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On 7/19/10 5:41 PM, Jack wrote:
On Jul 19, 3:16 pm, wrote: wrote in message ... On Jul 19, 2:25 pm, wrote: wrote in message ... On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:42:30 -0700, "nom=de=plume" wrote: Testing of BP well integrity "detected seep a distance from the well" in the Gulf of Mexico, Ret. Adm. Thad Allen says. I am not sure why they don't open the valve now that they have a good cap and produce the oil to the surface. That will take off the pressure and still be safe/clean. After all that was the point in drilling the well in the first place. I think they are pressing their luck trying to top kill this with the cap. Something that would have been fine at the production pressures may rupture with it sealed and put us back 2 months. I agree... not an oil engineer, but it seems to make sense. I think they just don't want to have to record the flow rate, so the fine is lower. Too bad for them. I think Allen should force them to do that. Open pipe flow rate can be determined by calculation if the pressure, pipe diameter, and a few other factors are known, and they all are at this point. That does not tell us how much oil has escaped, since except for a few hours the leak has never been in a free flow mode. Any measured flow would be through the valves and hoses that would be connected from the cap to the surface ships, which once again tell us nothing about the escaped oil, or the fine to be levied. That only tells us how much flow those connections can accept. The only thing you are correct about is that you are no "oil engineer"... or any kind professional that requires critical, scientific thinking. In that case, mister moron, how come just about everyone who is an oil engineer who doesn't work for BP is saying that's the likely reason they don't want to do that?? Yes, you're a jerk as well as a moron. You wrote, " I think they just don't want to have to record the flow rate...", but that's not the issue at all. If they are to hook up the pipes to the surface, they have to open the well back up, letting oil again flow into the gulf for days. That's what BP doesn't want to do, it has nothing to do with recording any "flow rates". "The apparent disagreement began to sprout Saturday when Allen said the cap would eventually be hooked up to a mile-long pipe to pump the crude to ships on the surface. But early the next day, BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles said the cap should stay clamped shut to keep in the oil until relief wells are finished." "The government's plan would ease pressure on the fragile well, but would require up to three more days of oil spilling into the Gulf." "But the company very much wants to avoid a repeat of the live underwater video that showed millions of gallons of oil spewing from the blown well for weeks." Oh, and one "expert" that the idiot Olbermann dug up who said the crap you stated does not come anywhere close to "everyone"... you do realize that's not news, it's entertainment for idiots, right? You should really stop watching that crap on TV... it's rotting your brain. Oops, too late. Jackoff *believes* BP's PR... snerk |
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