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RaleighNCDUer

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Mon Aug-09-10 01:15 AM
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13. Kind of like inventing the parachute after jumping out of the plane.

They KNEW that they didn't have the technology to deal with this before they started drilling. That's why they kept saying, from day one, that the ONLY way to stop it was with drilling a relief well and then plugging the well from below, which is how they've done it for 30 years, and it has always taken 3 months to shut it down.

So why didn't they 'suddenly' dream up this technology 30 years ago when they first discovered they might need it?

Nope, they went into this knowing that if something went wrong it would spew for three months, minimum. THAT is unconscionable.

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