Fungus Gnat
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I thought this cartoon covers it well
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/06/09/fioretrust.DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/06/09/fioretrust.DTL
Plug the hole!!!!
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Xrtnfx
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Shifting plates would have nothing to do with this, especially since it was above the ocean floor.
trailerparkboy
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the oil under ocean is under a ton of pressure that is what caused the blowout...its not normally a big deal IF ur BOP is functioning properly and everyone knows what there doin u can shut the well ive done it many times.
In the 1st week or so i remember seeing that they may have used seawater as a drilling fluid instead of the thicker heavier mud which keeps the oil from coming up but i havent heard anymore so i dont know if its true
In the 1st week or so i remember seeing that they may have used seawater as a drilling fluid instead of the thicker heavier mud which keeps the oil from coming up but i havent heard anymore so i dont know if its true
crackerboy
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every one is mistaken. A few days before the blow out the gasket that is used to seal the pipe was damaged and never repaired. Under the ocean floor are large deposits of methane gas. When they drilled this particular hole they hit a pocket of methane. once they removed the drill they released the pressure holding the methane and it shot up and blew out that damaged gasket causing a major explosion that consumed the hole rig killing 9 people and injuring many others.
trailerparkboy
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a gasket in the Blow Out Preventer?? Also the drill string is not used to hold the pressure its the drilling "mud"
stewie
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Does not change the fact they drilled in a location that they had no way to control in case of a disaster. If it happened at a depth that they could reach it would have be fixed the next day. But the dumb shits drilled at a depth that they could not. That is the heart of the problem!
trailerparkboy
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a properly functioning BOP will work at that depth but it seems like BP was taking short cuts
KaleoXxX
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have you seen on the news that BP is buying up google and yahoo terms? probably to make it harder to find the truth. they also keep reporters from sowing the worst of the spill. they showed us that shitty video of the sill that was like 1ft away from the leak when they had a HD camera with a better view of the damage that they kept secret
add to their list of crimes; infringement of constitutional rights
add to their list of crimes; infringement of constitutional rights
In terms of the blame game my understanding is that BP have a reputation for cutting corners and fixating on the bottom line. This would be a problem with that company's corporate culture.
The evidence is clear that the BOP wasn't 100% at the time it was installed and that once it was in place further malfunctions occurred. A more cautious operator would have halted somewhere in the cascading chain of problems in order to properly resolve them - remember, 11 people died, there is a matter of direct criminal culpability here - replace or repair the BOP or something.
And do not forget Halliburton, whose cementing of the wellhead was also problematic according to reports.
I've also read that standard BOPs aren't adapted to the pressures and conditions of the depth at that location and there are studies indicating unacceptably high failure rates at such depths.
The evidence is clear that the BOP wasn't 100% at the time it was installed and that once it was in place further malfunctions occurred. A more cautious operator would have halted somewhere in the cascading chain of problems in order to properly resolve them - remember, 11 people died, there is a matter of direct criminal culpability here - replace or repair the BOP or something.
And do not forget Halliburton, whose cementing of the wellhead was also problematic according to reports.
I've also read that standard BOPs aren't adapted to the pressures and conditions of the depth at that location and there are studies indicating unacceptably high failure rates at such depths.
trailerparkboy
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HAHAHA
thats actually probably not far from the truth