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From: hls on 4 May 2010 07:48 "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 4 May 2010 08:14 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. -- Tegger
From: Tegger on 4 May 2010 08:17 "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. -- Tegger
From: cuhulin on 4 May 2010 11:05 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 4 May 2010 18:33
Ther's more: The WSJ is essentially taking BP's side, telling readers to wait for more information before condemning BP. -- Tegger |