Thursday, May 13, 2010

Open Letter to Mr. Tony Hayward, CEO, BP, re Stemming the Flow of Oil from the Deepwater Horizon Riser

Dear Mr. Hayward,

I am delighted to read that BP are finally getting around to implementing a variation of my idea to attach a 5000 foot hose to the leaky riser. As the record shows, I made this suggestion two weeks ago today for the first time, to Unified Command ( which includes BP ). I fail to see why it has taken BP so long to get around to trying this procedure.

You asked for suggestions from any and all quarters, I gave mine, and you implemented two of them, the first being the idea of capping the leaky riser, which you did successfully, over a week after I suggested it. Thus, I fully expect that my contribution to solving this enormous environmental challenge will be acknowledged in due course.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Gerald Graham, Ph. D.
On Scene Commander for Marine Oil Spill Response
Worldocean Consulting Ltd

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