Posted on 05/08/2010 5:19:56 PM PDT by Touch Not the Cat
That ice came from global warming.
/sarc
Time to let oil companies drill on land. We are in a total experimentation mode with the mile down leak/seepage. No man can go down there and everything is being done by robotics. An almost impossible task like a blind man shooting at a mile away target.
/sarc
That can happen after drinking coolaid.
I wonder how long it would take to make a 5000+ foot long vertical containment boom?
The relief drill will work it will just take time.
Could they rig an explosive clamp to crush the pipe closed with explosives?
I’m wondering why they can’t progressively crimp the pimp closed—even if that didn’t stop the leak, it could slow it significantly.
Coast Guard chief warrant officer Adam Wine said the tar balls had been collected by Saturday afternoon at Dauphin Island. He says the substance needs to be tested, but officials think it came from the oil spill.
Oh, that's easy.
% tar -xfv
Problem solved!
That is what a BOP is SUPPOSED to do.
A guest on Coast to Coast AM on Thursday night predicted that this was exactly what would happen. I would have to go to the web page to get his name. VERY bright man. Perhaps BP should give him a call.
The BOP cannot shear casing, and it does not use exploives to perform its function. During the cementing process the BOP is basically idle.
I've learned to check before I make a statement on FR. There is no single place on Earth that will jump you harder and faster, with a smile on their faces and a song in their hearts, than FR readers.
A word to the wise...
Yes!
So you cut and paste? I know what a ram bop is. We manufacture them. The ram bop cannot shear casing. Which was running through the BOPs when it exploded. The casing is minimum 16” diameter and con not be shearedn the wall of the pipe is too thin to close off. Understand the cementing process before you cut and paste and lecture based on your “readings.”. I work in the oil patch and have a bit more undrrstanding of the process than just “reading” about it.
So you cut and paste? I know what a ram bop is. We manufacture them. The ram bop cannot shear casing. Which was running through the BOPs when it exploded. The casing is minimum 16” diameter and con not be shearedn the wall of the pipe is too thin to close off. Understand the cementing process before you cut and paste and lecture based on your “readings.”. I work in the oil patch and have a bit more undrrstanding of the process than just “reading” about it.
So, it’s crystals...like ICE....what is the temperature down there in the water,...I’m confused, we’re talking GULF here not ARTIC.
5,000 feet deep? Probably just above freezing.
I’m not a chemist but at what point does methane gas freeze and thaw?
con not shearedn undrrstanding
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