http://deepwaterhorizon.com Deepwater Horizon Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://deepwaterhorizon.com/2011/04/23/coast-guard-report-cites-transocean/#comment-3 MoscowMike Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:36:51 +0000 http://deepwaterhorizon.com/?p=64#comment-3 Like most people likely did, I read the USCG ROI and became very unhappy with Transocean.  It appeared a slipshod and feckless organization had cut too many corners for too long and finally got people killed. It was not until I read Transocean's response that it occurred to me the Coast Guard Report might not be up to the lofty standards of integrity that have distinguished centuries of investigations into maritime disasters. Upon further reflection, the judgement that something is seriously wrong with this Coast Guard investigation appears solid.  There is hardly a single point in the USCG ROI that is based on facts in evidence, and a great many that are self contradictory, and what is left is generally entirely contradicted by facts in evidence. I have read every word of testimony, examined every exhibit, read the President's Commission report, BP's report, Transocean's, I have followed the math and researched the fine points of technical aspects of well engineering and drilling, and there is much to learn about how to avoid disaster in the future. Unless, that is, you rely upon the USCG ROI, this document is an insult to the proud tradition of Coast Guard investigations, a gross injustice to the dead, injured and to the broader community working in the Gulf, and sterile of value in assessing the root causes of this tragedy. Like most people likely did, I read the USCG ROI and became very unhappy with Transocean.  It appeared a slipshod and feckless organization had cut too many corners for too long and finally got people killed.
It was not until I read Transocean's response that it occurred to me the Coast Guard Report might not be up to the lofty standards of integrity that have distinguished centuries of investigations into maritime disasters.
Upon further reflection, the judgement that something is seriously wrong with this Coast Guard investigation appears solid.  There is hardly a single point in the USCG ROI that is based on facts in evidence, and a great many that are self contradictory, and what is left is generally entirely contradicted by facts in evidence.
I have read every word of testimony, examined every exhibit, read the President's Commission report, BP's report, Transocean's, I have followed the math and researched the fine points of technical aspects of well engineering and drilling, and there is much to learn about how to avoid disaster in the future.
Unless, that is, you rely upon the USCG ROI, this document is an insult to the proud tradition of Coast Guard investigations, a gross injustice to the dead, injured and to the broader community working in the Gulf, and sterile of value in assessing the root causes of this tragedy.

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