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You are underestimating how important logistics and planning are to a large scale operation like this. This needs large pieces of equipment and a group of speci
by nano81 16y ago
You are underestimating how important logistics and planning are to a large scale operation like this. This needs large pieces of equipment and a group of specially trained people assembled and brought to a place which is not easily accessible, with a carefully thought out plan to maximize their chances. All that takes time.
BP has all the incentives to stop this as quickly as possible; it is costing them lots of money and continues to be a PR catastrophe every day it continues.
- ck2 16y agoDo you realize the EXACT same problem happened 30 years ago by the EXACT same drilling company? There is nothing "new" here. They should know what to do and only have better techniques to solve problems, but they are doing no better than 30 years ago. Nothing worked 30 years ago, they had to wait 9 months while they drilled relief wells. The tophat failed, the kill failed, everything.