Deepwater Horizon alarm gave no advance warning of explosion, rig crew member says NOLA.com The rig crew member in charge of monitoring danger alarms on the Deepwater Horizon testified Tuesday that the rig's general alarm didn't sound until after …
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Ocean vessel operators are watching talks in Congress over potential changes in oil pollution liability limits for the impact legislation responding to the Deepwater Horizon disaster could have on carrier insurance coverage. Read more on Journal of Commerce Online
BP Oil Spill’s Tony Hayward active Bilderburg member (with a hair piece) Could the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion be part of a larger scheme to reform the energy industry, just as the Obama administration has reformed healthcare, banking and automobile manufacturers? Worse, is cap and trade—possibly the worst legislation ever penned—the ultimate endgame behind this spill, which they are now capitalizing upon? The first red flag receiving virtually no attention is that Halliburton (of Dick Cheney fame) had finished a cementing process only 20 hours prior to Deepwater Horizon erupting in flames. Lawsuits have already been filed, with Reuters reporting on April 29, Halliburton improperly and negligently performed its job in cementing the well, increasing the pressure at the well and contributing to the fire, explosion and resulting oil spill. As a result, a high-pressure pocket of deep oil 30000 feet beneath the ocean floor erupted with the force of a gigantic, non-stop fire hose. A surviving worker on the rig, John Kersey, said it sounded like a war zone as alarms were triggered, electricity shorted out, and flames shot 300 feet into the air. The inferno-like blaze could be seen 35 miles away. CONNECTIONS Suspicions arise when an ownership paper trail is followed. Halliburton subcontracted for a company named Transocean, which leased and operated Deepwater Horizon for British Petroleum (BP). Transocean is a subsidiary of Sonat Inc., which merged with the El …
Pittsburg man is a crew member of Deepwater Horizon oil rig and continues to mourn the deaths of his friends
By NINA CRISCUOLOPITTSBURG, KAN. – While crews work to stop the oil leaking from the sunken Deepwater Horizon a Pittsburg man continues to mourn his crewmates.”I miss the guys,” says Gene Frevele, a crew Read more on KFJX Pittsburg