What's left of the West Atlas Oil Rig?

[stephenb]

Not much if these images are anything to go by! I was sent these yesterday, and have tried to have the images verified. I understand that these images have been circulating around the oil industry and are starting to turn up in the mainstream.

[White Rabbit]

Thats a disgrace, the CEO needs to spend some time in jail for this on.

did you know that a rival oil company had a ship that could have given assistance sooner but the CEO said no and sent on of their own ships even though it would take a couple of days longer for the their ship to get there. His excuse was "in the grand scheme of things whats two day's". In thins case 2 days was about 20,000 barrals of oil in the water.

Disgraceful.

[White Rabbit]

the government seems to have done a fairly good hush job on this one. I've only heard snippets on the radio about it havent seen anything in the news papers, i dont watch tv so I comment on that.

[WarpSpider74]

Not suprising there's not much left, I thought there'd actually be less considering...

[erick]

Wonder if there are any night-time images?

[renormalised]

The CEO of the company and those responsible for this should be put on trial for gross negligence and environmental vandalism.

Just as an aside.....

This is precisely why the people running these large corporations and multinationals can't be trusted at all. All that matters to them is the bottom line...how much money can we make and at what little expense can we make it. You'd be surprised at how many of these characters are completely amoral when it comes to money and business practices. Some are even like that personally and yet these types are allowed to control the companies they do and get away with the things you see. That's 100% of the reasons why we're in the financial mess we are and yet they're being allowed to continue on in the vein they were before. Bailing them out may have been a necessary evil in one sense, but also our biggest mistake. Now these jokers think they're bullet proof, even more so than before...hell, if we stuff up again the government will bail us out. By spending our money to prop up these shysters who have fleeced us of our money to begin with.

.....now, back to the topic....

Regardless of what may happen to the jobs of the people working in this rig, the company that owns the rig and the rights to the field should be dragged over the coals for this and made to pay every single cent for its remediation. Then made to compensate those workers who may lose their jobs over this. No government bailouts, however it's going to cost us taxpayers millions to clean this up and the company will expect the government to cough up the cash to clean it up. Accidents do happen, but to then expect everyone to cough up to clean up what is ostensibly a problem of their own making is going a little too far.

[Ian Robinson]

Exxon Valedes anyone .... this is every bit as catastropic for the Kimberley coast and ocean fishing in the area , and still has the potential impact on Kimberley coast beaches , inshore (as well as offshore reels) and the pristine riverine systems in that area ... .:mad2:

If this had happened off Melbourne , or Sydney , or Brisbane or anywhere that wasn't out sight of 95% of the Australian population , Canberra would be screaming blue murder , and the media would baying for the blood of the CO , the board and the company.... why is the Fed govt treading so softly on this .... ?

The company should be made an example of , made to pay to cleanup totally , and booted out and never allowed to return to oil and gas drilling / extraction in Australia .... the way they handled this has been totally inadequate and imcompetent.

[Ian Robinson]

I agree ....

But the local site manager and operators will be the scape goats , you know that already don't you ....

His board cronnies and himself will get a big bonus and will get off scot free as usual in this kind of desaster.

[DavidU]

We all use and want oil don't we? Don't you think "we" the oil end users and superannuation fund benefactors help cause this?

[Bassnut]

I was waiting for this reply, you are SOO right. We damand the oil at the lowest price, we vote the gov in with the minimum industry regulation (to keep the returns high), we demand high returns from our super funds, who in turn, because of our demand for high returns, invest in high risk ventures.

As someone else quoted "welcome to planet greed".

[renormalised]

Well, that don't count me as one...quite frankly I don't care for any of the politicians or their policies, most people wouldn't know where their super was being invested (or even care most of the time, just so long as it keeps growing) and for the most part we only let what's happening because we like to abrogate responsibility for our actions and the way things are being done, leaving it to others who don't have our best interests at heart.

Remember, politicians are only in power at out own behest. We seem to have lost the real meaning of democracy, if we ever really knew it to begin with. You want the change, demand it.

To tell you the truth, this society needs fundamental change to occur and the only ones that are going to make the change are the people. You won't get it from the governments and corporations/financial institutions and vested interests. It's in their best interest to keep things as they are, but ultimately it will bring everyone, including themselves, down.

I don't expect anything to come from Copenhagen, just as Rio was a waste of time. If you want to see change, you have to make them change.

[GrahamL]

The little I googled up on this does make you wonder if some form of regulation in regard to how these rigs are built and installed.

The way I see it is the operator ( a large listed Thai petrogiant) of the rig contracted an Australian company to build and install the drilling
head .That australian company then farmed out the this to a javenese subsidiary . If I'm reading right this all went wrong before
the rig was even operational.

In the "Do I give a rats ass stakes" its good to see both can look behond this mess to the more important stuff.


http://www.pttep.com/en/newsDetail.aspx?ContentID=299




http://www.clough.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=278&Itemid=217


Large multinationals = Don't you worry about it son ,now bend over and I'll drive you home .:rolleyes:

[Ian Robinson]

You know who will pay for this ....

-- the locals (especially those dependent on the sea or tourism for income) but who cares about 20 - 30 thousand Pilbura and Kimberley region residents ,most of whom are aboriginal.
-- the WA government
-- the Federal government (um .... all of us)

Like Exxon , the oil company will drag this through the courts for the next 10 - 30 years and will never cough up or pay any fines, penalties or compensation and they will use that 270M USD from Loyd's Insurance (or who ever it is) to build a new floating oil rig and or repair the damaged one and will just carryon regardless, and the maintenance and operations managers for the rig that had the desaster will quietly have their contracts cancelled and they'll carry the can.

:mad2:

[AstralTraveller]

Yep!! Ever heard of James Hardie? ('Course you have.) Criminal negligence followed by barefaced lying followed by shame compensation; and who amongst those responsible ever paid a brass farthing of their own money?