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Posted on 06/01/2010 11:42:09 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
WASHINGTON—BP PLC has concluded that its "top-kill" attempt last week to seal its broken well in the Gulf of Mexico may have failed due to a ruptured disk inside the well about 1,000 feet below the ocean floor.
The disk, part of the subsea safety infrastructure, may have ruptured during the surge of oil and gas up the well on April 20 that led to the explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig, BP officials said. The rig sank two days later, triggering a leak that has since become the worst in U.S. history.
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Herniated disk? Painful?
Yeah, I have a ruptured disk, too, and it causes me no end of prolems.
US history began after 1979, apparently.
The Ixtoc spill was SIX TIMES larger.
Does it make you spew methane gas?
Only if I eat at Taco Bell, personally.
}:-)4
“The Ixtoc spill was SIX TIMES larger” yes but that was Mexican history, not US history.
ruptured disk?? a valve??
"Plug da damn hoe!"
The BP spill is in International waters. Why is it included in US history, while the Ixtoc spill - apparently - is not?
After all, the Ixtoc spill did a great deal of damage to parts of the US coast (and PEMEX famously refused to pay the US any compensation - citing sovereign status).
How can oil pollution on the US coast not be part of US history?
It is not international waters. This area was leased by BP and their partners from the US government. Out EEZ extends 200 nautical miles.
Yeah, that’s why. Sure. Right.
But, as I say, Ixtoc oiled up an immense amount of the US Gulf coast. How can that not be a part of US history?
If you want to go that route, you need to know how much oil crossed to EEZ border into the US waters.
Remember, “Largest Oil Spill in US History” isn’t about factual accuracy. It is about who can generate the most media hype.
BP knows that there is below ground well damage. They are being extremely careful with any attempts to shut the well down. If the oil starts leaking into the strata outside the well bore not sure there is anything that would stop it.
Maybe that is why BAM is in a cut and run mode. The entire contents of the well may just end up in the GOM ....
schu
That has already happened. There is leaking outside the casing.
The relief wells still stop it as they are come at the bottom near where the well meets the field.
we have a winner...
I believe the well has been compromised at depth...and the pumping of mud was really a TEST to see if and when they could measure any resistance and guesstimate how far down the breach occured. They can not send down any instruments to detect any breaches...they can only use formulas of the depth, diameter of pipe and the BPM they are pumping.
They could extrapolate an approximate area of downhole damage...WHICH they will need to know, so that the relief wells don’t add to the problem.
This should have them thinking about the possible problems they may encounter with the relief wells...if the strata they are going to go horizontal thru is weak...and it too springs a leak...the relief wells could bring similar problems.
Technically it’s in the 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone for the US, we issued the permits to drill. It’s ours. Ixtoc was in Mexican waters and was run by them. While this may be the biggest spill in the US history it’s not the biggest in the world.
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