Gulf oil spill worse than anyone is admitting?

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Starkiller, Jun 17, 2010.

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  1. This is the analysis of someone who sounds like they know exactly what they are talking about. It's very convincing and very scary.

    http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6593#comment-648967

    It's a reasonably long read, but the long as the short of it is that the well bore itself is the problem and that the only solution is to drill a relief well (which they have said won't happen until at least August). And if the system collapses entirely it will be spilling about 150k barrels of crude per day into the Gulf (and that's the best case scenario).

    As evidence, he posted video showing oil coming from the seabed floor away from the well. So it is leaking out of the well below the surface.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2RxIQP0IBU
     
  2. Childress79

    Childress79 Loungefly ®

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    This is going to take decades to recover from.

    BP's underlying priority is salvaging the well. Longterm they'll look at their PR dame as collateral.

    That's my opinion on why they've messed around so much. The first priority has not been to stop the leak.
     
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  3. If you read the post, you'll see that "salvaging the well" with a relief well is actually the only thing that will stop the leak. They did try the top kill to stop the leak, which failed because (assuming the guy is right) the problem is far below the surface and is unrepairable.

    But it will absolutely take decades to recover.
     
  4. Childress79

    Childress79 Loungefly ®

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    Holy crap.

    Screw BP trying to fix it alone,we need international rescue.

    If it busts out of the surrounding sea bed it doesn't even bear thinking about.
     
  5. CRUDS

    CRUDS Moderator Staff

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    oil spill you say?
     
  6. Alex1939

    Alex1939 Space Invaders Champion

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    Global Warming is FAKE!
     
  7. Hoffa

    Hoffa Freak you you freakin' freak

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    Obama still hasn't lifted the law to allow international ships in to help...he's making the previous administration's disastor response look a whole lot better...
     
  8. GoT

    GoT Strength and Honor

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    Comrade Barry needs the campaign checks for the Ds to clear his nationalized banks first.
     
  9. CRUDS

    CRUDS Moderator Staff

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    Thank god it was BP and not Gulf.. oh wait....
     
  10. Finnegan2win

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    Well hell, we aren't even lending our own ships or anything to help, why on earth would we let other countries help? I don't know why there hasn't been more outside help instead of trying to rely on the "experts" over at BP..they should have assisted and just made BP pay for the cleanup on top of everything else..not rocket science but it's clear no one in Washington (present or recent past) know how to react properly.
     
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