Halliburton May Be Culprit In Oil Rig Explosion

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From this article on the HuffPo:

Though the investigation into the explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon site is still in its early stages, drilling experts agree that blame probably lies with flaws in the "cementing" process -- that is, plugging holes in the pipeline seal by pumping cement into it from the rig. Halliburton was in charge of cementing for Deepwater Horizon.

While I believe in Innocent-Until-Proven-Guilty, I don't find this hard to believe.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

From this article on the HuffPo:



While I believe in Innocent-Until-Proven-Guilty, I don't find this hard to believe.

It's the second time a rig has blown while they were on-board and doing this very same process.

This article was just published:

Document: BP didn't plan for major oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

By The Associated Press

April 30, 2010, 9:06PM

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/04/document_bp_didnt_plan_for_maj.html



"Many of the more than two dozen lawsuits filed in the wake of the explosion claim it was caused when workers for oil services contractor Halliburton Inc. improperly capped the well -- a process known as cementing. Halliburton denied it.
According to a 2007 study by the federal Minerals Management Service, which examined the 39 rig blowouts in the Gulf of Mexico between 1992 and 2006, cementing was a contributing factor in 18 of the incidents. In all the cases, gas seepage occurred during or after cementing of the well casing, the MMS said."