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Tag Archives: gulf
Drilling turns to grilling
Look on the right. You see that man? That’s Tony Hayward, CEO of BP. Does he look happy? No, he’s not happy. Does he look comfortable? I don’t think so. He’s being grilled by the US Congress. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, General Earth PM Postings
Tagged BP, cement bond, cement bond log, congress, deepwater, doyle, ecological, grilling, gulf, halliburton, hayward, livelihood, project, Project Management, risk factor, risk score, schlumberger
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Like oil and water…
First, a science lesson. We’ve heard that oil and water don’t mix. Why not? From the Argonne National Laboratory: Water molecules have strong bonds with one another, called “hydrogen bonds.” This consists of an extraordinarily strong attraction that the hydrogens … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, General Earth PM Postings, PM News, Politics/Government/Regulatory
Tagged argonne, boats, BP, British Petroleum, Britsh Petroleum, centrifuge, costner, ecosystem, fragile ecosystem, gulf, hydrogen, ocean therapy, oil & water, oil and water, risk factor, risk score, separate oil and water
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A crude solution
“A Workaround is a solution to an unanticipated problem. Not to be confused with a contingency, or backup plan, which is conceived in advance, a workaround is a far less elegant solution to the problem. Typically, a workaround is not … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, PM Resources
Tagged apollo 13, apollo13, BP, contingency, control, costner, crude, duct tape, ducttape, earth, ed harris, fleet, flotation, griffin, gulf, gulf oil, halliburton, lifeboat, lifesaver, monitor, monitor and control risk, moon, project, qualitative risk analysis, quantitative risk analysis, risk identification, risk management, ron howard, sinise, spill, TransOcean, workaround
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Two and a half MMS
This is disgusting. Here you will find a report posted today by the US Government to the web and which we bring you in the spirit of helping to understand the ‘monitor and control‘ part of project management, or really, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Enterprising enterprises - businesses doing the right thing, General Earth PM Postings, Politics/Government/Regulatory
Tagged alaska, code of conduct, disgusting, free tickets, gifts, gulf, gulf spill, investigative report, mineral management service, mms, monitor and control, oil, pipeline, pmi code of conduct, pmi code of conduct and professional responsibility
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Lessons Learned to Lessons Burned
It’s now just two years since the Deepwater Horizon incident. Many people seem to forget it. After all, we see the smiling faces of the folks from the tourist industry in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana on those TV commercials, … Continue reading →