re: #166 Rightwingconspirator

Dead? Barely wounded. Look at all the wells still running. Hopefully what is dead is inattention to details like the workings of the BOP.

Exactly.
Although this incident actually occurred as a result of failure to pay attention to details like setting the right sort of seal at the wellhead, rather than a BOP failure.

It’s awful that this is such a catastrophic event.

But wells have been being drilled for 30 years or more without incident.
And will continue to be drilled without incident.