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Right on Alan well said hit the nail on the head...Complacency seems to be the word,,take care..

Halliburton’s Tim Probert testified before the Senate that the company was “contractually bound to comply with the well owner’s instructions.” BP exec Lamar McKay said he wasn’t “familiar with the procedure on that particular well.” Frank Patton, MMS drilling engineer, who approved BP’s drilling permit, said he was never told to check if blowout preventers, the last line of defense in catastrophic failures like this, are adequate.

While the finger-pointing is disappointing on its face, it highlights something we’ve said for a while: you can’t comply your way to greatness. When compliance becomes the goal, no one takes responsibility and no one goes above and beyond.

If you want a smoking gun, here’s what to look for: Whether Mr. Probert and his colleagues at Halliburton knew to countermand Transocean’s order but didn’t, or BP knew to test the blowout preventer but didn’t, or if Mr. Patton and the folks at MMS knew they needed to check testing certificates but didn’t. Indeed, if any of a thousand people involved knew to speak up but didn’t, we’ll see that once again, groupthink conspired with a culture of risk to bring catastrophe. Unless and until leaders lead, and we hold ourselves to a higher standard, more regulations will close this barn door, but not prevent a future calamity.

""" Hey Alan this is an article adding to the blame game. Its from pt 3 article on whos to blame from Forbes magazine. Seems pretty close to your statement. """"

Hey back Alan I hear you!!! As i said to Curtis and after partially reading this what a blame game and clusterf***.

Good Evening to you Alan! Hope all is going well for you in the "Blue". As well my family and I hope your 2011 year is a blessing and safe as well. Good to hear from you, keep in touch.

Hi allan, am on the rig in Aussie at the moment due to c/c on the 26th , be back in Singapore Malaysia 27th.
Regards Woody.

Hi, Alan,

thank you for invaluable advises for me.

I try follow them.

Hi Alan,

Can we have talks about drilling opportunities?

I am working as a drilling engineer, here in Basrah/iraq.

Hi Kiwioil, I have enjoyed your input over at the other forum (DC). I hope you don't mind me adding you as a friend.