Thursday, August 12, 2010

Port Call

At such a critical junction in the BP oil spill disaster,
("the bottom kill" procedure - in which cement is pumped into the oil chamber)
the Boa Deep C - one of the most important observation platforms
which operates one of two pairs of ROVs
and is responsible for most of the underwater live feed footage
has been taken offline,
not only that... it shuttled to port 4 days ago and has yet to return.

If BP was looking to cut expenses wouldn't it have been wise for them to cut
the Q4000 - whose primary duty is to burn off the oil
and since they claim 76% of the oil has vanished wouldn't this ship be unnecessary?
Or even the Olympic Challenger, Enterprise, whose cameras have actually never been seen online?
Or the Ho's whose ROV2 continuously has stared at nothing more than a gauge for weeks?

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