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Originally Posted by BRPORSCHE
I do apologize NINESOOPER. I was a little impatient last night. Though I still don't take back my thoughts. Something like this will be an engineering marvel and I am all for it. It's about pushing the envelope. Like Souk said this will eliminate A LOT of pipelines that would eventually pollute the Earth's Oceans.
Edit: Also what were your thoughts on the BP disaster? I feel that even though yes it had a negative impact in the short term, but over the long term the advancement in well technology has had many breakthroughs that will better the Industry. Sometimes you have to have a problem before you can understand your faults.
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Apology accepted-
I agree it will indeed be an engineering marvel but like you mention "sometimes you have to have a problem before you can understand you faults". This is the problem with a project like the Royal Dutch Shell. It's scale makes it vulnerable to a failure of epic proportions that goes beyond the BP catastrophe. The well technology is not what I worry about. I am concerned with human error and regulatory/ operational error. Which in the BP incident occurred at all levels based upon what I have read about it. BP has done a horrible job owning up to the failure and their lackluster action on the clean up and just plain admitting they screwed up royally without having to be pressured into being responsible is reprehensible. Mistakes are inevitable for we are human but what is most important is how we set ourselves up for less risk and what we do to make up for those mistakes that are made. Some mistakes can not be undone. Shell has a history of shrugging off responsibility in their oil and gas exploration endeavors that continues to this day. I believe a company like Shell should have to clean up their act a little before throwing anchor off the coast of Australia. I trust in the engineer but when they are pushed by companies like Shell short cuts are made by the top that effect the outcome of a project that could be great.