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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
Wow, the comments regarding the centralizers is pretty scathing. Hard to explain that one if you're BP.
This just confirms the feeling I was left with after working in the industry.
Safety is #1, build equipment with high safety factors and test the hell out of it.... but we'll just throw together recommended practices on how to actually use this stuff and not make it mandatory. On top of that, mandatory procedures were not performed correctly or at all, leaving the "safety is #1" motto a laughing matter because in the end, things needed to be done yesterday not today and for as cheap as possible.
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I think one of the reasons is that design work is often done on a reembursable basis so it is easier for engineering firms to get compensated for extra hours spent designing things safe whereas on the construction side alot is bid fixed cost so the incentive is to cut cut cut. Its gets even worse on the operating side as procedures increase annual costs and add to bottom lines each year rather than just one time capital expendatures.