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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (573311)	6/23/2010 7:09:45 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575421

Its a big over-reaction. Equivalent to shutting down air traffic for six mos near major cities after 911. If they wanted to re-review all well plans before proceeding that would be okay. If they wanted to ban the use of certain well designs that would be okay: A Journal analysis of records provided by the U.S. Minerals Management Service shows that BP used the less costly design -- called "LONG string" -- on 35% of its deepwater wells since July 2003, the earliest date the well-design data were available. Anadarko Petroleum Corp., a minority partner of BP's in the destroyed well, used it on 42% of its deepwater Gulf wells, though it says it doesn't do so in wells of the type drilled by BP. Both companies used the design much more often, on average, than other major Gulf drillers. Out of 218 deepwater wells in the Gulf drilled since July 2003, 26% used long-STRING design. It derives its name from its use of a single, LONG "string" of pipe from the sea floor to the bottom of the well. Other big drillers use long-STRING design less frequently than BP, according to the Journal's data analysis. Royal Dutch SHELL PLC used LONG STRING designs on 8% of its wells and Chevron Corp. on 15%. Australian firm BHP Billiton PLC used LONG STRING on 4% of its wells. Message 26631657 Note that the Obama administration pulled together a panel of engineering experts and they rejected the idea of a blanket moratorium.