Why Isn't the Oil Floating to the Surface?

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But if the higher estimate is accurate, most of the oil remains out of sight.

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Maybe the higher estimate isn't accurate.

Or maybe it's all just another evil plot by BP executives. They figured out how to siphon all of it off by a secret submarine fleet. They do this to avoid taxes, of course.

Well the siphon was collecting 200,000 gallons a day, so the leak is pretty damn big.

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Hydraulically impossible.

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OK. How much is hydraulically possible?

Dispersants is a big factor. Another factor is the sea isn't like a little bottle of salad oil. The sea isn't uniform from top to bottom. There are different thermal levels which means different densities for both the oil and water as it rises. Cooler pockets can be in the middle due to currents which can catch the oil too.

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Well the siphon was collecting 200,000 gallons a day, so the leak is pretty damn big

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200,000 gallons = 5000 barrels

100,000 barrels = 4.2 million gallons

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100,000 barrels = 4.2 million gallons

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Most fields dont even make this in a day, this well is not making 100,000 barrels, not a chance in hell.

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Who fricking cares, it is spilling thousand of BARRELS a day for a month now. Its fricking rediculous. Cut the fricking riser off, stack another fricking BOP on top of the old one, secure it, and shut the vales slowly on the new one or hook a big arse riser pipe to that one bringing the oil to the surface. frick this is aggrivating

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A-frickin-men brother; i wish these douches would get from behind the computer and quit crunching numbers. Just fricking do it already. I wish they would just keep their plans to themselves until they are absolutely ready to green light it. At this point how much worse can they make things?? If they cut the riser above the BOP and for some reason cant get another BOP secured above it you mean to tell me they cant re-crimp the riser?? I hope BP is bled for everything they're worth when this is all said and done then their asses should be run from the GOM permanently.

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If you're talking to me, the answer is because there is the pressure associated with 5000ft of seawater + another 13,000 ft of production fluids pushing down on the reservoir. The reservoir would have to have a retarded BHP and unheard of perm & porosity to produce at those rates.

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At that rate the well would be "dead" by now.

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Thunderhorse

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Love that name.

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to all the idiots that keep saying they can't wait till BP is broke from this, just one of BP's rigs, Thunderhorse, makes between $250mil and $350mil/day. I think they will be ok.

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Also ,im pretty sure that BP can and will pass alot of its expense on to consumers.