Credit: Coast Guard. I wrote about this issue back in May and June, and now the lead investigator of the presidential commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf has delivered to commissioners a letter that asserts that Halliburton staffers knew there were problems in the cement mixture used to line the drill…
Read MoreI just got back from Florida and the residents of both coasts are very, very nervous. They also are getting angry because they think much of the U.S. outside the Gulf of Mexico area isn’t all that concerned. For anyone who doesn’t think it isn’t a big deal already, I suggest you check out Paul…
Read MoreThe Offshore Technology Conference is occurring this week and I expect it isn’t exactly the best of times. I don’t mean this post as an effort to pile on BP. But, hopefully there is a lesson here for all of us in high-risk, high-reward technology pursuits that we need to be constantly asking ourselves whether…
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