Deepwater Horizon

ziggy12345 · Post by **ziggy12345** » 04 Jun 2010, 09:20

This procedure is just to try and capture the oil coing out of the well. The relief wells being drilled are the main effort to plug the well.

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 04 Jun 2010, 09:40

Vortex wrote:Then of course you can consider the nuclear option - as discussed with a certain amount of zest at TOD ...

Nuclear option?

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 04 Jun 2010, 10:10

Aurora wrote:
Vortex wrote:Then of course you can consider the nuclear option - as discussed with a certain amount of zest at TOD ...
Nuclear option?

See TOD for the full story - I dread going through it all again here!

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 04 Jun 2010, 10:20

Thanks Vortex.

The following image from the Telegraph graphically shows the financial impact of this unfolding disaster.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 04 Jun 2010, 11:32

Vortex wrote:
Aurora wrote:
Vortex wrote:Then of course you can consider the nuclear option - as discussed with a certain amount of zest at TOD ...
Nuclear option?
See TOD for the full story - I dread going through it all again here!

I don't blame you.

Nuclear - what a reckless notion, below imbecilic.

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 04 Jun 2010, 12:45

nydailynews.com - 04/06/10

BP's epic oil slick could soon round the Keys and start oozing up the southern East Coast, a scary new report from government scientists warns.

Under the model released by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the oil will spread along hundreds of miles of the Atlantic coast as the summer rolls on - but New York, New Jersey and New England will escape unscathed.

Article continues ...

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 04 Jun 2010, 12:50

So will the outcome be that the US gives up it's addiction to oil, or they have a hate campaign against us Brits for causing it?

ziggy12345 · Post by **ziggy12345** » 04 Jun 2010, 13:53

Looks like the North Atlantic Conveyer might bring it to our shores. That would be ironic

Cheers

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 04 Jun 2010, 15:12

The cap is on - and is sort of working, depending on how they jiggle it.

Still loads of oil leaking out 'tho.

Also that multi-pane video wall is killing the DNS system in my ADSL WiFi router ... weird.

ziggy12345 · Post by **ziggy12345** » 04 Jun 2010, 15:26

The hose that is going to connect the top of the pipe to the boat is coming from Italy and is 4 weeks away.....Allegedly.....

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 04 Jun 2010, 16:38

???

LMRP Containment Operation Deployed

Release date: 04 June 2010

BP announced today that oil and gas is being received onboard the Discoverer Enterprise following the successful placement of a containment cap on top of the Deepwater Horizon's failed blow-out preventer (BOP). This follows the cutting and removal of the riser pipe from the top of the BOP's lower marine riser package (LMRP).

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?cat ... Id=7062653

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 04 Jun 2010, 17:10

BP announced today that oil and gas is being received onboard the Discoverer Enterprise following the successful placement of a containment cap on top of the Deepwater Horizon's failed blow-out preventer (BOP).

Nevertheless, a huge plume of oil still appears to be escaping from the BOP which suggests that BP haven't resolved the problem.

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 04 Jun 2010, 17:19

Apparently they plan to turn valves on/off progressively.

Cabrone · Post by **Cabrone** » 04 Jun 2010, 17:21

Aurora wrote:
BP announced today that oil and gas is being received onboard the Discoverer Enterprise following the successful placement of a containment cap on top of the Deepwater Horizon's failed blow-out preventer (BOP).
Nevertheless, a huge plume of oil still appears to be escaping from the BOP which suggests that BP haven't resolved the problem.

I don't think this was ever going to capture everything, just reduce it. They need the relief wells to finally stop this catastrophe.

Meanwhile US media are starting to show pictures of the damage to bird life.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/0 ... e_oil.html

nexus · Post by **nexus** » 04 Jun 2010, 17:23

This gives you an idea of the catastrophic size of the disaster:
http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/