Posted on 07/18/2010 9:33:31 AM PDT by blam
UPDATE: Admiral Allen Orders Well Opened, BP Says It Will Keep Well Closed
Gus Lubin
Jul. 18, 2010, 11:15 AM
UPDATE: BP will keep the cap closed until it fears the well is at risk, Operations Chief Doug Suttles said in a conference call this morning.
This contradicts orders from Admiral Allen to open the well and begin siphoning oil -- to avoid a possible pressure-buildup.
So who's behind the wheel? And is BP about to take a huge risk?
PREVIOUSLY: Admiral Allen has ordered BP to open the containment cap that they finally closed last Thursday, according to Bloomberg. BP will return to siphoning oil from the well, capturing more than ever before.
While changing equipment, oil will leak unimpeded into the Gulf.
But what's most worrying are signs of ongoing uncertainty about well integrity. Opening the well is a precaution against an apocalyptic ocean floor collapse:
Allowing oil to flow from the well will make the final kill procedure easier and safer, as it will lower the pressure in the reservoir and make any potential hidden leaks less risky, [Houston professor] Van Nieuwenhuise said.
In other words, the final relief well procedure will NOT be a cakewalk.
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(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
That's a reasonable guess. But if there had been no leak in the drill line, wouldn't that have happened eventually anyway? Same oil from the same hole from the same depleting source of oil = total collapse of the Gulf ocean floor = cataclysmic destruction of this planet.
If you happen to own some Gulf coast beach property, I'd be happy to buy it from you........
All kidding aside, these F'n morons actually think we are dumber than them............
Post #30 has a better explanation than mine. I really don’t know, all I can say is, if it happens there isn’t much we can do anyway, so I’m not going to run around crying “We are doomed!” On the other hand, I feel a little more uncomfortable having a son who lives in Houston these days. I suspect nothing like that will happen, but I’m sure the people in Pompeii thought nothing was going to happen too! :)
It’s because Allen knows that others know that it’s leaking from the sea floor. psssst... it has been since day one when it happened. Right after the top kill failed. THAT is why they stopped the top kill and mud. I don’t care what they say, I know.
If the sea floor collapses, it’s Katie bar the door time. This reservoir is enormous. Some say the 2nd largest in the world.
BP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where’s it going to collape to?
The ceiling will be crashing in Hell.
Allen is nothing more than an Odungo kiss as8 flunky. A Napolitano puppet.
BINGO!
The Coast Guard is now part of Homeland Security.
Thanks Bush. Sheesh, what a dumb as* move that was.
Coast Guard joins Homeland Security Department
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/25/homeland.security/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Allen
One of the two certainties of life, my friend.
I am sure your comment was made from not knowing Allen's background.
By law, as National Incident Commander, Allen IS in command.
If the ocean floor collapses, then the ocean levels will go down, and we can afford more global warming, in fact, we'll need more global warming, to bring the ocean levels back up so that all that beachfront property around the world won't go to waste.
Yeah, that's the ticket!
China, maybe. Then it'll be their problem.
I don’t care what he has done prior to this. I’ve heard enough the past 2 months to lose all respect for him. He will have to earn it again.
Yeah, I just don’t know how likely it is to happen. But, big things happen periodically on earth. Ask the dinosaurs....wait, I forgot, they’re all gone!
LOL!
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