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re: Oil Spill and Offshore Fishing (Latest Developments)
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:17 pm to nhassl1
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:17 pm to nhassl1
quote:
this was one of the first rigs of its kind as far as depth goes. the reason it blew was bc they probably did not have enough knowledge about how pressurized it was
No it wasnt, They have been drilling in 5000' water for decades
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Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:19 pm to CommanderHeavy
quote:I realized it was bad yesterday (I believe) when BP was giving 'possible' fixes for the problem.
Jesus. I thought this oil spill thing was blown out of porportion, but now it appears (by numbers) to be worse than the Exxon Valdez incident which was a huge deal back in the day.
Damn.
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:19 pm to tgrbaitn08
Matter of fact all of these rigs drill in water deeper than 7500'
7,500 feet or deeper
Cajun Express
Deepwater Discovery
Deepwater Expedition
Deepwater Frontier
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Millennium
Deepwater Nautilus
Deepwater Pathfinder
Development Driller III
Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1
Discoverer Americas
Discoverer Clear Leader
Discoverer Deep Seas
Discoverer Enterprise
Discoverer Spirit
GSF C.R. Luigs
GSF Development Driller I
GSF Development Driller II
GSF Explorer
GSF Jack Ryan
Petrobras 10000
Sedco Energy
Sedco Express
7,500 feet or deeper
Cajun Express
Deepwater Discovery
Deepwater Expedition
Deepwater Frontier
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Millennium
Deepwater Nautilus
Deepwater Pathfinder
Development Driller III
Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1
Discoverer Americas
Discoverer Clear Leader
Discoverer Deep Seas
Discoverer Enterprise
Discoverer Spirit
GSF C.R. Luigs
GSF Development Driller I
GSF Development Driller II
GSF Explorer
GSF Jack Ryan
Petrobras 10000
Sedco Energy
Sedco Express
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:19 pm to eye65
quote:
Is that possible? I don't know much about off shore rigs. Can a rig even put out 40,000 bbls/day?
A rig isn't putting out anything.
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:20 pm to ForeverLSU02
quote:
ForeverLSU02
why did you delete your post about 40k bbl/day, did you post misinfo or did you post something you were not suppose to?
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:21 pm to nhassl1
quote:
from where?
They found another leak in the riser. It doesn't matter how many holes there are in a garden hose, the same volume of water comes out of it.
Its been leaking 5,000 barrels a day the whole damn time. They just estimated it wrong.
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:23 pm to nhassl1
quote:
this was one of the first rigs of its kind as far as depth goes. the reason it blew was bc they probably did not have enough knowledge about how pressurized it was.
You're right.
$1,000,000 / day spread rate
$100,000,000 + well.
Yeah...they were probably winging it.
"Let's poke a hole and see what we find!!!"
This type of comical underestimate of the technologies involved in deepwater oil drilling (or oil drilling in GENERAL, for that matter) is one of the many things that give me little faith in the American public educating themselves about ANYTHING of importance.
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:24 pm to ForeverLSU02
what's up?
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:25 pm to Tigerpaw123
quote:
why did you delete your post about 40k bbl/day, did you post misinfo or did you post something you were not suppose to?
Because that type of volume puts everyone in PANIC mode....with good reason.
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:26 pm to nhassl1
nhassl1
Favorite team: LSU
Birth Date: April 10
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Seriously, stick to the bridges and highways
Favorite team: LSU
Birth Date: April 10
Location: Baton Rouge
Biography:
Interests:
Occupation: Civil Engineer
quote:
this was one of the first rigs of its kind as far as depth goes. the reason it blew was bc they probably did not have enough knowledge about how pressurized it was. its not a stretch to have that much oil coming out of it.
Seriously, stick to the bridges and highways
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:28 pm to tgrbaitn08
they obviously fricked up somewhere.....
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:28 pm to nhassl1
quote:
not the water depth the oil depth
Max Drill Depth 30,000 ft
LINK
i was told that it was a unique rig. could be wrong though.
You're wrong again
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:29 pm to Luke4LSU
quote:
Because that type of volume puts everyone in PANIC mode....with good reason.
Does anyone here keep up the foreign markets, oil exchanges, etc.?
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:29 pm to eye65
don't know if it has been posted because i have not read the rest of the thread yet but i talked to my buddy who is an engineer a few minutes ago and he said that trying to burn it is not going to do a damn thing. said that pretty much there is nothing they can do about it and the only reason they are trying some things is for public image. wouldn't look good if they just got on tv and said "pretty much there isnt a damn thing we can do about this" 
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:31 pm to nhassl1
quote:I recall hearing something about the unique nature of it too.
i was told that it was a unique rig. could be wrong though.
But only in the OT could all of this turn into a shite flinging match.
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:31 pm to redneck
quote:
redneck
Read the thread anyway. Some of the shite being talked about might blow your mind. At least the last couple pages might.
This post was edited on 4/28/10 at 10:32 pm
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:32 pm to redneck
quote:
trying to burn it is not going to do a damn thing. said that pretty much there is nothing they can do about it and the only reason they are trying some things is for public image. wouldn't look good if they just got on tv and said "pretty much there isnt a damn thing we can do about this"
Those of us in the industry already know this
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:33 pm to USMCTiger03
i personally could care less who's wrong our right. its what i was told and it came from a very credible source but be bully all you want... you really hurt my feelings 
Posted on 4/28/10 at 10:33 pm to tgrbaitn08
damn.
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