Comments on: Groups File Suit Against Deepwater Gulf Oil Rig

By: Gary Maher

Gary Maher — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:25:20 +0000

china mexico,and chavez are drilling all over the gulf in deep water and selling the oil to us,when will people learn that we must fend for our selves we cant keep sending our money overseas. alternative fuels and their distribution are years and years away we have to survive today and tommorrow

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:35:07 +0000

The figures were compiled from shallow water wells, not from deep water
wells and there is the problem. Trumped up figures that are not from the
same depth wells as the one’s that will be drilled, all done so they would say yes
to these wells. I hope they get this stopped. We need alternative fuels.

By: Me

Me — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:16:38 +0000

The plaintiffs content the risk factor for a spill is 1 in 43? How do they come up with such numbers. There have been thousands of deepwater wells drilled around the world, so accurate risk numbers should be easy to figure. Of course one would have to collect the data and have a fair knowledge of math. Maybe it is like my friend says, 87.2958% of all statistics are made up.

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:41:49 +0000

As the world screams for oil, engineers are pushing drilling technology to the limits. It was only a matter of time before an accident occured, componet failure and human negligence often walk hand in hand. I think the spill was an ecological diaster and we should learn from it, I also know we cannot have it both ways, cheap safe oil is history. What I do not understand is why BP would saddle us with Mr Fineburg?