re: Oil Spill and Offshore Fishing (Latest Developments)

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How long do they estimate before they attempt the "dome"?

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Within the next 48 hours is my understanding. No official confirmation. The Arabs are working on it.

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Are they already using skimmers anywhere or is this the type of oil that they wont work with?

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Skimmers aren't being used at this time due to poor sea conditions for them to work and the Arabs are in the way.

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And I assume they will attempt the fires after the sea calms down again?

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Burning will start again when the seas calm down and the Arabs light them on fire.

i see what you did there

It's extremely windy out there. Even the Miss River has substantial wave action with whitecaps several miles inland.

Edit: just looked at a pic I took...maybe not so much in the way of whitecaps but it still was very turbulent.

interesting article on al.com.. sounds like pretty harsh ramifications if the majority of the slick is heavy asphaltenes

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Alkylether or Alkylaryl Sulphate/Sulphonate, Esters of tall fatty acids, Ethoxylated Sorbitan Monooleate, Ethoxylated Sorbitan Trioleate, Ethoxylated Sorbitanoleate, Ethoxylated Oxtylphosphate, Ethoxylated Tridecylphosate, Polyethylene Glycol Monooleate, Polyethylene Glycol Esters of fatty acids,Sorbitan Monooleate, Sodium Diethylhexyl Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Ditridecyl, Monolaurate Calcium Sulphonate, Monopropylene Glycol or Tall oil Esters Sorbitan.

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Good read on dispersants.
LINK

and

oilspillsolutions.org

The second link had a lot of good information on how dispersants work, what they are made of and different types used.

Another good read.

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Landrieu said the uncontrolled flow of the oil was “extremely serious and significant.”
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....bitch loves the camera.

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After one of the more recent hurricanes, our friend was high up in the NG and was in a helicopter with the crew that included Landrieu surveying the damage. He said that she actually stated that she was looking for a good spot to take pictures of her .. and that it was like "no, not there, find somewhere worse".

Someone had posted earlier this am that it ws inside info that the flow had been stemmed by partial close of the BOV. It was someone who I don't think was jerking around ... and is knowledgeable about this situation.

???

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Napolitano "We need to perfect the oil-and-gas industry.”

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Actually, the way the article reads, to me at least, it sounds like Mary Fatty Landrieu said that quote

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more torque to operate the BOP

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I sell and rent hydraulic torque wrenches used on the BOP's. This afternoon I put our biggest wrench (50,000 ftlbs) on rent with a client who is going to take it down on a sub to the BOP. The tool is a beast. Weighs about 120lbs and has a 2-1/2" square drive for the sockets they are using.

Latest USF trajectory model still has it staying out of Barataria for the most part... but who knows how reliable this model is, especially considering the fact that the daily spillage numbers are pretty ambiguous.

LINK