[BITList] Deepwater Drill Crews Are not the issue
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franka at iinet.net.au
Wed Jul 28 15:31:29 BST 2010
*Subject:* Fw: Deepwater Drill Crews Are not the issue
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> I am dependent on Ultra-Deepwater Drilling for my income. The
shutdown
> of Ultra-Deepwater Drilling is an unfair attack on the petroleum
> industry. British Petroleum Americas (B.P.) failure to perform their
> drilling operation in a safe manner is your issue. We as an industry
> are aware of the many B.P. failures on the Transocean Deepwater
> Horizon. The 11 Men that lost their lives are our brothers. Unsafe
> well practices by B.P. must be investigated. The root cause is a
> failure to resolve a poor primary cement job. B.P. had knowledge
that
> the primary cement job had failed; their continued operation was
> unsafe. As the operator the men on the Deepwater Horizon trusted
that
> B.P. would work safe. Federal government shares cause for allowing
> B.P. to continue to operate in the United States . B.P. has numerous
> safety failures and violation of Federal and industry standards.
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> As Ultra-Deepwater Drillers we demand safety at our work sites.
> Exploration Drilling is dangerous work. Each day we confront
danger by
> using safe work practices. These work practices are a standard
for our
> industry that we as workers demand. Government only steps in
when they
> can make profit from our labor. Government safety standards require
> bribes by corporate raiders who also steal our labor.
>
> When we die in h eli copters there are no memorials. When we burn to
> death there is no green peace outrage. If we drown in frigid waters
> there is no Presidential visit with our families. When we lose a
leg,
> arm, hand or foot government does not shut down for a single second.
> Media does not visit men that cannot stand straight because of
failed
> backs from the heavy lifting required in our jobs. We shut down
> operations when someone is hurt. We perform safety stand downs to
> prove our work can continue forward safely. We pre task each
operation
> to ensure safety. We observe each other as a natural part of our
work
> to keep each other safe. Government does not keep me or my workmates
> safe we do it because we care about each other. We know what a wife
> goes through when a husband is lost. We have raised children of lost
> work mates. We are brothers. We are Teams of men that provide oil
and
> gas to America .
>
> Oil field workers hear the garbage of those who donâ??t have a
clue what
> our families deal with each day. When we miss the first steps of our
> children do you care? When we leave women to take care of a
household
> by their selves do you care? Our loved ones die and we are on a rig
> hundreds of mi les away do you care? Hurricanes enter the gulf
and we
> are stuck offshore do you care? When we see friends burn to death do
> you care? When we are clear that a company has killed our fellow
> workers do you care?
> Environmentalists, Politicians and Corporate fat cats have never
> produced one single barrel of oil. You regulate my labor. You tax my
> labor. You steal the blood of good men Standards for my labor
require
> me to pass test (urine test, breath test, HUET) before I am
allowed on
> the job site. Yet you give my dollars to those who are never tested.
> You feed America our bloods labor. What can any of you produce
that is
> of value to this nation? Each of you is a parasite on the backs of
> Americans and workers. You fly around the globe on jets fueled by
our
> labor. You drive your armed motorcades on fuel that we provide
> you. Your natural gas heaters are fueled with our blood. When
you talk
> about alternative energy you slap our face for all we have given
you.
> You are Al Gore whining pigs at a plastic trough that we provided
you.
> You are Hollywood millionaires that donâ??t provide anything of
value.
> Scream about clean energy while driving and flying around the globe.
> Each person in government that allowed the President to shut down
> Ultra-Deepwater Exploration failed working men in women. B.P. will
> never meet the needs of our families. Lawyers with law firms will
turn
> this case into a class action law suit that will line their
> pockets. Blood money paid for by Oil Workers. We have just given 11
> brothers to the effort of providing a nation with oil and gas.
> Politicians now repay us with unemployment. I am a proud American
Oil
> Worker. I am not proud of the thieves that are destructing the
American
> Oil Workers way of life. Shame on Politicians and those you work
with.
> When you shut down our work you only bring pain to the
innocent. You
> need to understand we are not union workers with a hand out. We have
> invented and built an industry that provides America with tools for
> independence. Oil Workers understand pain, we learn from every
mistake
> that spills a drop of our blood. When you hurt one of us; we will
bring
> pain to your political dream world. Wake up Washington when you
shut
> down our rigs you solve nothing. You are creating a burden on hard
> working men and women. We will not allow your destruction of our
work
> efforts. Your lies about caring for our safety are wasted words. We
> know more about safety then the corporate giant B.P. Your efforts
> should be to control B.P. and their created oil spill. While
America
> screams at the environmental cost, remember your liability. Not one
> Oil Worker gave B.P. permission to drill. Not one Oil Worker
overlooked
> the B.P. failures of the past. The men on the Deepwater Horizon knew
> something was wrong. Failed negative test were a clear indication
that
> the drilling fluid should not be displaced. B.P. knew they
failed to
> bump their cement plug on the casing cement job. It should be
> investigated how much they over displaced the cement. B.P. made the
> decision not run a cement bond log. Each of you must look at real
facts
> Blow Out Preventers are well named; they are not Blow Out
> Stoppers. Follow safety practices that donâ??t allow blow-outs.
B.P.
> allowed this blow-out to take place.
> Stopping the blow out in deep water is the les son we are all
watching.
> How did B.P. fail to turn back with key indications that the well
was
> flowing? All the signs were given; concerns were raised by
members of
> the Horizon crews. B.P. acted with an arrogant disregard for
human life
> and safety. B.P. deserves punishment for their disregard. We have
> already started implementing testing to verify we will not have
another
> Horizon incident. We have cried at the loss of our brothers.
Shame is
> not ours. America may hate us and what we do; because we are
painted as
> bad men. After 20 years of success the speculation that we are
men with
> no concern for our environment is out of line. We are not the
> millionaire C.E.O.â??s that we work for. We are men with families
that
> trust us to earn a living at a dangerous job. Each hitch offshore we
> work to return all crew members to their loved ones. Every man that
> does this work cares about his nation. Your failure to allow us
to make
> America energy independent is recorded for history to judge. You
have
> sold out your nation; not the Ultra-Deepwater Drill Crews.
> Trust that we will not stand-by idle as you destroy our work. We are
> not some union wimps that rely on government assistance. You keep us
> out of work for 6 months; watch the power that will join the Tea
Party
> Movement. We are men that shaped and built this industry with
blood and
> sweat. We will engineer a massive shut down of your permit to wreck
> lives. Someone should investigate who is making profit on this
spill.
> Check the ties to the Obama Administration. One word- NALCO
> Milton Estabrooks
> 05/29/2010
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