On the evening of July 13th, some cables got tangled around a riser pipe under a ship. They must have fetched a robot out of the water to attach a circular saw to the robots arm to cut the cable away. While cutting the cables, the spinning circular saw grabbed a loose cable which wrapped around the circular saw. I watched for about an hour as the robot hopelessly struggled to free itself before they switched the camera off.
robot cutting cable youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOaeNWAxhys
robot got tangled in cables http://i28.tinypic.com/28ckhvs.jpg
This is just one of the latest bad results from bad decisions.
Other examples:
* Telling MMS they could skim
491,721 barrels/day (p.11) http://www.peer.org/docs/doi/5_25_10_BP_Worst_Case_Discharge_Scenario.pdf
* "Not informing Tony Harward" that MC252 was behind schedule, taking risks, and generally messing up. (He told congress)
* Putting seawater in the drill pipe before the cement plugs were secured.