TromboneAl
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I'm not clear on whether this recent capping operation is designed to seal the top of the well, or capture all the oil.
I'm not clear on whether this recent capping operation is designed to seal the top of the well, or capture all the oil.
From what it looks like... the are removing an old section of pipe and bolting this new section on... they then will put something on top of that to capture all oil...
I was wondering why they did not bolt on a new section of pipe earlier... but hey, that is me who does not know how it works... and how long it takes...
There's no more talk on the news about "capturing all the oil" anymore. It's all about whether they can close all 3 valves and seal the leak. "Capturing all the oil" is never mentioned now. The news is constantly leaving out lots of relevant info, perhaps to get it all into a 5 second sound byte.
Obvious solution, not ever mentioned : Just "capture all the oil" indefinitely to the tankers above ( sell for profit like a regular oil well ) , AND perhaps drill the relief wells.
Shell drilling engineer goes after BP well design and drilling practices at the Aspen conference. This does not look good for BP. A little shocking. I have never seen a big company go after another like this.
Shell Video on "How to Drill a Well" Now Posted - Science and Tech - The Atlantic
Well, there's no oil flowing now -- it was closed off.
Good, now it's on to the next major potential earth-ending disaster that we all have to fret over, and the media whines on about, and the government decides only they can fix (just by taking a little more of our money and a little more of our rights), and so on, blah, blah, blah.Well, there's no oil flowing now -- it was closed off.
Good, now it's on to the next major potential earth-ending disaster that we all have to fret over, and the media whines on about, and the government decides only they can fix (just by taking a little more of our money and a little more of our rights), and so on, blah, blah, blah.
I wonder what it will be this time. What haven't we done lately? Ah, I think we're due for another virus, or terrorists maybe.
Good, now it's on to the next major potential earth-ending disaster that we all have to fret over, and the media whines on about, and the government decides only they can fix (just by taking a little more of our money and a little more of our rights), and so on, blah, blah, blah.
I wonder what it will be this time. What haven't we done lately? Ah, I think we're due for another virus, or terrorists maybe.
The big problem with that is when a hurricane decides to come a calling...
The ships have to leave.. oil is now flowing into the GOM to be moved around by said hurricane...
The cap was supposed to allow them to 'turn it off' when needed...
I can't find any news about that "A Whale" supertanker skimmer. I saw one news item that said the test was complete bust, and they were trying to rig something up to get the oil funneled into the input ports.
Taipei - The Taiwan Marine Transport Co said Thursday that it was expecting a verdict this weekend on whether its ship, dubbed A Whale and touted as the world's largest oil skimmer, would be allowed to join in cleaning up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"A Whale is undergoing the final test this weekend," company spokesman Danny Wang said in Taipei. "We are waiting for the result."
The company converted the ship from a supertanker, and there were questions about how effective it would be as a skimmer. The US Coast Guard and the US government's Environmental Protection Agency have been testing it for two weeks.
I still don't get the 'testing' requirement. Why not put it to work, and find out as you go? If it isn't doing much, well there is your answer. As long as it picks up more oil than the engines leak I fail to see the harm.