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Damning Evidence from BP Rig Employee

May 24, 2010

Transocean employee Mike Williams makes some damning allegations during the 60 Minutes interview.

The videos can be accessed from http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/16/60minutes/main6490197.shtml.

The most damning is an accident that happened four weeks before the fatal explosion.

The rig’s most vital piece of safety equipment was damaged. The rig has a blowout preventer (BOP) down near the seabed. It’s used to seal the well shut in order to test the integrity of the well. In case of a blowout, it’s the crew’s only hope.

A key component of the BOP was damaged accidentally when a crew member accidentally nudged the joystick while the BOP was shut, applying hundreds of thousands of pounds of force and destroying the seal of the BOP.

When a crew member reported seeing large pieces of rubber in the drilling fluid, his report was ignored. “It’s no big deal,” said the drilling supervisor. But the incident destroyed the integrity of the BOP.

Another problem Williams describes is how one of the control pods lost some of its functions weeks before.

Williams also testifies about how work was continually being speeded up on the rig because drilling costs a million dollars a day. When one hole had to be abandoned, the pressure was ratchetted up.

CBS ads the allegation that Haliburton’s concrete oil plugs failed in the face of an inadequate well-closing procedure that was compromised in terms of safety to expedite drilling.\

“Men lost their lives,” Williams concludes. “All the things they told us would never happen, happened.”

Admissions like this from an employee place him in grave danger. CBS says that Willaims cannot now be contacted. I worry that Mike Williams has been eliminated.

Having his evidence on tape, however, and CBS having aired it, which surprised me, does put incredible pressure on BP. Watching to see if this is covered up should tell us much about the manner in which the Illuminati are still able to control matters.

“Williams’ story may be critical to the investigation,” says Scott Pelley. And this statement may be critical to Williams’ fate.

I hope we honor Mike Williams for his courage. He may have paid with his life.

2 Comments leave one →
  1. J. Palmer permalink
    June 3, 2010 10:46 am

    Someone needs to ask the real questions and not just scream about the costs. Questions like, How did certain financial groups know to sell BP stocks a couple weeks before spill (swiss bank, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs)? Why did Haliburton and other companies move to buy up spill technology days before, (Boots and coats). Who took out short options, betting that BP’s stock would fail 2 days before the spill? Who is making big money off the disaster? And finally if this is all pre-planned, what is the actual story going on that they are trying to cover up, collapsing Euro maybe, the draconic austerity measures in Europe, or the new international bank tax? You can safely bet that if this is an orchestrated event it was meant to keep people busy while the real villainy goes down… just a thought.

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