The blast, subsequent fire and oil spill occurred on Earth Day, April 22, 2010. Coincidence? Possibly

What Caused The Oil Rig Fire Off The Louisiana Coast?

By Jim Campbell
Saturday, May 1, 2010

The media coverage of the of the oil rig disaster off the Louisiana coast is filled with the usual stories about damage to the environment, the need for and future of off shore drilling, President Obama’s statement that we must revisit future plans for off shore drilling seem all to predictable. Why are virtually no articles focusing on the cause?

The LA Times reported today in an excellent review on drilling technology explained, BP officials said it is too early to know details about how the gulf blast occurred. But they said the rig operators had tapped a new reservoir of oil and were preparing to install a cement plug through the pipes to cap it for future production. It’s possible gas rose up through the riser and exploded. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greensp ... ained.html

Notice the BP official used the term possible not probable. In statical analysis, the probability of an event happening is a probability of 1 in 4.

“It has a one in four chance of happening,â€