Documents Show Earlier (11 months ago) Worries About Safety of Rig

Source: New York Times

Documents Show Earlier Worries About Safety of Rig
By IAN URBINA


WASHINGTON — Internal documents from BP show that there were serious problems and safety concerns with the Deepwater Horizon rig far earlier than those the company described to Congress last week.

The problems involved the well casing and the blowout preventer, which are considered critical pieces in the chain of events that led to the disaster on the rig.

The documents show that in March, after several weeks of problems on the rig, BP was struggling with a loss of “well control.” And as far back as 11 months ago, it was concerned about the well casing and the blowout preventer.

On June 22, for example, BP engineers expressed concerns that the metal casing the company wanted to use might collapse under high pressure.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30rig.html?hp

So the sudden conversion of Republicans to strict oversight of the Oil Industry is lame. They were in bed for years with these polluters. Sarah Palin and her husband who worked for BP were the worst.



http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20006261-503544.html

" This in regard to the metal casing. Clearly, the BP higher-ups were not heeding warnings.