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ORIGINAL: Sanity


Its SOMEBODYS Katrina.

But I ain't namin' names...

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BP officials said they did everything possible, and a review of the response suggests it may be too simplistic to place all the blame on the oil company. The federal government also had opportunities to move more quickly, but did not do so while it waited for a resolution to the spreading spill from BP, which was leasing the drilling rig that exploded in flames on April 20 and sank two days later. Eleven workers are missing and presumed dead.

The Department of Homeland Security waited until Thursday to declare that the incident was "a spill of national significance," and then set up a second command center in Mobile. The actions came only after the estimate of the size of the spill was increased fivefold to 5,000 barrels a day.

The delay meant that the Homeland Security Department waited until late this week to formally request a more robust response from the Department of Defense, with Ms. Napolitano acknowledging even as late as Thursday afternoon that she did not know if the Defense Department even had equipment that might be helpful.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/01gulf.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
The timeline to get the flow under control just seems kind of surreal. If we can't get the shutoff valves to work, what makes redirecting the leaks so damn hard? NPR had an interview that was easy to find, but he started out by saying that 5000 feet was a mile and a half.

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ORIGINAL: cloudboy


It seems likely that the oil company that holds the lease on Deepwater Horizon, BP, will finally have to abandon its Orwellian “Beyond Petroleum” marketing campaign. This slogan has been so perversely successful that, in 2008, British marketers voted BP’s brand more “green” than Greenpeace. Factually ludicrous, the slogan does accurately reflect drivers’ desire to buy unlimited gasoline while remaining “beyond” all the mess.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/opinion/02margonelli.html?partner=MYWAY&ei=5065

I have always loathed marketing people.

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I just went to New Orleans for the first time back in March, too.

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

Its BPs oil, so BP are responsible. This is not the same as saying that the spill is due to any error or omission on the part of BP however - what BP are liable for is another variety of tort. Nevertheless I would expect BP to be sued for the entirety.

As to who will end up with the bill though, thats a different matter. The rig owner and operator appears to be the first liable party and then Halliburton and maybe AN Other, who presumably contracted to them. I would expect BP to either counterclaim against these other parties or bring them front and square in the suit against them. As it would appear at this stage, BP ought to be able to recover from these others whatever it is judged to have to pay out.

But now isnt really the time to be dealing with this stuff when the priority is to get the leak stopped and to limit the damage from what has already leaked. BP and many others are taking serious action in this regard but frankly the situation is beyond the capacity of the equipment available and despite efforts this is going to affect the area for decades. Compensation payouts to humans will be based on this lasting damage and go some way to providing for lost incomes and lost values. What no amount of compensation can do though is repair the eco system or provide for the fauna and flora.

Let us also remember in discussing all this that several people died in the incident that preceded and caused the oil spill.

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ORIGINAL: flcouple2009

BP is already throwing Transocean under the bus.
    The head of BP Group told CNN's Brian Todd in an exclusive interview Wednesday that the accident could have
    been prevented, and he focused blame on rig owner Transocean Ltd.  They have publicly said that "Transoceans"
    blowout preventer which was being operated by "Transocean" failed. 

They are also positioning Haliburton under the bus as well with the suggestions that the well was capped improperly.

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ORIGINAL: Sanity


Its SOMEBODYS Katrina.

But I ain't namin' names...

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

Here is the diagram they are running with


I just don't see why it is so difficult to be capturing what's coming out, or at least a significant percentage of it, in a much shorter time frame.

Beyond the government commissions and blame passing, I think there should be a hefty cash prize, say 10 million, to the deepwater salvage co. that can come up with a way to do it. Not that I expect using the free market and the profit motive to solve a problem would even occur to this administration...

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

Here is the diagram they are running with


I just don't see why it is so difficult to be capturing what's coming out, or at least a significant percentage of it, in a much shorter time frame.

Beyond the government commissions and blame passing, I think there should be a hefty cash prize, say 10 million, to the deepwater salvage co. that can come up with a way to do it. Not that I expect using the free market and the profit motive to solve a problem would even occur to this administration...