offshore drilling going, so we can have more of these problems. (I'm being sarcastic).
I bet no one will be in trouble or put in prison for what has happened.
Absolutely sickening.
I bet no one will be in trouble or put in prison for what has happened.
Absolutely sickening.
I heard that as well. They are now saying it is the equivelant of the (can't remember the name, but the last really bad oil spill) happening every 4 days!!!
I know some people are as upset about the dispersant s as they are the spill itself. I also heard on the news yesterday that the amount of oil spilling into the gulf in 10 times worse than we have been led to believe.
I heard that the disbursants used are very toxic and I couldnt get info about whats in them so with the oil we have another hazard to wildlife of these toxins ...
OOPS! The following is what I meant to post, I cut myself off up there!
Stupak: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws
By Steven Mufson and David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 12, 2010; 1:53 PM
A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.
In a devastating review of the blowout preventer that BP said was supposed to be "fail-safe," Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said in a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday that the device was anything but fail-safe.
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) pressed BP on why it had assured regulators in its exploration plan that it could deal with a spill 50 times larger than the current one when the current one seems to have defied control technology. "The American people expect you to have a response comparable to the Apollo project, not 'Project Runway,' " Markey said.
Stupak said that the committee investigators had also uncovered a document prepared in 2001 by the drilling rig operator Transocean that said there were 260 "failure modes" that could require removal of the blowout preventer.
"How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" Stupak said.
It was the second day of congressional hearings into the causes and consequences of the three-week old spill that began when a BP exploration well blew out and set fire to Transocean's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, killing 11 people.
Stupak: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws
By Steven Mufson and David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 12, 2010; 1:53 PM
A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.
In a devastating review of the blowout preventer that BP said was supposed to be "fail-safe," Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said in a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday that the device was anything but fail-safe.
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) pressed BP on why it had assured regulators in its exploration plan that it could deal with a spill 50 times larger than the current one when the current one seems to have defied control technology. "The American people expect you to have a response comparable to the Apollo project, not 'Project Runway,' " Markey said.
Stupak said that the committee investigators had also uncovered a document prepared in 2001 by the drilling rig operator Transocean that said there were 260 "failure modes" that could require removal of the blowout preventer.
"How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" Stupak said.
It was the second day of congressional hearings into the causes and consequences of the three-week old spill that began when a BP exploration well blew out and set fire to Transocean's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, killing 11 people.
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