re: #477 Decatur Deb

I feel for the oil workers, just as I feel for the fishermen I’ve known at Bayou le Batre. The problem is that we have to know that the industry conditions, those which produced that stupid BP decision, are not built in to the other companies.

Well.
I happen to know it, because I’ve been married for 20 years to a mud engineer, and he has no reason to lie to me. I’ve had phone conversations with him during a job, where he’s told me “We got a kick today had to shut everything down”. Or, problem with the formation, we’re not gonna make a well. Or whatever.

Then there’s been his “take” on this thing. He knew within a week what had happened, and why. So did all the rigs out there. First thing they did was start reviewing their policies and operations, to make sure such an incident could not occur on their rigs. But of course, no one has reported that. Not a bit “sexy”, is it, to report that sort of thing.