BP Live Video Feed Gulf Oil Leak

[Tnmountains]

Let it load to hook up

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_inte...ov_stream.html

[Woodland Detectors]

Now one of the inspectors has confessed to accepting Gifts...


That's a dam shame

[Gator-Flea]

Thanks for the link...........

[NGE]

What is that pipe made of? Why can't they just use a large hydraulic clamp about 5 foot from the end and clamp it off? At least they could slow it down enough to put another valve in it. ...........NGE

[Iron Patch]

What is that pipe made of? Why can't they just use a large hydraulic clamp about 5 foot from the end and clamp it off? At least they could slow it down enough to put another valve in it. ...........NGE

The pressure is the biggest problem.

"For instance, at the depth of the gushing wellhead—5,000 feet (about 1,500 meters)—containment technologies have to withstand pressures of up to 40,000 pounds per square inch (about 28.1 million kilograms per square meter), he said."

http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=623475

[TheHarleyMan2]

One thing that they could do is run some well casing down above the pipe so it will come out of the pipe and direct the oil into several storage tankers until they figure out how to contain the well. The process would be a little more difficult than it would be on a land rig with the same problem but being that the bottom of the sea bed is below diving depth to cap it off it would be difficult.

Now if they had a deep sea sub or robot that can manuver a valve and pipe and slip the pipe over the exisiting pipe, with the valve open, then move the pipe over the blown pipe several feet and while the oil is blowing out of the other pipe, have the robotic arms weld the new pipe several feet past the old one, then they could close the valve and cap off the well. Chances are it may give them enough time to properly fix the problem, but it also may stop the oil leak.

[Iron Patch]

One thing that they could do is run some well casing down above the pipe so it will come out of the pipe and direct the oil into several storage tankers until they figure out how to contain the well. The process would be a little more difficult than it would be on a land rig with the same problem but being that the bottom of the sea bed is below diving depth to cap it off it would be difficult.

Now if they had a deep sea sub or robot that can manuver a valve and pipe and slip the pipe over the exisiting pipe, with the valve open, then move the pipe over the blown pipe several feet and while the oil is blowing out of the other pipe, have the robotic arms weld the new pipe several feet past the old one, then they could close the valve and cap off the well. Chances are it may give them enough time to properly fix the problem, but it also may stop the oil leak.

Have you been following it? That's along the lines of what they just did, only it was a smaller pipe and inserted, but could only capture a small % of oil. Obviously they do not have the means to cover the pipe.

[TheHarleyMan2]

One thing that they could do is run some well casing down above the pipe so it will come out of the pipe and direct the oil into several storage tankers until they figure out how to contain the well. The process would be a little more difficult than it would be on a land rig with the same problem but being that the bottom of the sea bed is below diving depth to cap it off it would be difficult.

Now if they had a deep sea sub or robot that can manuver a valve and pipe and slip the pipe over the exisiting pipe, with the valve open, then move the pipe over the blown pipe several feet and while the oil is blowing out of the other pipe, have the robotic arms weld the new pipe several feet past the old one, then they could close the valve and cap off the well. Chances are it may give them enough time to properly fix the problem, but it also may stop the oil leak.

Have you been following it? That's along the lines of what they just did, only it was a smaller pipe and inserted, but could only capture a small % of oil. Obviously they do not have the means to cover the pipe.

No I haven't really been following it. I been for the last week trying to figure out what is wrong with my truck. My HPOP, ICP, and IPR went out and just the parts alone are $1,100.00!

[Tnmountains]

Now one of the inspectors has confessed to accepting Gifts...


That's a dam shame

And being on Meth. This is going to be worse before better. The top kill fails we may have to wait for the other well to be drilled. This thing could pump for a long time.... hope not.

[NGE]

There is sorta a good side to all this madness All new clad and zincolns will have a coating of oil on them, enough to stop them from disappearing from salt corrosion...........NGE

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[truckinbutch]

What I do not understand is multiple groups of armchair quarterbacks that can't handle the hose they grew up with well enough to get all their spill in a commode they are standing in front of and
still have all the answers for the professionals that are trying to hit the same size target from over 4,000 feet away through water in the dark .
Bad deal all round , no doubt .
Finger pointing and blame game are going to solve doodly . Same with Fed involvement .

[NGE]

Sometimes common sense wins out on all technical solutions OOPS, did I just type that? ..........NGE

[Tnmountains]

What I do not understand is multiple groups of armchair quarterbacks that can't handle the hose they grew up with well enough to get all their spill in a commode they are standing in front of and
still have all the answers for the professionals that are trying to hit the same size target from over 4,000 feet away through water in the dark .
Bad deal all round , no doubt .
Finger pointing and blame game are going to solve doodly . Same with Fed involvement .

It seems that at the moment the arm chair quarterbacks are as successful as the laughable proffesionals with no contigency plan. You would think there was a back up plan right? Oh yeah the shut off valve. Forget blame and think accountability at this point.
Yes I would say this is very bad and probably the worse to date.
Hope that mud and drilling fluid holds and does not create additional blowouts.
This will be in the history books.

[sasnz]

I have been trying to follow this from New Zealand as I think it is a catastrophic event that is unfolding but I tell you what, You guys are only a couple of days away from the start of the official Hurricane season and If you get one of those suckers over that well and get a storm surge of 6mtrs or so then that is going to create on hell of a mess that aint gonna be cleaned up for years. I think the oil you can see on the surface is only a small percentage from what I have read about the oil Colums in the water. If a huricane blows into a city then you may as well evacuate it as it aint gonna be livable with all those fumes hanging around.

I cant believe that they cant plug this thing. Seems incredible to me.

[Mental Granny]

They have for awhile asked for any and all ideas from anyone. They say they are willing to listen. But, they should know what to do they are the experts, an I mean that! Im not being sarcastic.


They said this am that they are just going to cap it then do a new well to get the oil from this hole. All thats fine an good but, I am sorry I don't understand WHY they couldn't have done the capping 40 some days ago? They showed how they will do it with the robot arms. The new well wont be done til Aug.

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

The thought of a well leaking at depth should have been explored at the planning stages of the oil rig. If you ask me.... Without disaster planning this well was doomed from the start.

With all of the oil rigs arround the world, this has not been figured out yet.


VPR

[NGE]

They should do a " Junk Shot " with dirty baby diapers and the absorbent stuff they use to make Kotex' and tampons work (clean stuff, folks). Dirty baby diapers sit in landfills for 300 years before they break down........NGE

[Iron Patch]

They have for awhile asked for any and all ideas from anyone. They say they are willing to listen. But, they should know what to do they are the experts, an I mean that! Im not being sarcastic.


They said this am that they are just going to cap it then do a new well to get the oil from this hole. All thats fine an good but, I am sorry I don't understand WHY they couldn't have done the capping 40 some days ago? They showed how they will do it with the robot arms. The new well wont be done til Aug.

You don't have it right which is why it doesn't make sense, and if they could cap it, it would be done... big if. I'm not 100% sure I fully got it, but think I do.

There are two wells being drilled right now and have been for many weeks. One would do it, but Obama made them dig two just in case the first somehow was to fail, but this is a proven method with a very high success rate. Once they start pumping oil on the other rigs the presssure drops from the current leak cutting down the amount of oil/gas coming out, and making it much more easy to deal with. The entire problem right now is the amount of pressure which is why the top kill failed.

[Mental Granny]

Exactly ! I just hope they can get it stopped really soon!