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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Second answer: Despite that, the primary purpose of such documentation is to prevent a disaster, not to deal with one. "Some government required document" should exist, be up to date, and in use, before and during production.
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BOP (blow out preventer) piping and rubber were replaced (standard maintenance) by Transocean. What verified the electronics? Transocean said Cameron (BOP manufacturer) did that. Cameron does not say so. And no documents - ie a checklist - were provided to say who ultimately makes sure the BOP works before going down. That is 100% on BP's head - the prime contractor.
No problem. MMS regulators were bought and paid for.
What did George Jr MMS political appointees do when those documents, checklists, and procedures were being developed? Having free booze, sexting parties, and a good time at the expensve of oil industry 'entertainment budgets'.
BOP's must be tested every 14 days. Testing a BOP is a time consuming process that takes a day or two to complete. During that time, no drilling. Immediately you can see panic in every BP executive's eyes when they screwed up the first well (lost two weeks) and were at least a month behind schedule. How to achieve a schedule? Do what any MBA would do. Cut costs. "We don't need for fricking testing." Just do not test the BOP. And then give MMS people still working under George Jr's "attitude and knowledge" another sexting party.
If the BOP fails any test, it must be fixed and tested all over again before resuming drilling. But that assumes government regulators (MMS with a history of sexting parties and other oil company perks) are requiring safety and the advancement of mankind.
We know at least one critical high pressure pipe was not properly connected. A failure that was undetected by testing? Doubtful. We know batteries for both electronic control units were dead. A failure undetected by testing? Doubtful.
Clearly this is all Obama's fault because those who loved George Jr and recite Limbaugh said so. After all, anyone who voted for George Jr must be honest. "Misssion Accomplished".