Nuke the leak?

ResearchMonkey said:
I don't think getting that flange off is an option in such extreme conditions. By the same token i don't think getting another one on there is an option either. The last well i worked was pushing 4000PSI

They know the size of that flange, they could get a solid clamp around that flange. They could use a custom clamp as a platform for attaching a valved cap, maybe 2-3 valved outlets. The size of the out-flow on the cap would have to be considerably larger in total to reduce the pressure while trying to pull down the cap. The valves may need to be based on the seafloor due to weight. With 2 outlets you work one using the other as relief for the pressure.

Instead of trying to seal against the damaged pipe, seal the cap against the custom clamp around the flange. Enclose the damaged pipe inside this bell housing. Now you can attach a pipe to one outlet and then close the others.

The main problem is that there is no method to connect and control the flow. So the first order of business is creating a platform that affords you a method to connect your controls.
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A bigger cap next month?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/07/long-road-oil-cleanup-looms-gulf-coast/

We'll see I guess.
 
I wonder what happen to the idea of putting that other cap on the well.???

I really think some don't want this thing stopped.
 
What logical reasons would there be to not stop it? It's a PR nightmare, an ecological mess & a bureaucratic wetdream.
 
That would be government. I think governments are dangerous but depressingly essential.

I'm talking about BP.
 
BP in what respect.
I don't think it's from the highest offices, or ownership, but ...

conspiracy theory #47264
Engineers, managers, and workers are getting paid off...

Why is more oil pouring out from under the cap now than it was 2 weeks ago.
I know, I know...they say they are capturing more.
BS, I've been watching it. They just about had it capturing 90% for a day or 2,
according to what one could see coming out. Now it's pouring like it was before the closed the valves.

So, why aren't they putting on that better cap now?

I'm tellin' ya, something is amiss.
 
Perhaps, with shutting down all the other wells, it has increased pressure, thus, more leaking?

There is nothing logical about allowing the leak to continue.

One of our customers was contacted yesterday. They make parts that can help & they were asked for a shitload, ASAP.

This is being worked worked on, however, it's not being worked on at a convenient speed. For all the armchair engineers,
why aren't more of them sitting in New Orleans?
 
You could be right.
I could be wrong.
Maybe we'll find out the answers to these question one day.
 
catocom said:
BP in what respect.
I don't think it's from the highest offices, or ownership, but ...

conspiracy theory #47264
Engineers, managers, and workers are getting paid off...

Why is more oil pouring out from under the cap now than it was 2 weeks ago.
I know, I know...they say they are capturing more.
BS, I've been watching it. They just about had it capturing 90% for a day or 2,
according to what one could see coming out. Now it's pouring like it was before the closed the valves.

So, why aren't they putting on that better cap now?

I'm tellin' ya, something is amiss.
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well, I missed that, but I missed it the wrong way.
It is at the top levels, and into the private sector influence.
It's all goin' south, way south. (brazil....petrobras)
Beck is exposing it right now.
 
So the old cap has been off for a while, and this thing is spewing wide open.
Next question...
Where's the other CAP!
Why didn't they have it ready to switch out?

Problem with gas in vent forces BP to remove cap over leaking well that was sucking up oil
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard says BP has been forced to remove a cap that was containing some of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says an underwater robot bumped into the venting system. That sent gas rising through vent that carries warm water down to prevent ice-like crystals from forming in the cap.

Allen says the cap has been removed and crews are checking to see if crystals have formed before putting it back on. In the meantime, a different system is stilling burning oil on the surface.

Before the problem with the containment cap, it had collected about 700,000 gallons of oil in the previous 24 hours. Another 438,000 gallons was burned.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/23/problem-gas-vent-forces-bp-remove-cap-leaking-sucking-oil/

Do they Really want to stop it right now?
Doesn't look like it.
 
It'll be good for Soros....Big investor in Petrobras
All the platforms will go down to Brazil.

Good for the eco-terrorist...They get the drilling stopped.
They don't really care about the environment, they just don't like drilling.

Good for Obama's agenda...Destroying this country.

Bad, very bad, for any clear thinking person here.
 
well, the cap is back on, but it doesn't look like they are pumping yet, and
haven't closed the valves.
 
Nuke the leak till it glowed!

Funny thing is if I was the President I know exactly
what I would have done the second I heard about the explosion.

First I’d tell my advisors to get a hold of the folks that capped off all those
wells that Saddam blew up in gulf war one.
That Red Adair company or whom ever knows about this shit!
Get them suckas on the line right now!

Then I’d get the head of BP on the horn and open a dialogue.

Then I’d get a massive effort started with every available resource
to cap that mutha off.

BP Ring ring here’s the deal, we will spare no expense to fix yer shit.
When it’s over you can make a big PR coup about how you cooperated
and paid the bills for the cappin’ and clean up. I’ll kick in some sweetheart
leases quietly down the line too, it's a win win!

Then we’d set about pluggin’ that hole and cleaning up the mess
with any and all companies or nation’s help.

And I’d get on TV and thank em’ and pat myself on the back till my arm
justa ‘bout fell off.

Oh and I’d have won the war in Afghanistan by now too.
 
Nuke the BP oil leak! Undersea blast could plug it, say physicists

His suggested plan involves exploding a device in a neighbouring oil well on the seabed, melting the surrounding rock and plugging the leak, which is gushing 60,000 barrels of oil a day.

This would not cause a tsunami or any nuclear fallout at surface level, the experts claim, as long as a fission device was used, instead of the thermo-nuclear alternative which has a larger blast radius.
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I still think nuking is a bad idea.

They've got a good pipe sitting there to work with, and imo chould already
have it capped, since they cut off the junk.
I'm tellin' yall, somebody doesn't want it cut off. At least not yet.
 
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