-=> EARL CROASMUN wrote to ED HULETT <=-


 WC> War with Iraq *and* the policy where BP has to use acoustic
 WC> blowout preventers in British waters but *not* in U.S. waters.

 -> Uh... the blowout preventer is what failed.

 EC> I cannot decide what part of this is more funny:

 EC> a) his belief that Cheney - rather than Congress - put laws into
 EC> effect.

 EC> b) his belief that acoustic switches would have somehow COST money to
 EC> Halliburton - not an oil company but an oil SERVICES company that would
 EC> MAKE money from extra equipment requirements - rather than MAKING money
 EC> for it.

 EC> or c) his belief that having an extra switch to trigger the blowout
 EC> protector would do any good when the hydraulics on the blowout
 EC> protector failed.

Another issue.

There WAS NO blowout preventor,

In effect that is the actual functional ram having been bypassed for a 'test
ram'.

Useless.

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