Haliburton At Fault For Gulf Oil Spill?
Executives from the three companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill will blame each other for the disaster when they face a Senate hearing today.
In prepared testimony reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, the chairman of well owner BP points the finger at rig owner and operator TransOcean, saying its blowout preventer failed. TransOcean’s testimony suggests Halliburton, a contractor on the rig, is at fault, while Halliburton argues that BP is ultimately responsible.
Suggesting that the blowout preventers—a giant set of valves designed to stop the uncontrolled flow of oil or gas—failed “simply makes no sense,” according to TransOcean’s CEO. The well, he will testify, had already been sealed with cement by Halliburton. The contractor, however, says the final cement plug to seal off the well was never set because of decisions made by BP.
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Having been recently chastised for inadvertently saying the wrong thing at the wrong time re this disaster, I must apologise for laughing out loud.
I inadvertantly read ‘Halibut’ and thought this particularly tasty species of fish was now to blame.
Headline in The New York Times reads (you are peering into bits of my mind best left hidden here) “GIANT SCHOOL OF HALIBUT ATTACK OIL RIG!!!”
What did that blind chap sing? “Wouldn’t it be loverly?”
Look. You know I drink copious amounts of vodka so what do you expect???
Pass the voddy, never mind the buck…
I can’t think of anything more American than passing the buck.