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To: CommanderCricket who wrote (134851)	6/14/2010 10:20:51 AM
From: not_prudent	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206183

Thanks for posting that. I remember that event and using mineral spirits to wipe away the tar when we came in from the water at Galveston. Nobody liked it - at all, and there were more then a few Mexican jokes going around because of it. But that was Texas back then and besides no one gave a rats ass if the Mexicans were mainly screwing up THEIR environment. I loved how they characterized the current situation as "sensationalist". How they mentioned that it "only " took fisheries 3 years to recover and that only 50% or a little more of the wildlife got killed off. I am wondering if some misguided idiot from BP fed them the article. I am very much pro oil and pro drilling, but after reading this piece of foolishness I find myself questioning if the o&g industry in the US is really in touch with the rest of the country? In any case it would appear that someone in the US government looked up Ixtoc and noted "PEMEX was finally able to plug the well after completing two relief wells that intersected the blown-out well; the company was then able to pump mud and cement into the well to plug it permanently". Last time I looked, BP only wanted to drill one relief well. Uncle Sap forced them into two.

To: CommanderCricket who wrote (134851)	6/14/2010 5:47:36 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 206183

I doubt BP really wants a lot of publicity proving that they're following lock-step in the footsteps of Pemex - one of the worst managed oil and gas firms in the world. BP can claim their blow-out will release less oil than the Pemex Ixtoc well did - if their oil flow were to magically stop today. But it won't. BP still has an opportunity to set a new world record for biggest oil spill. _ I hope they've called for a Guinness judge to validate their world standing. .