Posted By: hobie
Date: Wednesday, 5-May-2010 15:28:59
In Response To: 1st CASPER for MAY 1st: "'PINK CARDS' WARNING APPLIES TO FREEDOM RECIPIENTS ONLY" (hobie)
Hi, Folks -
Christopher Story has updated his current article, which can be found here:
http://www.worldreports.org/news/288_endemic_corruption_in_brussels_and_halliburton
Story has added:
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• UPDATE:
WAXMAN'S HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE PUTS HALLIBURTON IN THE FIRING LINE WITH RESPECT TO (OUR) SUSPICIONS CONCERNING THE FAULTY CEMENTING PROCESS. SEE BELOW FOR THE TEXT OF MR HENRY A. WAXMAN'S LETTER TO MR DAVID J. LESAR, C.E.O. OF HALLIBURTON CO., DATED 30TH APRIL 2010, DEMANDING ALL DOCUMENTS.
• UPDATE: HALLIBURTON HAD ONLY JUST FINISHED A CEMENTING JOB ON THE OIL RIG:
READ THIS AND THEN READ WHAT WE SAID BELOW BEFORE THIS DATA BECAME AVAILABLE:
Although no cause has been determined, oil services contractor Halliburton Inc. says it finished a cementing operation 20 hours before a Gulf of Mexico rig went up in flames.
Halliburton is named as a defendant in most of the more than two dozen lawsuits filed by Gulf Coast people and businesses claiming the huge oil spill could ruin them financially. In one lawsuit, two Louisiana shrimpers claim cementing contributed to the explosion.
Halliburton said Friday [30th April 2010] it had four workers stationed on the rig, performing several tasks, including cementing, a process of applying cement and water to a pipe used to prevent the wall of the hole from caving in during drilling.
According to a 2007 study by Minerals Management Service, cementing was a factor in 18 of 39 rig blowouts in the Gulf between 1992 and 2006. San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/04/30/financi...
See also The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572504575214593564769072.html
* PLUS: Halliburton buys Oil Fire Fighting company on April 12th for $240 Million
In 1978, Edward "Coots" Matthews and Asger "Boots" Hansen founded Boots & Coots (WEL). Both were veteran oil-well firefighters. But the days of independence have come to an end for Boots & Coots as the company has agreed to sell out to Halliburton (HAL) for $240.4 million. Shareholders will get $1.73 in cash and $1.27 in Halliburton stock for every share of Boots & Coots.
• SO, IT WASN'T PREMEDITATED SABOTAGE TO SPITE THE BRITS, GIVEN WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON FINANCIALLY BEHIND THE SCENES AS THE CRIMINALS ARE BEING FACED DOWN? ASK CHENEY.... And read all about Halliburton's scamming of the CIA and the Pentagon, and the national security breaches committed by Halliburton in the process, under Cheney's watch, below.
• WAXMAN'S HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE PUTS HALLIBURTON IN THE FIRING LINE WITH RESPECT TO (OUR) SUSPICIONS CONCERNING THE FAULTY CEMENTING PROCESS. SEE BELOW FOR THE TEXT OF MR HENRY A. WAXMAN'S LETTER TO MR DAVID J. LESAR, C.E.O. OF HALLIBURTON CO., DATED 30TH APRIL 2010, DEMANDING ALL DOCUMENTS.
HENRY A. WAXMAN, CALIFORNIA, CHAIRMAN
JOE BARTON, TEXAS, RANKING MEMBER
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-6115
Majority: (202) 225 2927
Minority: (202) 225 3641
April 30, 2010-05-04
Mr David J. Lesar
Halliburton Co.
US Corporate Headquarters
3000 North Sam Houston Parkway East
Houston, Texas 77032
Dear Mr Lesar
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal today, one possible cause of the explosion that destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and led to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be a problem with the cementing that was supposed to seal the well. In this procedure, cement is used to plug the well and to fill gaps between the well pipe and the hole drilled into the ocean floor in order to prevent combustible oil and gas from escaping. Problems with the cementing process have frequently been identified as causes of oil well blowouts. The article quoted one independent expert who said: “The initial likely cause of gas coming to the surface had something to do with the cement” (1). Halliburton Co. provided cementing services for the Deepwater Horizon rig.
As part of the Committee’s investigation into the cause of the oil spill, we ask that you take three steps. First, we request that you arrange a briefing on May 5, 2010, for Committee staff with Halliburton officials knowledgeable about Halliburton’s cementing activities at the Deepwater Horizon rig.
Second, we ask you to provide the Committee with all documents in Halliburton’s possession relating to (1) the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig; (2) the possibility or risk of an explosion or blowout at the Deepwater Horizon rig; and (3) the status, adequacy, quality, monitoring, and inspection of the cementing work relating to the Deepwater Horizon rig. We request that you provide these documents on May 7, 2010. An attachment to this letter provides additional information on how to respond to Committee document requests.
Third, we ask that you preserve for potential future production to the Committee all documents relating to Halliburton’s operations at and involvement with the Deepwater Horizon rig.
We appreciate your assistance with the Committee’s investigation. We believe it is essential that the spill and its causes are thoroughly investigated. If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact Meredith Fuchs of the Committee staff at (202) 226-2424.
Sincerely,
[Signed]
Henry A. Waxman, Chairman
[Signed]
Bart Stupak
Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Enclosure.
cc. The Honorable Joe Barton, Ranking Member
The Honorable Michael Burgess, Ranking Member,
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
(1) Drilling Process Attracts Scrutiny in Rig Explosion, The Wall Street Journal, April 30, 2010.
• Note: The oil rig issue and Halliburton's scamming operations follow our exposure of parallel institutionalised corruption at the European Commission, subject of the Editor's speech.
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Full article, here:
http://www.worldreports.org/news/288_endemic_corruption_in_brussels_and_halliburton
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