From: hls on

"Paul" <Paul(a)Houston.com> wrote in message
>
> I agree. I have spent about 1/2 my life in the oil
> industry. Much of it on rigs as a cementer or well site geologist,
> onshore, offshore, and on barges.
> People that have not worked in this industry cannot understand the
> immensity, the complexity, and the danger.
>

Absolutely. I took it very seriously. You know, when some of my
friends have been killed, it was just the intersection of a ton of really
slim possibilities that no one could have foreseen, and taken one on
one would not have been fatal. A momentary lapse in judgement can
be one of those intersecting vectors.
From: Tegger on
Paul <Paul(a)Houston.com> wrote in
news:hrob9n$qjl$1(a)news.eternal-september.org:

> hls wrote:

>>
>> Just hold on. The answer will come to light.
>
> I agree. I have spent about 1/2 my life in the oil
> industry. Much of it on rigs as a cementer or well site geologist,
> onshore, offshore, and on barges.
> People that have not worked in this industry cannot understand the
> immensity, the complexity, and the danger.
>
>


I'm not disputing that. I'm just saying that trouble seems to follow some
companies around more closely than others. That's not an industry
characteristic, but one specific to particular companies.


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Tegger
From: Tegger on
"hls" <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote in
news:5aednSuf1PcVlH3WnZ2dnUVZ_sKdnZ2d(a)giganews.com:

>
> "Paul" <Paul(a)Houston.com> wrote in message
>>
>> I agree. I have spent about 1/2 my life in the oil
>> industry. Much of it on rigs as a cementer or well site geologist,
>> onshore, offshore, and on barges.
>> People that have not worked in this industry cannot understand the
>> immensity, the complexity, and the danger.
>>
>
> Absolutely. I took it very seriously. You know, when some of my
> friends have been killed, it was just the intersection of a ton of really
> slim possibilities that no one could have foreseen, and taken one on
> one would not have been fatal. A momentary lapse in judgement can
> be one of those intersecting vectors.
>


BP workers seem to suffer from "momentary lapses" much more often than,
say, ExxonMobil's workers. Strange, that.

BP's people get killed; the environuts are OK with BP. ExxonMobil's people
don't get killed; the environuts hate Exxon with a passion. Go figure.


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Tegger
From: cuhulin on
On the web,
Oil Seeps

Oil naturally seeping up from under the water off the coast of
california, in the Gulf of Mexico, and wherever else.Who knows how long
that has been going on? Only The Shadow knows.
cuhulin

From: Tegger on
Ther's more: The WSJ is essentially taking BP's side, telling readers to
wait for more information before condemning BP.

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Tegger