Halliburton Role in Gulf Oil Spill

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According to the Huffington Post: Some investigators delving into the possible cause of the massive gulf oil spill are focusing on the role of Houston-based Halliburton Co., the giant energy services company, which was responsible for cementing the drill into place below the water. The company acknowledged that it had completed the final cementing of the oil well and pipe just 20 hours before the blowout last week.

Halliburton officials have been called on to provide all documents relating to "the possibility or risk of an explosion or blowout at the Deepwater Horizon rig and the status, adequacy, quality, monitoring, and inspection of the cementing work".

Halliburton's initial response was "it is premature and irresponsible to speculate on any specific causal issues." The company had four employees stationed on the rig at the time of the accident, all of whom were rescued by the Coast Guard.  "Halliburton had completed the cementing of the final production casing string in accordance with the well design," it said. "The cement slurry design was consistent with that utilized in other similar applications. In accordance with accepted industry practice ... tests demonstrating the integrity of the production casing string were completed."

Experts say cementing is a basic part of drilling, exploration and production of oil on the sea floor. Drill ships or rigs plant large pipes called "conductors" on the sea floor, and casings, or nested pipes, are placed inside of them. The pipes are fixed in place by cement, some hanging inside other pipes, and a drill string is run down a casing, and extended to the sea floor to bore holes.

Halliburton is claiming well operations had not yet reached the point requiring the placement of the final cement plug which would enable the planned temporary abandonment of the well.

While all of this may end up being true, liability for Halliburton in the Gulf Coast Oil Spill incident will be thoroughly investigated in order to confirm their claims of the facts, or to determine any liability they may have in the matter.

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