Rep. Grijalva Compares BP's Atlantis Rig To Deepwater Horizon: 'Same Pathological Pattern'

BOP's have a 50% failure rate! What a perfect reason to use two or three in line!

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That's not a solution. Because even if a BOP is in working condition when installed, it has to be constantly serviced and maintained, like weekly, at costs that the oil companies balk at.



You see, even if you were to put requirements in, regulations, about what the oil companies are required to do to decrease any chance of an accident, there are so many that it becomes cost prohibitive and the cost of a gallon of gas would be like a downpayment on a house. You couldn't employ enough government regulators and inspectors to oversee, to make sure that the oil companies were doing what they are obligated to do.



And even if you could, it's still not any guarantee of accident-free drilling.



And relief wells are not guaranteed to stop a well from gushing -- Last year's blowout at Montara required the drilling of FIVE relief wells before the gush was stopped.
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