Watch the BP ROV Under Sea Cams...Thread # 35

[jaxx]

Thread #34: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8751372&mesg_id=8751372

Thread #1 of the Watch the BP Cams: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8457616




Belated thanks to Subdivisions for our club logo...many threads ago.

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BP PORTAL to News, Updates, Vids, etc.:

>>> Kent Wells Sealing Cap Installation (July 9): http://bp.concerts.com/gom/sealingcapinstallationoverviewwithkentwells070910.htm

>>> Kent Wells Relief well overview and ranging animation (June 27): http://bp.concerts.com/gom/reliefwellgraphics062710.htm

>>> Kent Wells explanation of Top Hat and Oil Extraction (June 3 posting): http://bp.concerts.com/gom/lmrp6_060310.htm

>>> May 31 video by Kent Wells: http://bp.concerts.com/gom/kentwellstechupdatelong053110.htm

>>> June 10 Kent Wells tech update: http://bp.concerts.com/gom/kentwellstechnicalupdate061010a.htm


OTHER INFO LINKS:

Watch the gusher go from flow to stop: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/07/15/vos.oil.flow.key.moments.cnn?hpt=T1

Deepwater Horizon MC252 BP Oil Spill Disaster Reference Material:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddvbmqf2_0gt9p8q8q#ROV_Coordinate_System_01687258

The latest TheOilDrum thread (top of the page): http://www.theoildrum.com/

Interesting article here regarding BP documents explaining initial failure, pic heavy article: http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2010/06/08/breaking-news-leaked-white-house-document-exposes-bp-gulf-oil-spill

Great forum with lots of pics and video if you need to catch up: (although the DUUSBPROVC is giving them a run for the money!)
http://www.doomers.us/forum2/index.php/topic,68178.4545

Subsea Response Links (great to view when there's downtime): https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYETicASkH8SZGZmN3ptcXpfN2M2cmR3c2M5&hl=en

And for a little levity: Super Mario: BP Oil Spill Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW4e8LtVC6I
The *BP Coffee Spill* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM&feature=youtube_gdata

Good info links: http://www.drillscience.com/bp/
and: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dff7zmqz_7c6rdwsc9 (from TOD)
and: http://www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/
Mapping the Response to BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (brought to us by NYC-SKP)


LIVE CAM LINKS:

Multi-view ROV page: http://data.plan9.de/akamai-bp-streams.html
and: http://www.mlittle.com/bp /
and: http://spillcam.tk /
and: http://jtnog.org/
and: http://www.josephpalmer.com/ROV.html
and: http://bp.isevil.org
and: http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/bp-live-oil-spill-cam.html

All cams (BP site): http://www.bp.com/sectionbodycopy.do?categoryId=9034366&contentId=7063636

Fox Feed: http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestream/live.html?cha

CNN Feed: http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=str


Relief wells in progress






And, finally, proof that
DU is on this project:



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[slackmaster]

1. K&R the only super-thread about the oil spill that really matters

:kick:

[HughMoran]

2. So what's this latest talk of seepage?

:shrug:

[jaxx]

4. Bubbles.

Bubbles of what is thought to be nitrates or methane. They supposedly took a sample to the top and we'll see if that was true and they give out what the bubbles are. It's not oil, it's white bubbles.

[HughMoran]

5. Hmmm, so it's possible gas is seeping to the surface

Implying that oil may be filling undersea cavities through breaks in the bore lining. All I can say is, they can't get that relief well intercepted in there fast enough. I know they are literally hours away from testing to see if the outer liner has been breached, but they aren't going to tell us how it's going until they have successfully broken into the main bore.

[NYC_SKP]

26. Kick. nt

[NYC_SKP]

3. K&R for the DUBPROVUSC Series.

Series!

:toast:

[gateley]

6. K&R ~ Thanks again, jaxx! I slacked and got waylaid. Do you work tonight? nt

[jaxx]

9. No, I go back Tues night.

For now I'm free. LOL

[gateley]

7. Whoa - check this out!

http://mfile.akamai.com/97892/live/reflector:45683.asx

EDIT: Drat! By the time I posted it it was already a different shot. It WAS somewhere where a bunch of guys were walking around in white hard hats, jumpsuits, and it looked as though it was inside somewhere. Vibrant colors and HUGE pieces of equipment! Looked like a sci-fi movie. Sorry you missed it, if you did. It was so cool!

[gateley]

8. Any cameras on the 'seepage site'? nt

[jaxx]

10. This shows the bubbles and there is some sort of monitor connected

to the ROV arm...I read that at TOD or I'd have never known what it was. The bubbles look like rain on this image, but they are coming up steady...Skandi ROV2. I had to shrink the pic to make it palatable to the site.

[gateley]

11. When I saw the live cam a while ago, I thought

that whatever I was looking at was being submerged really really really fast and that's what was causing the bubbles to fly by!

[NYC_SKP]

12. Kicking for visibility.

Off to work...

[gateley]

13. Kicking! (That's my exercise for the day.) nt

[Subdivisions]

14. Markey on AC 360:

"There may still be a chance to measure the flow of oil coming from the well."

"...may..." Congessman Markey? How about you ORDER them to measure the flow. Or better yet how about having the government measure the flow?

"...may..." my ass!

[LisaL]

17. Hello. The only way to measure the flow is for them to unplug the

cap and start collecting.
How is Markey going to order them to do this?

[Subdivisions]

20. The same way he ordered up the ROV cams. All BP has to do is

take the cap off and connect a riser pipe. Then the flow can be measured.

But, I NEVER WILL BE.

[gateley]

15. Kick then off to bed. See you guys later! nt

[jaxx]

16. Danger Will Robinson Danger

The bickering between the know it alls, upon whom the fate of the Gulf depends, is getting comical. Admiral Thad is wanting to use the capture procedure, BP wants the well kept closed, BP also has come up with another kill method called "Static kill, or "bullheading" is pumping mud from the top of a shut-in well at even higher pressures, forcing the oil back into formation. It is likely the highest risk approach." (from TOD http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6753#comment-682490 )

So who knows. There is small leakage around the old stuff right below the new transition pipe, but not much. But they say this means stress. Some say they have to let the flow go for 3 days to get the sand etc out of the oil (and the equipment) before they can use top contain, others say hook it up in a couple hours. I really think nobody knows jack and they are all just waiting...either for something to happen or the relief well to be ready.

Leaks on the new BOP this morning:

[LisaL]

18. Well I really hope they aren't waiting for something to happen.

[jaxx]

19. Lots of options right now.

Diverdan on July 20, 2010 - 10:37am

In these situations the plans are dictated by the data. Not having a flexible strategy or moving along with only one scenario would be foolhardy.
They have been following multiple scenario paths since the beginning and set up equipment that can be used/modified for different paths if they are taken.

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6754#comments_top

So they do know jack....and they are busy. They have contingency plans and are looking constantly to see which is the best way to go. There is so much to take into consideration, so many things to bring into each decision.

[jaxx]

21. Kind of interesting under the sea

The ROVs are watching a couple little seeps, and bringing down this thing....whatever it is. It's on chains and the arm is guiding it down and they sat it on the floor.

[NYC_SKP]

24. ETA on relief well, jaxx?

Soon, maybe?

[jaxx]

22. Today I learned a few things.......

This is what a seep looks like, no it's not from the Macondo. So we'll know what to look for:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4S9uazWAB0

Also there are 6 tiny leaks around, on the BOPs, old and new, and none are a threat. They say they can be from the oil cooling. The one the ROV is sitting watching is so small it doesn't leak like the video above shows.

And then I found this at TOD:




Sounds like the relief well may be ready to cut through this weekend...and there are possible storms in the Gulf. We'll see, they were calling in smaller boats today.

[NYC_SKP]

23. And so, this 1,000,000,000 PSI methane bubble thingey...

...maybe was a bit of, uh, unreality?

:shrug:

:hi:

[jaxx]

25. That's what it seems to be.....unreality.

Most of that comes from the Matt Simmons bunch, a la dougr and the rest of the doomsdayers. If a seep is scary think what an ocean full of methane can do to you. }(

:hi:

[NYC_SKP]

27. Bonnie to delay completion of relief well.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8801105

per DUer Statistical.

:hi:

[jaxx]

28. Friday night and all is well.

Bonnie isn't going to be a bad girl...as tropical storms go, so they say. The ROVs are busy working and I just saw this "thing" and it says Integrity Survey...some machine that has letters and numbers going across like a marquee, and of course it blurred when I took the screen cap.




Soooo maybe they'll be able to get back to the kill and get the relief well zeroed in to the Macondo and get this done. I don't know if the static kill is still a go either...we shall see.

[jaxx]

29. Rigs and ships are moving back to the DWH site.

Drilling will resume asap on the relief well. Not sure about the static kill or if they'll wait for the RW to be done, which it is close and cementing and mud fill will start as soon as they tap the wild well.

August should see the well killed, the end of the threat and the beginning of the real clean up and assessment of what the long term damages will be to the Gulf area.

[jaxx]

30. New Oil Containment System

Meanwhile this 'spill' has gotten the other oil companies off their collective asses and they are moving on new technology to be readily available if there should be another well blowout.

New Oil Spill Containment System Planned by Chevron, Conoco Phillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell




According to the Overview:

This system offers key advantages to the current response equipment in that it will be pre-engineered, constructed, tested and ready for rapid deployment in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Its primary objective is to fully contain the oil with no flow to the sea. The system will be flexible and adaptable. It will be responsive to a wide range of potential scenarios, deepwater depths up to 10,000 feet, weather conditions and flow rates exceeding the size and scope of the current spill. Once constructed, the system components will be fully tested to ensure functionality and will be maintained in a state of continuous operational readiness. In the event of a future incident, mobilization to the field will start within days and the system will be fully operational within weeks.

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6775#comments_top

Links to article about this: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/exxonmobil/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1001106&newsId=20100721006931&newsLang=en

and pdf about the new system: http://www.chevron.com/documents/pdf/ContainmentFactSheet.pdf

[jaxx]

31. Kent Wells update on static and RW kill

http://bp.concerts.com/gom/kentwellstechupdate_072110a.htm

(from TOD) The Kent Wells Technical Briefing of July 21st is a must-see. Kent explains how the 'Static Kill' operation is going to work in some detail.

[jaxx]

32. From Monday's press briefing...

Current estimated time line for RW, static kill and bottom kill:
RW:
- latch on to well today
- today through Wed, retrieve storm packer, pick up drill pipe, circulate to clean bore, etc
- Wed begin running 2,000' feet of casing.. finish Sat, Sun with cementing

Static kill:
- Begin Monday, 8/2, dependent on cementing of RW casing (he said earlier that the static kill could begin before the cement was completely set)
- mud will be coming from Q4000, via the kill line on the old BOP

Bottom kill:
- drilling of the final 100' could progress during the static kill
- bottom kill could begin 5-7 days after static kill

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6780#comments_top

[jaxx]

33. Waiting waiting waiting......

The static kill may start Sunday night or Monday...they are cleaning the RW and getting it ready to bust into the WW. Mud first, then cementing. The end is in sight....worth waiting for.

[NYC_SKP]

34. Somebody just posted something about an ROV cam being hit by an undersea "eruption".

I'm skeptical.

Kick.

[jaxx]

35. Wow you're alive!

LOL for days I've been the only one here. I was at work so missed that post, but I did just find this at TOD:

ROCKMAN on July 31, 2010 - 9:56am
FOR ALL

At the end of the previous thread: Relief well collapses. The well bore did not collapse. Even in the captioned video they don’t say that. There was “debris” in the bottom 40’ of the hole. Debris is a very loaded word. It was sand and mud. When you POOH there is always a certain amount of “sloughing“ or as we call it “fill up“. It’s often caused by pulling the drill pipe out of the hole: it scrapes the sides and knocks some of the rock loose. The standard procedure when going back to bottom is to “ream” the last 100’ or so to clean out the fill. It wouldn't take the estimated 24 hours to just clean out the fill either. It’s also standard procedure to circulate the mud around a number of times to make sure it’s uniform and all the fill has been removed. The round trip time for mud at this depth would be around 6-8 hours.

A side educational note since we talking mud cleaning: As the mud gets back to the surface it passes thru the “shakers”: large vibrating horizontal screen panels that separate the cuttings from the mud. Typically one of the loudest spots on a rig. I’ve spent thousands of hours at the shaker watching returns. Double ear protection is highly recommended.

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6795#comments_top

I think I'm gonna go read yesterdays thread there and see what's up. I don't know if that's what was posted in the thread you mentioned.

[NYC_SKP]

36. The post with the video was absent any content. Just the link and the dramatic subject line.

I've been ensconced at a conference where the whole group has all meals together and after dinner chit-chat, all week long and two days next week.

So I have been scarce.

:hi:

[jaxx]

37. The static kill is to start sometime tonight.

Keep your fingers crossed that it works. They will still do the relief well kill too.

[gateley]

38. Hiya -- Wanted to stop by here first, now I'm off to go find some

cameras, hopefully. Have you caught any action?? :hi:

[spanone]

39. k&r.... Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours

[gateley]

40. Yeah, this one has been languishing for a bit but boy, the pace

seems to really be picking up! :hi:

[jaxx]

41. The people at TOD say this is leaking mud....lighter color.

Not much of a leak either. Of course I go to work tonight so you all will have to keep an eye on it and your fingers crossed.

:hi:

[jaxx]

42. Wed. morning update:

Subsea operational update:
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The MC252 well has been shut-in since July 15; there is currently no oil flowing into the Gulf.

As a result of performing the static kill procedure the well appears to have reached a static condition, with the well pressure now being controlled by the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling mud. This was the desired outcome.

The relief well being drilled by the DDIII is currently running in the hole with drill pipe and will expect to perform the required BOP test later today.

We anticipate the next update will be provided at around 9:30am CDT on August 5, 2010.

Updated August 4 at 9:30am CDT

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/html/Skandi_ROV1.html

So far, so good! :)

[NYC_SKP]

44. New thread, new thread!!!! On August 5 (tomorrow?) we will have update???

:bounce:

:hi:

[Spazito]

43. I just wanted to pop in the thread to say...

my fingers and toes are crossed in hopes the latest good news holds!

Thanks, as well, for all the threads throughout the Gulf disaster, they have been much appreciated!

[jaxx]

45. The leak on the BOP has stopped!

This is the pic taken just now and there is no leaking oil drops from the same place we've seen leaking for the past weeks since they stopped the actual flow into the GoM. As of now there are no more drops leaking....which hopefully means the static kill has stopped the well. Cementing is still up in the air, but I betcha they try it. The RW will still be used to do the final bottom kill around Aug. 15th.



edited to fix a word...my mom always said I murdered the kings english...lol