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Deepwater was a decommissioned well that hadn't been capped properly I think... Brother in law's job is calculating the concrete required for this, and I don't think he even has GCSE maths which is slightly terrifying and makes me quite amazed that more accidents haven't happened.

It was more complicated that that. It took about half a dozen separate safety system failures to happen at the same time for the BOP (blow Out preventer) to fail on DH. A real perfect shitstorm.

The investigation found a fair few things wrong, but the overall capping method wasn't one of them.

I've kind of lived the industry response to that incident vicariously because it was such a large part of my wife's job for several years.

A British woman in a long-term relationship with a 92-year-old German chandelier has been told that her attraction to historic light fittings is not considered to be a protected sexual orientation.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/the-sun-woman-attraction-to-chandeliers-not-a-sexual-orientation-ipso-says

Thanks for shedding light, etc.

That lady sounds pretty switched on to me.

The "same sex marriage means people can legally marry their chairs" crowd will be disappointed ;)

Just wait, william.worstcunt will be along to take offence in 3,2,1...

Yeah, but without a proper verdict the chandelier's legal status is just left hanging.

Re oil wells - they can be shut in, most will be shut in once every year or two for maintenance (reporting on field maintenance is a boring but necessary part of my job).

Turns out the wiki for oil well control is actually pretty comprehensive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_well_control#Importance_of_oil_well_control

Most modern oil wells have a stock of buckets, usually 4 or even 5 gallons, so that any excess production can be dealt with. My life partner worked in bucket control at Shell for many years. Failing that it's entirely possible simply to 'pour it back' in to the ground.

I don't really see the problem with pouring it back in the sea. Its where it came from in the first place!

Now you're just entering the realms of fantasy.

Bucket lists
https://flow.gassco.no/
https://www.shell.co.uk/business-customers/upstream-oil-and-gas-infrastructure/upstream-operational-information.html

Do people just decide something then portray as fact?

The Deepwater Horizon film from a couple of years ago is very good if you can find it online

mark walworth tho?

Despite that it’s still got lots going for it

Bit from the bbc on Keirin :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/52283598
iplayer

guess which party...

Why is there always a reference to a football team in their social media profiles? More of a rhetorical question. And I'm a football fan.

What's under the pixels?
I can't think of anything that, once made out of a line of dough, can be that visually offensive.

possible lady parts?

Sssssssh. Lady parts are rude

clearly far more offensive than a fucking swastika.

this has also brought the "it'S a HIndU SYmbOl acKHeweRLy" cunts out in force.

straight into the bin with these idiots.