Okay, Teribus, acknowledged   But now let me cut to the chase here.

What I have already said a couple of times and which you keep ignoring—either not reading very carefully or studiously avoiding, is the following:

The Deepwater Horizon crew bored two holes. The first hole was well on it's way when the BP manager insisted that they "bump it up" and drill faster. Reluctantly obeying orders, and in preference to being fired, the DH crew obey the order. What they feared might happen, did. The hole shattered, the drilling mud leaked out, and they lost tools in the hole.

This necessitated abandoning the hole and starting all over again. And that's when everything started going wrong.

What I am saying is that if the BP manager, instead of whining about how much it was costing and ordering them to speed it up, had simply kept his nose out and let the DH crew do their job with the first hole, this whole mess would probably never have happened.

So you work for BP, then? Or a least for a company under contract to BP.

Ah, SO!

Don Firth