SPL ref manages drilling debate
By: Ian Rose | November 2nd, 2008(This post goes to prove to some of my peers and co-workers that I do, in fact, read the news outside of football pages. I just concentrate on the stories that still involve football.)
There’s a debate going on over what caused the eruption of a mud volcano in Indonesia a few years back, with one side claiming it was oil drilling, the other claiming natural causes. Enter SPL official John Underhill, who also happens to be a University of Edinburgh geologist, and therefore almost certainly the cleverest of the officials in Scotland. In a rare move, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists decided to host a debate on the cause of the eruption, with Underhill in charge of proceedings.
“The geologists voted overwhelmingly that drilling was the most likely cause.” said Underhill after the mock trial was over. Luckily the result was down to a vote, taking some of the pressure off of Underhill and lowering the chances of him awarding a soft penalty to a Glasgow side just before full time.
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