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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (362029)4/30/2010 9:59:54 AM
From: FJB  Respond to of 793964
 
RE:Air pollution is much better then water pollution and they never should have put the fire out until they could stop the flow of oil.

That is an excellent point.



To: Oral Roberts who wrote (362029)4/30/2010 10:30:53 AM
From: Tom Clarke  Respond to of 793964
 
Somebody on the radio said the rig is sitting over the pipe that is spewing out oil. If that is true, capping it will be difficult.



To: Oral Roberts who wrote (362029)4/30/2010 11:01:39 AM
From: ManyMoose  Respond to of 793964
 
I heard that too. Another thing I heard is that American rigs are not required to have an automatic shutoff valve. Other countries require it on their offshore rigs.

I find that incomprehensible.


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