We didn't do it, the blue meanies did.
Posted on 06/23/2010 12:30:26 PM PDT by foolscap
June 23, 2010
Oil from the BP oil spill disaster is spewing again into the Gulf of Mexico at nearly full force after a venting system connected the so-called containment cap over the blown-out wellhead was damaged in an accident with a robot sub, said Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the commander in charge of the government's effort to control the 65-day-old spill.
COO Doug Suttles is dispatched to Florida's Pensacola Beach to oversee cleanup.Separately, Allen said two cleanup workers have died in unrelated accidents in the Gulf, the first deaths reported since 11 people died in when Deepwater Horizon drilling rig burned and began the crisis in April.
Allen said the small sub bumped into the venting system connected to the containment cap. That sent gas rising through the plumbing that sends warm water down to the cap to prevent solid crystals -- known as hydrates -- from forming in the cap.
"They are checking the containment cap right now," said Allen at a midday briefing in Washington. "If there are no hydrates in the containment cap, they will attempt to reinstall the containment cap and begin producing later on today. If there are hydrates they will probably have to re-run the pipeline and that'll take a considerable amount longer."
Before the problem with the containment cap, Allen said it had collected about 700,000 gallons of oil in the previous 24 hours. Another 438,000 gallons were burned.
Up to 14 controlled fires are being conducted every day, and they've already burned 125,000 barrels that otherwise would have drifted toward shore. At the site of the accident, two tankers have been collecting oil siphoned up from the containment cap. And huge ocean skimmers, the largest of their kind, have been scooping up 8,000 barrels of oil per day.
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You really believe this was intentional?
We didn't do it, the blue meanies did.
wellllllllll, that one of the dumber things I've seen on FR in a while. By the way, the 0bama administration thanks you for helping them in advancing their anti-capitalist agenda.
wellllllllll, that one of the dumber things I've seen on FR in a while. By the way, the 0bama administration thanks you for helping them in advancing their anti-capitalist agenda.
Just the way Obummer likes it!
I’m becoming more afraid of this guy on a daily basis.
“This is just awful. All that beautiful oil wasted.”
Not wasted, it will come to the shore :)
Yes indeed, it just makes one wonder.
obama better write BP another sternly worded letter giving them 48 hours to plug the hole
Allen and/or ABC and the rest of the media need to settle on a unit of measure. Starting to get the impression they use gallons when they want to show progress and barrels when they want to attempt to minimize the problem.
Conversion of Allen's numbers:
700,000 gallons = 16,666 barrels
438,000 gallons = 10,428 barrels
No, I just believe it was not contained in the first place and this a very convenient "accident" They have lied to us all along and there is ample proof of that, so why should I believe them now?
I have not seen one single shred of evidence BP has lied in any manner. The president, well, there's another matter altogether.
Dumb?
No.
And not anti-capitalist, either, as I am not.
I don’t necessarily believe it was intentional. It’s possible. However, these little words creep into stories nearly unnoticed, in this case, ‘inadvertently.’
Like the McChrystal “quotes.” Where’s the EVIDENCE for the cap coming off or of it being hit? (Not to mention the evidence that McChrystal actually said any of the things Michael Hastings reported)?
If there are videos constantly running, 12, 16 of them, then there should be video PROOF. I don’t see it anywhere, but I do see a report, the word ‘inadvertently,’ and now a gushing oil well on the Gulf floor.
We should apologize to and not browbeat BP. (/sarc)
I prefer when 0bummer goes golfing.
Just a “what if” but what if they had to relieve pressure or risk the earth blowing out around the well? Do you think they would tell us if that was the case? Again this is more of a question than statement.
There IS video proof. Geez.
I take it you have no fear in lying to fit your (and 0bama’s ) anti-capitalist agenda. You cannot in any way back up your statements as fact, and the facts directly refute your position.
Really, then why do BP's own internal memos show they had an exception of much more oil leaking into the gulf than was originally stated to the press? Why is it that day by day we hear of greater amount than was stated the day before? Why is it that they are not allowing new aerial pictures of the area?
we need to get Rolling Stone over to the golf course and get an exclusive
Worse than day 1...its roaring out of there alot faster now.
The guys over at "The Oil Drum" have a different opinion. I suspect their sources are more knowledgable than the medias. One comment there talked about successful nut/bolt removal, but I don't know if that was in a test environment, or on the actual spillsite BOP.
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