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BP, Contractors Violated Several Regulations Which Led to Gulf Oil Spill, Report Says

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Friday, September 16, 2011 2:45 PM

KWICKO

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/science/earth/15spill.html

Article contains a link to the report, which lists these specific regulations that BP and its contractors failed to follow, leading to the blowout, explosion, loss of life, sinking of the rig, and the worst oil spill in history.

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During its investigation, the Panel found evidence that BP, and in some instances its contractors, violated the following regulations in effect at the time of the blowout:

 30 CFR § 250.107 – BP failed to protect health, safety, property, and the environment. BP and Transocean did not: (1) perform all operations in a safe and workmanlike manner; or (2) maintain all equipment and work areas in a safe condition.

 30 CFR § 250.300 – BP, Transocean, and Halliburton (Sperry Sun) did not prevent conditions that posed unreasonable risk to public health, life, property, aquatic life, wildlife, recreation, navigation, commercial fishing, or other uses of the ocean.

 30 CFR § 250.401 – BP, Transocean, and Halliburton (Sperry Sun) failed to take necessary precautions to keep the well under control at all times.

 30 CFR § 250.446(a) – BP and Transocean failed to maintain the BOP system in accordance to API RP 53 section 18.10 and 18.11.

 30 CFR § 250.420(a)(1) and (2) – BP and Halliburton did not cement the well in a manner that would properly control formation pressures and fluids; and prevent the direct or indirect release of fluids from any stratum through the wellbore into offshore waters.

 30 CFR § 250.427(a) – BP failed to use pressure integrity test and related hole‐behavior observations, such as pore pressure test results, gas‐cut drilling fluid, and well kicks to adjust the drilling fluid program and the setting depth of the next casing string.

 30 CFR §1721(a)– BP failed to conduct the negative test on April 20 in accordance with the negative test procedure approved in the April 16 APM.

This list of violations is based upon the evidence gathered by the JIT during its investigation and upon the Panel’s findings and conclusions. Additional evidence may reveal further violations.




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Saturday, September 17, 2011 3:59 PM

BYTEMITE


I'm not in petroleum regulation, so I have no idea what most of that means except for the tests and the cement casing.

Bump anyway.

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Sunday, September 18, 2011 5:38 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


All this surprises exactly whom? Regulations are worthless unless they are enforced, and we all remember the stories that came out about BP, its contractors, and the regulators: the parties, the drugs, "reports" written by BP themselves, etc.

Some of this came out early, more is coming out now. Sadly, I doubt it will change much.


Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off



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Sunday, September 18, 2011 11:54 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important


Hello,

This just reminds me that the quality of regulation is more important than the number of regulations you make.

I join you in wishing that some effort was put into actually enforcing the vital regulations that exist, rather than ignoring breaches and writing more laws that will also ignore breaches.

--Anthony



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Sunday, September 18, 2011 7:06 PM

RIONAEIRE

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No surprise there. The question is what are they going to do about it?

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