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A blowout off the coast of Australia left oil flowing into the Timor Sea for weeks. An out-of-control well in the Gulf of Mexico dislodged a 4,000-pound piece of equipment on the deck of the Lorris Bouzigard drilling rig as workers scurried to safety. A gas leak in the North Sea aboard a production platform came within a rogue spark of a Deepwater Horizon-scale disaster off the coast of Norway.
Data from regulators around the world suggest that after years of improvement, the offshore-drilling industry's safety record declined over the past two years.
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The U.K.’s Health and Safety Executive counted 85 serious oil and gas releases in the 12 months ended March 31, up 39% from a year earlier. Taking into account the number of hours worked offshore, the rate of incidents was the highest since 2004-05.
In Norway, companies had 37 oil and gas releases and “well incidents” in 2009, according to the country’s offshore regulator. That is up 48% from 2008 and is the highest level since 2003. Norway’s rate of incidents per man-hour rose 42% in 2009, to its highest level since 2005.
In Australia in the first half of this year, there were 23 oil spills, gas releases and incidents in which oil or gas entered a well, threatening a blowout, according to Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority. That is almost as many as the 24 such incidents in all of 2009. The incident rate, accounting for hours worked, has more than doubled since 2005.
“Why does the safety performance of the offshore industry seem to be deteriorating?” asks Jane Cutler, a former oil executive who now heads Australia’s offshore regulator.
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#1 - Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:59 AM ESTcheck this out BK (the link to Jesse Ventura's Conspiracy Theory Show--think you'll take particular interest in this one as it pertains to BP & the Gulf disaster)
http://www.trutv.com/video/conspiracy-theory/gulf-disaster-planned.html
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#2 - Sat Dec 11, 2010 4:25 PM EST
I am beginning to think so. The other accidents at other countries were "quickly & sensibly countered and controlled" before they could explode into a mega disaster. So the "planned element and the Make it Happen on Purpose factor (MIHOP)" are starting to make sense of the "Dilly Dallying recovery efforts".
The War on Terror, the tightening Airport security (Naked X-ray or TSA pat down), the piratisation (corporatisation) of the fishing industry / food supplies - now seem to be part of the concerted efforts to force "the bitter Solution pill" down the throat of the American public.
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Not a pill any of us will take lightly---however, with such 'denials' of the masses (just not easy to swallow, so deny it as a flight or fight response) I am worried that it'll be too late or that major violence will erupt!
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