Relief Well Was Used to Halt Australian Spill - NYTimes.com

Relief Well Was Used to Halt Australian Spill - NYTimes.com: "Halliburton, a major oil services company based in Houston, was involved in the concrete work as a contractor in both the Montara and Gulf of Mexico spills.

A Halliburton employee, David A. Doeg, testified to the Australian commission that he made the problem worse at the Montara well by repumping concrete during an incorrectly handled procedure before the blowout. But Mr. Doeg testified that he was taking direction from PTT managers.

Halliburton’s role in the Gulf of Mexico disaster has also come under scrutiny. In a statement Friday, the company confirmed that it conducted concrete operations on the rig shortly before the accident but said it was “premature and irresponsible to speculate” on the cause. Halliburton said it was cooperating with investigations into the spill."


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This has the appropriately named Dick Cheney written all over it. Cheney consistently gave Halliburton preferential treatment while he was an elected official. In the super secret Whitehouse meetings in 2001 during which Cheney formulated the US's energy policy for the next 8 years, Halliburton was a frequent visitor, adviser and influence on shaping the policies that led to the ecological destruction of the Gulf shore, and the impending destruction of the Florida coastline, the possible destruction of the Eastern coastal fisheries and ecological balance and beyond. Dick Cheney continues to maintain that his meetings with the oil industry and Halliburton during which they worked together to set the national energy policy are protected under executive privilege. How interesting it would be to listen to them discussing the offshore drilling and laughing over the concerns of environmentalists. Haha. Very funny.