tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post4946268124479049957..comments2024-02-29T00:46:38.800-08:00Comments on Washingtons Blog: Breaking: Seep Found Near Blownout Well, BP Not Complying With Government Demands for More MonitoringUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-87391775927526667652010-07-19T16:44:14.371-07:002010-07-19T16:44:14.371-07:00Good suggestion Mohan Advani, BP has received over...Good suggestion Mohan Advani, BP has received over 180,000 suggestions and I am sure the White house a similar amount. Sent my suggestion to one of the advisers on the advisory panel. There are are a bunch of challenges when working at 5,000 ft depths and oil gushing out at 4000 psi - a bullet in a gun is fired out at 700 psi and so you can envision the challenges. I suggested putting freezing collar on the lower part of the blowout tree - a technique used in plumbing industry or just unscrewing the flange just below the edge of the cut pipe and attaching another with a valve attached.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14278276867172009546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-51214068826514463492010-07-19T05:08:57.953-07:002010-07-19T05:08:57.953-07:00I had recently sent a suggestion on containing the...I had recently sent a suggestion on containing the oil spill to the official White House website (and to BP) but got no response. The gist of this is as follows: <br />Crude oil has a specific gravity slightly below one, and as such an oil spill gradually rises to the ocean surface, where it gets dispersed all over the place. I suggested that BP arrange to inject superheated steam into the mass of escaping oil. This will cause the lighter fractions in the crude oil to separate out (as occurs in a basic distillation tower) which will rise to the surface and rapidly evaporate. The balance residual oil (having a density of over 1) will sink to ocean floor and remain there till it gets consumed by microbial action or absorbed beneath the surface.<br /><br />Hopefully, the new cap may plug the leak, but this suggestion could be tried out for future deep water well leaks to help contain the spill damage.Mohan Advanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15345687160618608197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-70512611715150835032010-07-18T23:53:31.203-07:002010-07-18T23:53:31.203-07:00Not a matter of money but just power, military pow...Not a matter of money but just power, military power!hareluya666https://www.blogger.com/profile/13259234866392999999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-35506082691557399402010-07-18T19:11:50.596-07:002010-07-18T19:11:50.596-07:00I completely agree. The problem is that the only ...I completely agree. The problem is that the only people with enough money to do research into this sort of thing is... the oil companies! So who else CAN clean up this mess? No one because we don't put enough money into our regulation and research sectors.thegreatestoftheseislovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857160391567511069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-81148068040854404392010-07-18T18:36:35.618-07:002010-07-18T18:36:35.618-07:00Is the US close to arresting BP officials and seiz...Is the US close to arresting BP officials and seizing their assets?<br /><br />Today brings news that there is evidence oil and gas is seeping from the capped well into other seeps on the seabed.<br /><br />If this is confirmed, and hydrocarbon samples from the seeps are confirmed to be from BP's Maconda well, then the US government will have a pretty solid set of evidence of criminal conduct by not only BP's top officials, but by BP as a corporation.<br /><br />By now, it is pretty clear that BP have lied nearly every step of the way, in concealing the size of the spill, the severity of the situation, and now, their prior knowledge of existing seeps and how the compromised well must have been leaking into it.<br /><br />That explains their reluctance to cap / allow the well to pressurize all this time.<br /><br />When news like this is leaked by Administration officials, it is often a prelude to the US Government having reached a tipping point, when they are prepared to move against BP.<br /><br />Next week Prime Minister Cameron is visiting with President Obama. The opportune time to make a move at BP will be at the same time as the meeting, and then the two leaders can deal with the fallout face to face.<br /><br />This may be the tipping point.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13909097797119799041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-44675351439052034252010-07-18T16:39:55.423-07:002010-07-18T16:39:55.423-07:00It took this long to have Matt Simmons views affir...It took this long to have Matt Simmons views affirmed?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13909097797119799041noreply@blogger.com