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To: arno who wrote (361980)	4/30/2010 12:28:59 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793958

Again, Thanks arno for the info....I knew it was nearly a mile down to the ocean...and can't fathom (no pun intended) how they are going to control the oil leak. I wondered if our own American companies would have better equipment to drill and platform in the Gulf? Or do the Multi-Nationals have the best equipment or as good as we do...? Is there something any of the Anti-Drilling echonuts could have done to the rig to cause this? I know it's quite a bit different, but who in their right mind would have ever thought Saddam would have set the oil fields on fire on purpose either? I note our gas here locally is up to $3.29/gal regular as of today.... Very high risk financially. Absolutely!!

To: arno who wrote (361980)	4/30/2010 12:39:00 AM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

We are neighbors with one of the leading salvage companies in America. Hubby talked to the owner last week and he said a company out of the Gulf has already been hired to go in and cap and repair, but he didn't catch the name. I would think this has to be one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

To: arno who wrote (361980)	4/30/2010 7:56:29 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793958

Hit an unexpectedly higher pressure than 'normal' gas zone. .... I've read they'd hit total depth, weren't drilling, but were cementing the casing. Blowouts have happened during this phase: ... A 2007 MMS study found that although blowouts with offshore drilling operations were becoming less frequent, less deadly and less polluting, cementing-associated troubles persisted. Cementing problems were associated with 18 of 39 blowouts between 1992 and 2006 .... In a different hemisphere last August, another oil rig blowout sent thousands of barrels of oil spilling into the Timor Sea near Indonesia and East Timor. The culprit: a problem during cementing, which is supposed to keep gases and oil from shooting skyward and exploding into fire. That accident and the blast on the Deepwater Horizon had at least one circumstance in common. Both happened in a transition period when the offshore oil wells were being capped off and the gaps around drilling casings were being cemented shut to prevent pressurized gases and oil from escaping. ... chron.com