re: #481 reine.de.tout

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.

The conditions I’m worried about are more likely to prevail in the boardrooms than on the rigs. BP management didn’t just screw the shrimp and the pelicans, it screwed the oil industry. Any president that fails to rattle their cages loudly is going to be put in the Jimmy Carter box.