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First attempt to stop oil spill with insertion tube has failed
Posted on 5/15/10 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 5/15/10 at 1:06 pm
No big surprise there I guess. Not only has first attempt failed but they have been given permission to spray the dispersant 24/7 at the leak. Some are saying the oil/dispersant combo is more toxic than just the oil and that the dispersant is allowing the oil to flow underneath the boom.
Unfrickingbelievable.
LINK
Unfrickingbelievable.
LINK
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Posted on 5/15/10 at 1:45 pm to tgrgrd00
what a cf seems like someone would have thought about a contingency plan before now.
Posted on 5/15/10 at 2:09 pm to TJG210
Where is supatigah when you need him?
Posted on 5/15/10 at 2:53 pm to tgrgrd00
even a blind squirrel finds an acorn, now and then.
maybe next time.
maybe next time.
Posted on 5/15/10 at 3:32 pm to ottothewise
From a poster on another board. Still looking to see where he got it from.
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BP's first riser insertion tube attempt failed when the frame that supports the siphon shifted. Everything had to be brought back to the surface and another attempt is underway. It will be late Saturday before it will be known if the second attempt is successful or not. And if successful they HOPE to start siphoning oil tonight sometime.
Posted on 5/15/10 at 3:47 pm to tgrgrd00
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Some are saying
Sounds legit. "They" were not around to confirm "Some's" beliefs?
Posted on 5/15/10 at 5:17 pm to MoreOrLes
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It will be late Saturday before it will be known if the second attempt is successful or not.
Cross your fingers.....The time draws near.
Posted on 5/15/10 at 9:29 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
I hope that they are racing at top speed to get another oil well drilled at the leak point in order to cut off the flow to the current leak. This might be the only thing that will work. All of these other attempts at stopping the leak seem to my layman's eyes to be desperate and improvised, rather than part of a planned and tested doctrine.
Posted on 5/16/10 at 5:26 am to Champagne
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I hope that they are racing at top speed to get another oil well drilled at the leak point in order to cut off the flow to the current leak. This might be the only thing that will work.
they can't get one tube inside of another tube at the seafloor
what makes you think they can get one tube inside of another tube a mile below the seafloor?
Posted on 5/16/10 at 9:40 am to Champagne
Word is that the Insertion Tool was successfully inserted. Gas and oil was siphoned up to the Enterprise, which is encouraging. They are waitting on the oil to reach the surface once again......
Not sure how much oil is being intercepted....maybe all of it......maybe a portion....stay tuned.
Not sure how much oil is being intercepted....maybe all of it......maybe a portion....stay tuned.
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Posted on 5/16/10 at 9:44 am to baytiger
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baytiger
Settledown Francis....
Posted on 5/16/10 at 10:05 am to Sid in Lakeshore
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Word is that the Insertion Tool was successfully inserted.
That would be fantastic.
Posted on 5/16/10 at 10:16 am to tgrgrd00
Have not heard what % of well flow it is intercepting.....
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Posted on 5/16/10 at 10:22 am to Sid in Lakeshore
I'm hearing thay they successfully inserted the new pipe into the broken pipe and the new pipe starting sending oil to the ship. But then 2 robots taking pictures collided and partially separated the pipes. They have to try to put it back together and could take 9 hrs.
Posted on 5/16/10 at 10:24 am to lsu1980
Heard similar except for the 9 hour part.....THought they had re-inserted it and were trying it again with minimal success...
Posted on 5/16/10 at 10:27 am to Sid in Lakeshore
Maybe so, Sid. The 9 hrs might be from last night and I'm just hearing about it.
Posted on 5/16/10 at 10:28 am to Sid in Lakeshore
Where are ya'll "hearing" this stuff? I have been trying to get info on this all morning.
Posted on 5/16/10 at 11:04 am to tgrgrd00
Posted on 5/16/10 at 11:13 am to lsu1980
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