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<blockquote data-quote="bluehdmc" data-source="post: 746612" data-attributes="member: 18471"><p>The spill was caused by a number of factors, pressure was on the BP engineers. The drill rig was supposed to be someplace else 2 months earlier. Drilling got held up by a hurricane or tropical storm last Oct, and I think BP was paying a penalty. Then when it came time to fill the shaft with cement, sea water was used instead of heavier drilling mud. Then if I recall something was inoperative on the blowout preventer. </p><p>Sorta the "for lack of a nail a shoe was lost, for lack of a shoe a horse was lost, for lack of a horse a king was lost, for lack of a king a kingdom was lost", sort of thing. </p><p>A worse case scenario happened, I would say mainly because people were in a hurry, and corners were cut to speed up the process. These sort of corporate decisions happen all the time. A plane crashed in Fla because oxygen generators were being shipped on the plane, (and weren't supposed to be). Ford Pinto gas tanks exploded, Ford was aware of the problem but made a monetary decision not to change the design. (I think this was based on lawsuit cost for loss of life vs. engineering costs to change design).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluehdmc, post: 746612, member: 18471"] The spill was caused by a number of factors, pressure was on the BP engineers. The drill rig was supposed to be someplace else 2 months earlier. Drilling got held up by a hurricane or tropical storm last Oct, and I think BP was paying a penalty. Then when it came time to fill the shaft with cement, sea water was used instead of heavier drilling mud. Then if I recall something was inoperative on the blowout preventer. Sorta the "for lack of a nail a shoe was lost, for lack of a shoe a horse was lost, for lack of a horse a king was lost, for lack of a king a kingdom was lost", sort of thing. A worse case scenario happened, I would say mainly because people were in a hurry, and corners were cut to speed up the process. These sort of corporate decisions happen all the time. A plane crashed in Fla because oxygen generators were being shipped on the plane, (and weren't supposed to be). Ford Pinto gas tanks exploded, Ford was aware of the problem but made a monetary decision not to change the design. (I think this was based on lawsuit cost for loss of life vs. engineering costs to change design). [/QUOTE]
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