Gulf coast oil spill

[ZenGum]

We had a similar offshore oil leak here a few months back, luckily for the company it was way off the uninhabited north west coast, so there was little angry reaction, but it took weeks for them to plug the leak. In this case, they had to drill another hole, intersecting with the first, and fill both with concrete, or something like that.

All those fishing communities, waterfront places, mangroves, wetlands, etc, might as well bend over and try to relax, cause they're about to get screwed.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

We had a similar offshore oil leak here a few months back,..

Halliburton also was the cementer on a well that suffered a big blowout last August in the Timor Sea, off Australia. The rig there caught fire and a well leaked tens of thousands of barrels of oil over 10 weeks before it was shut down. The investigation is continuing; Halliburton declined to comment on it.

oopsie

aside- Part of the natural gas cluster foxtrot in Dimock, PA was related to improper cementing.