Stab at BP and their spill cleanup - HAHA!
06-15-2010, 12:41 AM
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Definitely made me lol.
Although I see BP at fault for causing the issue in the first place, I dont think I can blame them for the failed attempts to plug the leak. Everyone seems to think that it would be an eassy task, just shove a cork down it or something like that. I have not heard any good ideas to fix it that they haven't tried or are trying, other than the tactical nuke option lol.
Although I see BP at fault for causing the issue in the first place, I dont think I can blame them for the failed attempts to plug the leak. Everyone seems to think that it would be an eassy task, just shove a cork down it or something like that. I have not heard any good ideas to fix it that they haven't tried or are trying, other than the tactical nuke option lol.
06-15-2010, 02:01 AM
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The normal way is to collapse a well. It's counter drilled at an angle, stuffed with some explosives, and caved in with brute force, then the well is surface capped with a concrete like epoxy slurry. This process takes about 20-25 days and wasn't attempted simply because they thought they would be faster putting a top cap on it not realizing the flow rate was 50 times higher than originally projected. Idiots at BP fired Haliburton who would otherwise cap it inside of three weeks....
06-15-2010, 11:57 AM
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There's a storm coming Captain, save us!
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/oilspill/
Theres a photo of the oil spill via google Earth
Last edited by CudaJoe; 06-15-2010 at 11:57 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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