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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:38 AM Original message |
BP did not want to stop the oil gusher. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Red Adair used to blow up wells to put them out... |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. and our government leaves up to the corporation to do the right thing. Why??? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. does our government have a department of oil rigs and gusher capping? |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Sorry but Red didn't "blow up" wells. |
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icnorth (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. He also wasn't capping oil wells at 5000 feet |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. He also didn't have to deal with oil at 100,000 psi. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. The point is... |
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icnorth (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. He also wasn't capping oil wells at 5000 feet |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Obviously the well required capping after... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:21 PM Original message |
You are missing all the basics. nt |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. You're splitting hairs... |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. To put out a burning well. It still had to be capped mechanically. nt |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. They are going to give it a junk shot |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Stopping the gusher saves the oil |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yep - BP is unable to either stop the gusher or capture the oil right now. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Then why not the simple expedient of dropping a ton of high explosive |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. They have no idea what may happen if they detonate a large charge. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Which, coincidentally, maintains the integrity of the well, and allows them |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I could care less if it maintains the integrity of the well. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. You really have no idea what you are talking about, do you. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I clearly "know" more than you do. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. How do you drop something down a well with fluid coming out if at 100,000 psi? |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. 100,000 psi? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. 100,000 psi? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Maybe not. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. OTOH, we just saw Exxon get their Valdez liability massively reduced, |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Exactly! |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. They are already losing hundreds of millions on cleanup |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. they make $45 million a DAY in profits. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Exactly but it still doesn't make much sense to be paying hundreds of millions in cleanup |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Huh, |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. they do not defy logic |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. They just have to drill a new well into the same reservoir |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Not it isn't. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. how much did Exxon end up paying? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. this is so sickening... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. The original plan before the blowout was to find oil and cap it and move on to drill elsewhere |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. Unbelievable. |
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atomic-fly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. I agree |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That should have been the first option. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. If they get this seated in place (and it will be difficult) |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. What plug can hold back 100,000 psi. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
20. K&R and our gov't lets them |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. Stupid. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. 90 days? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. It is going to take 90 days. |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R great point N/T |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Aw jeez |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
40. That's capitalism for ya. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. Why don't they use something inflatable, insert it in the pipe and then inflate it? |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. On the end of a smaller pipe. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You said you had no idea, but BP executives have no ideas either! |
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