What Caused the BP Oil Spill 2010? Halliburton, Cementing Issue?

would someone please advise me why bp are being persued for this huge amount of money and not halliburton oil..

So much happened so fast, it is impossible to assess the real nature of the blow-out without forensic analysis.  I would say that there is plenty of blame to go around.  And, that is a problem in our country, we tend to vilify a culprit and fix the blame.  As soon as that is done, it is back to business as usual...drilling, paying fines and breaking environment and safety regulations because the fines are cheaper.  Energy needs are certainly key to running our country, but we need to think "Beyond Petroleum"...  sorry I used the BP letters there.  But, truly we are a rich nation.  We have bright minds and clever entrepreneurs. It is time to turn the tide against big oil and big coal and look elsewhere for our energy needs.  The time to do this was 30 years ago, but we have let the clock tick, and now look what has happened.  We are pushed out into deeper and more dangerous water because the "easy oil" is being used up.  We are comfortable, we use oil like water, and we are going to have to pay for the party at some point.  That's life.  All of us need to put our big boy pants on and figure out our part of the problem, and contribute to the solution.  Or, we will be in the same problem with the next new thing...the "BIG" companies will hold the power, patents, and control of the product, and the little guy will pay through the nose for it.A few questions:  How many wars have been fought over sunlight or wind?  How many environmental pollutants occur due to wind or solar energy generation? How much CO2 or methane gas is released by a solar pvt or wind generation plant?  What exactly is the environmental tipping point for CO2 or methane saturation in our atmosphere before life as we currently know it will be drastically different?  These are all valid questions, and we need to take a long hard think about our next 10 years as energy consumers.  This accident could serve us well as a wake up call.

If a submarine can shoot video of the oil gushing out of the pipe, why can’t BP insert a small pipe with an inflatable balloon similar to an angioplasty apparatus and seal off the leak?  

It appears that the blowout preventer did not have a true deadman mechanism. In such a device, one would need power to keep the well flowing and any failure would close it. Comments?

Since  BP has the ability to insert a pipe or tube into the cut off pipe, a devise, the opposite of  "a Chinese finger" , inserted into the pipe, and then compressed to form a plug may very well work.

i like how people give out there ideas. It intrigues me to see how you guys think it happened.

Somewhere, out there, is an engineer, a company man who was actually in the position to make the decisions on that rig, at that moment, when the "mistake" was made. If that individual can be isolated, he would, as in most rig problems, be able to answer the question. However, the "lone gunman" will never be found, and the shady figures that handed over the necessary disaster to cause a crisis to increase the governments control over our lives will not be found. The only "disaster witness" to most of Americas crisis is Jamie Gorelick. She always seems to be just around the corner, with her cell phone in her hand....

It is unlikely Halliburton is the one at fault here unless the density of the cement they pumped was widely above or below the scheduled density.  If the cement density was too low (ie watered down) then the hydrostatic pressure could have been insufficient to control the reservoir pressure; and if the cement density was too high (ie accidentaly added too many sacks of cement for the volume of water) then the hydrostatic pressure downhole could have been excessively high (ie over the fracture pressure) and a zone could have drank all the ceement, leaving lighter fluids in the well which would be insufficient to hold back the reservoir pressure.  In either of these cases, Halliburton personel would have known if either situation was occuring as they do pariodic checks on the cement. The real questions to ask is why did BP replace the heavy ~14 ppg (pound per gallon) mud with the 9 ppg salt-water before capping the well?  BP made the shot to do this and MMS backed their decision ( and Transocean managment followed this unsafe practice).  Also, why did the BOP not close?  To those who are not familiar with the oilfield, Halliburton is likely the most respected company when it comes to cementing services in the oilfield.  Cementing was the foundation on which the company started.  I'm a petroleum engineer who works in West Texas and work with Halliburton frequently....they perform their work effectively and are extremely judicious on safety. 

Let BP make all the effort stop oil spillage.The damage caused to the environment is very big,people have lost jobs like fishermen,aquatic life has been lost,its absurd

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Check: Halliburton bought Boots & Coots for a way-over-the-odds price just before the expolsion.  B&C is contracted to BP to provide dispersant chemicals.Check: Ex BP CEO now Goldman Sachs top man sells 44% of the GoldS BP stock; these very same shares plummet nearly $100M days after the explosion.Check: BP CEO Tony Hayward sold his 1.2M stg shareholding in BP days before the explosion.Check: BP are setting themselves up as the global leader in collecting carbon tax (if they can keep Obama and the Banksters on side at Cancun...).  Check: If we fall for the Deepwater Horizon False Flag operation, we can kiss goodbye to all our so-called freedoms.  The World Government looks after Itself... They'll get rid of USCheck on PrisonPlanet.com uncover the latest conspiracy

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Hello idiot America.....wake up and smell the....!! You fools did all the work on this well period!!!! If US law would have permitted a British company to do the work in the first place, you lot wouldn't have blood/oil on your hands now! Shameless USA!!!

This is all so different from youtube comment arguments.

Do citizens of USA realise that a number of years ago ,there was a huge disaster on an oilrig off the shores of Scotland that killed 167 people (Piper Alpha). Owned by an American company (Occidental). The UK government did not react with the paranoia and bloddlust that the USA administration is showing . Instead they held a properly convened inquiry that led to new laws and regulations. As I understand  BP has stated its intention to meet its obligations. Nobody should die at work ,but in the quest for fossil fuels  ,(think coal mines also) there has been too many lives lost - Shall we all go back to caves and fires?

their is no point in blaming someone . each accident is warning that our concern towards safety should be increased.