Explosion – Deep Water Horizon Drilling Rig in GOM, USA

[Rons_ROV_Links]

look like they stopped the flow, about time as well

Looking at the Live cam the oil still comes out at the top of the BOP.

[ROV_Monkey]

I know a link was posted elsewhere, but thought I’d add one to this thread.

This is live video feed fed to us (courtesy of BP) from an ROV on the disaster site.. showing the oil/gas coming out of the well:

———>>>>> Watch the live ROV video link<<<<<———–

Fame at last!!

😉 😉

Monkey

[Ray Shields]

Yeah but its all Oceaneering feeds now Monkey 🙂

[James McLauchlan]

What surprises me is the way people were taking long positions on BP yesterday.. shares jumped about 5% during the days trading. Now there is some uncertainty on the success of the top kill approach…. BP have opened 10pts down on the market close and dropping…. Oh, how fickle the markets are.

The chief operating officer for exploration and production, said on Thursday afternoon that the company had stopped pumping mud into the well but may start again later on Thursday night.

He apparently said that the decision to suspend the procedure did not mean anything had gone wrong.

It seems that BP have also advised that the operation could last for two days, until 1pm local time on Friday, before its success or failure could be determined.

So, it appears that before close of business today we’ll know (officially) one way or another what the deal is with the Top Kill option.
Meanwhile the drilling of relief wells continues. Probably about 6-7 weeks to go on that.

Either way… if they have been pumping since last night… lots of mud and that tell tale brown stuff appears to be flowing freely at this current point in time. mmm….

[Paul]

Anyone know where and when the biggest oil spill in the World ever was? If BP can’t stop this one, will this likely end up being the World’s biggest?

Incidentally, hurricane season isn’t too far off from now. I wonder what effect that will have on all this?

[Scott Beveridge]

Anyone know where and when the biggest oil spill in the World ever was? If BP can’t stop this one, will this likely end up being the World’s biggest?

Incidentally, hurricane season isn’t too far off from now. I wonder what effect that will have on all this?

Don’t quote me on this…. but I would presume that this spill far exceeds all others.

[James McLauchlan]

Some interesting and somewhat not overly surprising information offered by this site:

http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2010/bp_info_blackout

[deepseacon]

regarding oil spills

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_oil_spill

[James McLauchlan]

"Nothing’s actually gone wrong or unanticipated," BP chief operations officer Doug Suttles stressed at a press conference on the latest bid to cap the ruptured pipe on the seabed nearly a mile (1,600 meters) below the surface.

He said it was important for engineers to keep checking pressures as robotic submarines force-fed heavy drilling fluids into the broken pipe in order to stop the oil flow long enough to plug it with cement.

Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/resumes+kill+operation/3081675/story.html#ixzz0pDvuLKwp

…as robotic submarines force-fed heavy drilling fluids into the broken pipe

Oh really! 😉 They’ll be running on batteries next!

[Rons_ROV_Links]

NYTimes: Oil flow stemmed, but next 12 to 18 hours will be "very critical", says Adm. Thad Allen. http://nyti.ms/cgs4nO

[James McLauchlan]

Response in numbers:
• 22,000 personnel deployed
• 1,100 vessels on site
• 2.5 million feet of boom deployed
• 243,000 barrels of oil-water mix recovered
• 17 staging areas set-up to protect shoreline
• 23,000 claims filed, 9,000 already paid

24 May 2010
Source: http://www.bp.com

[ROV_Monkey]

NYTimes: Oil flow stemmed, but next 12 to 18 hours will be "very critical", says Adm. Thad Allen. http://nyti.ms/cgs4nO

He said the same thing earlier in the week too

Monkey

[iROV]

BP Decisions Set Stage for Disaster

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704026204575266560930780190.html

Major Change Down Below…

http://monkeyfister.blogspot.com/2010/05/major-change-down-below.html

[Rons_ROV_Links]

If you want to see live stream in Winamp, Windows Media Player or other than use this url:

http://mfile.akamai.com/97892/live/reflector:46245.asx?bkup=46260

[Matthew Cook]

If the top kill is unsuccessful BP are proposing to cut off the top of the BOP leaving a relatively smooth face and install a tool to essentially cap off the top of the well with a low pressure grommet and allow all the oil and gas to be pumped up (actually as the gas expands they wont be pumping but rather choking) to surface without allowing it to get exposed to seawater where methane hydrates would be formed.

I am struggling to understand why this was not their first attempt back a month ago. The equipment is readily available to cut the riser and install this relatively simple tool. It’s a good and I’d say obvious idea. I just don’t understand why they havn’t done it sooner. Any ideas?

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