Biggest oil spill in history

[Doug]

how much oil can be in the well ?

[THE PROFIT]

I wonder what types of business will profit most from this down the line.

Bounty paper towels. The quicker picker upper

[THE PROFIT]

how much oil can be in the well ?

all the oil is in the ground, and that fuker is tapped in a main vein, so it could bleed forfukinever

[wtf]

pavy is a sasqaush looking mother fuker, just send him down there to plug that hole, he wont be missed

[Holtgetsback]

"The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed."

Revelations 8:8

[frankzig]

how bout a relief valve in pipes say every 500 ft

[drewski]

i think we should all invest in seafood and oil.

[pavyracer]

Pavy,

How about an explosion to try and seal it?

Easier said than done. This method was used to put out the Gulf War oil well fires in Kuwait. The problem here is not fire. What they are trying to do is trying to inject cement grout into the well to permanently seal it. The problem is you need lots of grout and needs to be injected with a high pressure to offset the force the oil is gushing out. The biggest obstacle they have is the 5000 ft of water above the well.

[PittsburghPlayer]

If I had children that had to live on this planet I`d be pissed. Now I am only disgusted with big biz, our gov`t and any person that is a dumb fukk. GL

[thezbar]

The Gulf of Mexico could end up a large oil slick. This is Bad! Plus there is no relief in sight. This could turn out to be one of the most environmental disasters of all time. This is draining a part of the earth's core. Tilt o wheel?

[Holtgetsback]

The whole ocean could end up a large oil slick. This is Bad! Plus there is no relief in sight. This could turn out to be one of the most environmental disasters of all time. This is draining a part of the earth's core. Tilt o wheel?

fixed

[losturmarbles]

on the bright side, ocean front property anywhere close to this oil spill should be a great investment (assuming the housing market overreacts to it.)

[AMBlai01]

It is interesting to see how angry people are getting over this but have never given a shit about this stuff previously....I love how people come out of the woodworks for this type of stuff

[wtf]

It is interesting to see how angry people are getting over this but have never given a shit about this stuff previously....I love how people come out of the woodworks for this type of stuff

so tell us about the other massive oil spills that have encroached the usa that nobody gave a shit about

they sure did about valdez

[bigbank]

"The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed."

Revelations 8:8

[BarkingToad]

we should nuke it.

Exactly!

[JUST A MAN]

This is getting very bad, almost as bad as a nuclear reactor in meltdown mode.

[AMBlai01]

so tell us about the other massive oil spills that have encroached the usa that nobody gave a shit about

they sure did about valdez

It is not about the spill, but the risk that has been going on for years and years. Many of these companies have been cutting corners and gotten away with it for a long time. People are happy as long as the oil is being extracted and they can fill up the tanks on their cars. As soon as something bad happens their is an outcry for change. If everyone really felt that passionate about this...they need to take action when something bad isn't going on.

Believe me...I am not one of those that think that drilling restrictions should be increased, I think the government handcuffs these oil and gas companies too much as it is...I am just making a point.

[Kemalettin]

[BrianLaverty]

I havent followed this at all so excuse my ignorance.. but is this anywhere close to Cancun? Did the oil go there? Or is it just in the US Gulf Coast

[Doug]

What happens when a hurricane hits this ?

[excel]

I havent followed this at all so excuse my ignorance.. but is this anywhere close to Cancun? Did the oil go there? Or is it just in the US Gulf Coast

Cancun is not even on the Gulf side of the peninsula and is most likely not going to be affected. Parts of cuba and key west will possibly be affected but no one knows yet.

[excel]

What happens when a hurricane hits this ?

Maybe it will be raining all the good stuff they are pumping into it.

One of the two Corexit products also contains a compound that, in high doses, is associated with headaches, vomiting and reproductive problems [9]."
Apparently, the EPA has done some testing and said that Corexit has killed up to 25 percent of organisms living 500 feet down where the dispersant was used.

(**Twilight zone music**)

[pavyracer]

Definitely going to be raining dead fish, turtles, birds and everything else those poisons they throw in the ocean kill.

[Mini19]

This totally kills Obamas plan for offshore driling along the east coast

[pavyracer]

Easier said than done. This method was used to put out the Gulf War oil well fires in Kuwait. The problem here is not fire. What they are trying to do is trying to inject cement grout into the well to permanently seal it. The problem is you need lots of grout and needs to be injected with a high pressure to offset the force the oil is gushing out. The biggest obstacle they have is the 5000 ft of water above the well.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100526/sc_ynews/ynews_sc2252

[This post was last updated about 1:30 p.m. ET.]
BP has decided to proceed with what's called a "top kill" to try to stop oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. The procedure will last as long as two days, said BP. The company is providing a live video feed (streamed here courtesy of ABC News). Note to viewers: Traffic spikes may affect the quality of the feed.


[More on the oil spill from ABC News: Carville slams White House | Kevin Costner’s fix | Photos: Environmental disaster]


A "top kill" consists of pumping huge amounts of mud and cement into the leak in hopes of stopping it. The mud and cement will be pumped at high pressure from barges down 5,000 feet. BP has stockpiled 50,000 barrels of the manufactured mud, AP reported.
The challenge will be to pump the mud at sufficient downward pressure to counteract the upward pressure of the gushing oil. The tactic has been used in above-ground oil leaks, but never underwater.

[Holtgetsback]

50-1 "top kill" doesn't work

[pavyracer]

50-1 "top kill" doesn't work

It depends on how big of a pump they have at the barges. This is like trying to sandblast a wall from 5,000 ft. By the time the sand hits the wall it won't have any pressure to remove the dirt.

[TonyP]

was it actualy a spill or did the weather cause the damage?

[excel]

was it actualy a spill or did the weather cause the damage?

In the Deepwater Horizon oil rig’s final hours, BP officials say a critical decision was made to continue work on the undersea well, even after a test warned that something was wrong. According to The Wall Street Journal, in a congressional memo released yesterday, BP officials said the decision to continue work may have been “a fundamental mistake”.

[TonyP]

In the Deepwater Horizon oil rig’s final hours, BP officials say a critical decision was made to continue work on the undersea well, even after a test warned that something was wrong. According to The Wall Street Journal, in a congressional memo released yesterday, BP officials said the decision to continue work may have been “a fundamental mistake”.

thanks, so it is a spill

[krk1030]

All that money and they cant figure out a way to stop it.

[excel]

Stopping it was not the main goal. They wanted to find a solution which would make them able to still extract oil from this well. The video link I posted in my first post is very informative.

[excel]

I bet the oil executives are praying the top kill doesn't work. Then they will get to drill some more. They are saying it's been leaking as much as 5x estimates, making it the nations largest oil spill in history.