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First rig sails away over drilling ban

First, "NG guys with AR-15's" were not at every single airport in this nation. I know for a fact nobody came to our airport, and we are pretty damn big, we have 4 different airlines flying out of here, you need a high security badge to get near the airlines, etc.

I live in a small southern town, and I started flying again for work on October 11, 2001. We had armed NG in our airport for approximately 6 months.
 
Pensacola Beach - July 15, 2010
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Oil Spill - NASA photograph - 6/26/2010

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LOL nothing like the media to take a photo of one place and then call it "9 miles of beach".

I see a little bit of oil in one spot. Ya outta see what we're dealing with here. Stop ya bitchin'.

This coming from the same person that said "No way are thousands of jobs associated with 33 wells" and when proven wrong, you do nothing to admit you were wrong and just pretend like you didn't say it. This also coming from someone who gladly fills up their tank. Hey you don't want oil drilling, stop pumpin'. If you don't stop pumpin, you need to ************* and stop ya bitchin'.
 
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Hey, this oil spill was a disaster. You haven't denied that. You seem to want to ignore that. When disasters happen we should take steps to prevent them from happening again. Jobs are not a reason to negligently allow another disaster to happen. It would be irresponsible.

And if you don't like my logical explanation I'm just going to have to invoke the "Everything changed after 9/11" rule. ;)

So, to prevent one disaster that might happen, you're willing to put hundreds of thousands of people in the unemployment line?

How ****ing stupid is that?

So, what do you do for a living?
 
Are you suggesting that ALL OF THE OIL RIGS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO have been shut down?

33 rigs were shut down. There's been only one offshore drilling permit issued since the spill. That decreases the GOM rig count by three-quarters.

So, let's do the math: three-quarters of the offshore demand is gone. Wouldn't it make sense three quarters of the work coming into oilfield service companies is going to decrease by three-quarters? it would; huh?

Let's say your employer's revenue base shrunk by three-quarters. Whatcha think might be the result of that? A few layoffs?
 
33 rigs were shut down. There's been only one offshore drilling permit issued since the spill. That decreases the GOM rig count by three-quarters.

So, let's do the math: three-quarters of the offshore demand is gone. Wouldn't it make sense three quarters of the work coming into oilfield service companies is going to decrease by three-quarters? it would; huh?

Let's say your employer's revenue base shrunk by three-quarters. Whatcha think might be the result of that? A few layoffs?

They could pay their employees to do clean up work the next six months.
 
I see a little bit of oil in one spot. Ya outta see what we're dealing with here. Stop ya bitchin'.

Are you ****ing kidding me? You say this like you're proud of the horrific devastation.

This coming from the same person that said "No way are thousands of jobs associated with 33 wells" and when proven wrong, you do nothing to admit you were wrong and just pretend like you didn't say it. This also coming from someone who gladly fills up their tank. Hey you don't want oil drilling, stop pumpin'. If you don't stop pumpin, you need to ************* and stop ya bitchin'.

Objective Voice already corrected your statistics, but that hasn't kept Apdst, the oil company shill, from exaggerating the jobs in the hundreds of thousands. You've misquoted me, by the way. I stated that there was no way that 50,000 jobs were lost from 29 oil rigs. That information remains correct. But, nice try. Especially after you completely stepped in it over the oil on Pensacola beach.
 
33 rigs were shut down. There's been only one offshore drilling permit issued since the spill. That decreases the GOM rig count by three-quarters.

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There are almost 4,000 active wells pumping oil in the gulf. That's not sufficient for you?

What percentage of 4,000 wells do the 33 deepwater rigs represent?

Beyond that, there are over 27,000 abandoned wells in the gulf at present, some of which may be leaking. Perhaps, instead of drilling new wells, the oil companies should be using those existing wells.

FOXNews.com - 27,000 Wells Abandoned, Unchecked in Gulf

I can't believe people actually buy the nonsense you post.

So, we have almost 4,000 active wells, and 27,000 abandoned wells, and you're bitching because we're not drilling any new deepwater wells until we figure out how to prevent another deepwater horizon?

Your posts are not even rational. I mean, seriously. what in the hell are you thinking?

Anyone can see that with 31,000 wells in the gulf, if the oil companies can't make a buck without drilling new deepwater wells, there's a ****ing problem, Houston.
 
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Are you ****ing kidding me? You say this like you're proud of the horrific devastation.



Objective Voice already corrected your statistics, but that hasn't kept Apdst, the oil company shill, from exaggerating the jobs in the hundreds of thousands. You've misquoted me, by the way. I stated that there was no way that 50,000 jobs were lost from 29 oil rigs. That information remains correct. But, nice try. Especially after you completely stepped in it over the oil on Pensacola beach.

Do you have a clue how many support jobs there are in the offshore oil and gas industry? Obviously not, so let me help you out, then you can go crying elsewhere about how stupid I am.

These companies are for starters work in just the Lafayette, Louisiana area, alone. These aren't oil companies

Aibel
Aker Solutions
AnTech Ltd
Baker Hughes
Baker International
Bentec GmbH
Bergen Oilfield Services
C&J Energy Services, Inc.
Control Flow
Hughes Tool Company
Western Atlas (renamed to Baker Atlas)
BJ Services
Cambridge Petroleum Software
Calfrac Well Services
Cameron
Ceca specialty chemicals
CGGVeritas
Challenger LTD
Clariant
Compagnie Générale de Géophysique
Core Laboratories, Inc. (Core Labs)
Cyntech
Dresser Industries
Elite Inspection & Consulting, Inc.
Expro Group
Fairfield Industries
FMC Technologies
Fluor Corp.
Fugro
Frac Tech Services, Ltd.
Fritz Industries, Inc. (formerly Fritz Chemical Company)
GE Oil & Gas
Geokinetics Inc.
Geolog International B.V.
Geophysical Service Incorporated
Geoservices
Geosteering LLC
Global Logistics
Gyrodata Incorporated
Halliburton
Hartmann Valves GmbH
Ingrain, Inc.
Hub City Industries
International Logging Inc. (Inter-Log)
ION Geophysical (formerly Input/Output)
INOVA Geophysical Equipment Limited (ION-BGP joint venture)
J&L Supply Co.
K & K Torque and Test, LLC
Key Energy Services
Kodiak Coil Tubing
Moody International Group
Morton Electric, Inc.
MTech Industries
Nabors Industries (Nabors Production Services)
Noble Corporation- (Offshore oil well drilling company- NYSE: NE)
Northstar Drillstem Testers (Drill stem testing services, DST)
Nova Drilling Technologies
OilMax Energy Pvt Ltd
Packers Plus
Pathfinder Security Services
Parveen Industries Pvt.Ltd. [1]
PCS Oilfield Services
Petrotrim Services
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS)
Petrolcomet Services Co.
PetroTiger
Phoenix Geophysics
Plexus Ocean Systems
Power Zone Equipment, Inc.
Precision Drilling Corporation
Production Services Network (PSN)
Pure Energy Services
Phoenix Energy (Nigeria) Limited - www.phoenix-energyco.com
Qserv
RAM Environmental Services
Rough Riders Services
Rough Riders Communications
Sander Geophysics
Sanjel Corporation
Savanna Energy
Schlumberger Limited
Seaboard International
ShawCor Ltd
Smith International
Speedy Hire
Superior Well Services
T3 Energy Services
Tangent Environmental Technologies
Tanjung Offshore Services
Teletec
Tesco Corporation
TETRA Technologies Inc.
Titan Oil and Gas Services Inc Billings MT 800 406 5209
Tracerco
TOMCO Group of Companies
Transform Software and Services, Inc
Transocean
Trican Well Service Ltd
Trinidad Energy Services
Tyco Thermal Controls
National Oilwell Varco
Varco
Veco Corp
VelcocityManager
GE VetcoGray
Weatherford International
WellDynamics
Welltec
WesternGeco
Geco-Prakla
Western Geophysical
Geophysical Service Incorporated
Wood Group
Worleyparsons
Zenith Oilfield Technology Limited

This is Port Fourchon, La. The largest oilfield dock facility in the world. Prolly more than just a few hundred people working there, eh?

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Intracoastal City

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Freshwater City, "where the brown water turns blue".

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Oilfield service companies in Houma, La.

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Offshore catering companies

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Offshore cleaning systems

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That's not to mention the welders, mechanics, pipe fitters, machinists and the thousands of other trades that work in the oil and gas industry that are going to be unemployed by this bull****.

You say ya'll debunked don't worry's numbers? How so, because of ya'lls vast experience in the oil and gas industry? I think you only proved your own ignorance.
 
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There are almost 4,000 active wells pumping oil in the gulf. That's not sufficient for you?

What percentage of 4,000 wells do the 33 deepwater rigs represent?

Beyond that, there are over 27,000 abandoned wells in the gulf at present, some of which may be leaking. Perhaps, instead of drilling new wells, the oil companies should be using those existing wells.

FOXNews.com - 27,000 Wells Abandoned, Unchecked in Gulf

I can't believe people actually buy the nonsense you post.

So, we have almost 4,000 active wells, and 27,000 abandoned wells, and you're bitching because we're not drilling any new deepwater wells until we figure out how to prevent another deepwater horizon?

Your posts are not even rational. I mean, seriously. what in the hell are you thinking?

Anyone can see that with 31,000 wells in the gulf, if the oil companies can't make a buck without drilling new deepwater wells, there's a ****ing problem, Houston.

Those littel yellow dots are production platforms, not drilling rigs. Wanna try again?
 
Those littel yellow dots are production platforms, not drilling rigs. Wanna try again?

And that's why a lot of your posts are ridiculous. The assumption that companies are losing profit because they can't drill new wells in deep water, when we don't even know if we can stop those wells from blowing out and causing another incident like this, is RIDICULOUS.

I'm sure the DRILLERS are pissed, but they are hardly representative of the entire oil industry. We're talking about 33 rigs for deepwater drilling. THAT IS ALL.

There are 4,000s wells pumping oil TODAY. No one here has suggested that we stop pumping oil from active wells. What people have said is that we need to not drill any deepwater wells right now.

Lousiana, all told, only has 50,000 oil jobs. The vast majority of those jobs still exist, ON PRODUCTION PLATFORMS, and driving oil trucks, and the like. IT's only the DRILLING JOBS that have been halted.
 
Do you have a clue how many support jobs there are in the offshore oil and gas industry? Obviously not, so let me help you out, then you can go crying elsewhere about how stupid I am.

and the overwhelming majority of those jobs haven't gone away, because they are involved in servicing the 4,000 active wells.

Even the deepwater wells that are active are still functioning. It is drilling on NEW WELLS that is being affected by the moratorium. It's funny how you never seem to mention that.
 
And that's why a lot of your posts are ridiculous. The assumption that companies are losing profit because they can't drill new wells in deep water, when we don't even know if we can stop those wells from blowing out and causing another incident like this, is RIDICULOUS.

I'm sure the DRILLERS are pissed, but they are hardly representative of the entire oil industry. We're talking about 33 rigs for deepwater drilling. THAT IS ALL.

There are 4,000s wells pumping oil TODAY. No one here has suggested that we stop pumping oil from active wells. What people have said is that we need to not drill any deepwater wells right now.

Lousiana, all told, only has 50,000 oil jobs. The vast majority of those jobs still exist, ON PRODUCTION PLATFORMS, and driving oil trucks, and the like. IT's only the DRILLING JOBS that have been halted.

Drilling accounts for 80% of the oil and gas jobs that are created. But, I'm sure with your vast experience in the oilfield, you already knew that.

I mean, you got three hands that live and work in South Louisiana, telling you how it is, but hey! We're full-a-****. You know better, having worked exactly zero days in the oilfield. Care to make any other totally uninformed comments?
 
and the overwhelming majority of those jobs haven't gone away, because they are involved in servicing the 4,000 active wells.

Even the deepwater wells that are active are still functioning. It is drilling on NEW WELLS that is being affected by the moratorium. It's funny how you never seem to mention that.

You don't have a single clue how the system works, so why not just shut the **** up about it? You said that there aren't even 50,000 oilfield job in Louisiana, to begin with. Only the jobs on the drilling rigs. You cocked that up!

So, how are we supposed to take you serious?
 
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12,000 jobs gone already.

12,000 Jobs

I'm sure everyone else is full-a-****, but IT and CPD. Right?
 
I looked at those little dots and without even reading what was in the thread I thought to myself how that's a cute little map of all the platforms in the gulf, the PRODUCTION platforms. I actually was wondering why she was posting the production platform map when this is about drilling. Fact is, she didn't know the difference! LOL

See, CPD has no CLUE about the oil industry. She keeps ranting and raging, even with tons of facts in her face proving her wrong, I mean it's almost funny now. We've, well more honestly, AP has proven her wrong beyond my wildest abilities. I am no master at the computer, I heed to you AP, you own this thread! In one post you can say more than I can say in 10. I know my stuff, you know your stuff, but you can CONVEY your messages so much better than I can. Good job, I am quite proud of you!

Think about this AP. You and I know about as much about coal mining as CPD knows about the oil industry. Would you, in your right mind, argue with people who live and work in the coal mining industry regarding a 6 month moratorium on excavating coal from the president? Why would I even try? I know when I know nothing about an industry and respect the people in that industry. Even if I don't agree with what they say, I know that their knowledge base is strong so their opinions are probably right, when mine are wrong based on me not knowing **** about coal mining.

That's the little part CPD and IT have a problem with. Knowing when to respect people who live and work in an industry and not act like you know more than they do because they will embarrass you to no end, as you AP, have done to them, specifically CPD.
 
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I looked at those little dots and without even reading what was in the thread I thought to myself how that's a cute little map of all the platforms in the gulf, the PRODUCTION platforms. I actually was wondering why she was posting the production platform map when this is about drilling. Fact is, she didn't know the difference! LOL

See, CPD has no CLUE about the oil industry. She keeps ranting and raging, even with tons of facts in her face proving her wrong, I mean it's almost funny now. We've, well more honestly, AP has proven her wrong beyond my wildest abilities. I am no master at the computer, I heed to you AP, you own this thread! In one post you can say more than I can say in 10. I know my stuff, you know your stuff, but you can CONVEY your messages so much better than I can. Good job, I am quite proud of you!

Think about this AP. You and I know about as much about coal mining as CPD knows about the oil industry. Would you, in your right mind, argue with people who live and work in the coal mining industry regarding a 6 month moratorium on excavating coal from the president? Why would I even try? I know when I know nothing about an industry and respect the people in that industry. Even if I don't agree with what they say, I know that their knowledge base is strong so their opinions are probably right, when mine are wrong based on me not knowing **** about coal mining.

That's the little part CPD and IT have a problem with. Knowing when to respect people who live and work in an industry and not act like you know more than they do because they will embarrass you to no end, as you AP, have done to them, specifically CPD.

I've seen that posted dozens of times on internet forums. It's amzing how some folks don't know the difference between a drilling rig and a production platform. But, hey, these are the same folks that don't understand that 99.9% of the equipment on your garden variety drilling rig, is rented, from somebody.

What the hell do you and I know? We only work here...:rofl

Think about this AP. You and I know about as much about coal mining as CPD knows about the oil industry. Would you, in your right mind, argue with people who live and work in the coal mining industry regarding a 6 month moratorium on excavating coal from the president? Why would I even try? I know when I know nothing about an industry and respect the people in that industry

Hell, I doubt you and I would argue in favor of a 6 month mining moratorium, because we know it wouldn't solve anything, it would only kill jobs...:rofl

Maybe it makes a difference when you're talking to folks who actually work for a living, I dunno.

I'm going to Venice in the morning, with a permit load and that's another point to consider. If there aren't anymore permit loads going to Venice, the NOPD can't get $100 per cop, to escort the truck three miles. The ramifications of the moratorium are endless.
 
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Huh? WTF???

It is true, BP does not stand for "British Petroluem." You will find that phrase nowhere in their corporate filings... The companies name is "BP plc." Not "British Petroleum".
 
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