Drill Baby! Drill?

[Madhatterat60]

I see that the fire is out now because this deep sea drill...drilling at the time more than 5 MILES down...has collapsed and is now pouring crude into the Gulf.

I wonder that we suddenly don't hear much from the Drill Baby Drill crowd....

[Vernon Windsor]

This is what oil addiction will get you.

"Gotta pump that black gold directly into the vein. Gotta have it, whatever the risks."

[P.A.]

jacquin don't be so nice to those people.

[Bull]

I heard today it's "Leaking "1000 barrels a day now. And please don't leave BP out of the blame they have been a large part of the biggest spills in this country lately.

[brujo]

You don't drive?

[brujo]

No. I just do it for your reaction.

Thanks.

[brujo]

Alas, it's not an obsession, but you never cease to make me laugh when you get wound up. I'll stop here though. I know you want the last word and won't quit until you get it. I got to run right so I can go gass up the Hummer.

[brujo]

So you'll let it go with this and not feel the need to say anything else?

[brujo]

LOL.

[Just-a-Writer]

RFLOL! Now I have the last word! =D

[Madhatterat60]

If the efforts to shut off the valves (one mile below the surface) fail, BP plans on digging a "relief" well. That takes several months. Let's assume 6 months, or 180 days.

The "platform" that collapsed was, in fact, a ship capable of drilling oil up to 5 miles deep. The problem in drilling any kind of relief well is that there are only ... or WERE ... only 5 such ships in the world. So in order to drill a relief well, one of the remaining four would have to be pulled off it's current project and moved.

[brujo]

I heard something on the news this morning about them having some type of sub on the scene that's in the process of capping it. Hopefully, that'll get the job done.

[Madhatterat60]

They're trying to place a "blow out cap" ... happens on land-based 'glory holes' occasionally...the pressure gets so great it blows out the well head. This is a tricky procedure when men are on hand to place the valve as the pressure of the blow is quite hard. Doing it by remote control is like trying to tie your shoe strings with robot arms from 100 yards away.

The alternative...bringing in ANOTHER deep sea well driller to drill a "relief hole" is an iffy proposition. They don't know if that would release enough pressure.

In the mean time, 43,000 gallons of crude leak into the Gulf every day. And that crude is about to start washing up on the shores in the south...From LA to FLA...today.

Wonder if the Great Alaska Quitter is still singing "Drill, baby drill!" ??