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Old 29-05-2010, 04:55 PM   #1
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Default Bp oil leak

hi all.
haven`t seen this link posted anywhere here yet.
live video feed from bp`s busted pipe.

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_inte...ov_stream.html

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Old 29-05-2010, 05:39 PM   #2
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What a waste..shameful how this hasent been plugged up yet.
For sure this will be used as an excuse to put up the prices at the bowser.
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Old 29-05-2010, 07:02 PM   #3
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what about the impact on the oceans and wildlife
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Old 29-05-2010, 09:08 PM   #4
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Thats why its shameful
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Old 29-05-2010, 09:48 PM   #5
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This makes me feel relatively sick in the guts.
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Old 29-05-2010, 11:08 PM   #6
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this makes me rage
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Old 30-05-2010, 12:00 AM   #7
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For sure this will be used as an excuse to put up the prices at the bowser.
Let’s not forget that eleven men were killed and many more seriously injured when the rig exploded.
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Old 30-05-2010, 12:05 AM   #8
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Read into this what you will...nothing like a good conspiracy theory!
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread568391/pg1
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Old 30-05-2010, 12:15 AM   #9
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For sure this will be used as an excuse to put up the prices at the bowser.
I have read/heard just a few days ago that a tax or levy the oil companies that drill pay has increased 2-3 fold due to this incident. As long as we rely on oil for our modern existance these sorts of acidents wil always happen.
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Old 30-05-2010, 09:15 AM   #10
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Read into this what you will...nothing like a good conspiracy theory!
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread568391/pg1
Reads under article "click here for more (Hoax) stories.
No doubt there will be many more theories put about, but I think the one that will hold most weight will be that we probably really don't understand the consequences of opening up holes in the earths crust to find out what lies below.We probably should have guessed ,with thousands of years of knowledge of what happens when a volcano erupts.... can't recall anyone ever able to plug one of them or control the results.
What has come out of this pretty quickly is a ban (or at least a halt) on further deep water exploration, and a pledge from Obama to get serious about the search for "cleaner" or more sustainable alternatives.
Before I get accused of being a Prius driving eco hippy,I work in an oil refinery, and still want a healthy supply of octane to run a V-8 for a few more years yet.
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Old 30-05-2010, 09:26 AM   #11
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Read into this what you will...nothing like a good conspiracy theory!
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread568391/pg1
bahahaaa..... oh gees
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bahahaaa..... oh gees
If it were true I reckon the yanks would be doing more than just blowing mud and concrete down a hole!
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Old 30-05-2010, 12:21 PM   #13
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Believe me the guys working on stopping this are doing everything humanly possible, unfortunately it's not just a case of turning of a valve....
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Old 30-05-2010, 12:52 PM   #14
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unfortunately it's not just a case of turning of a valve....
but why isnt it a case of shutting off a valve ???/

i really dont understand how the industry does not have adequate disaster recovery plans in place to fix this type of problems efficiently and in a timely manner to eliminate the effect of the environment. surely the industry must be doing some sort of research on this trype of problem ?

how the governments can allow the industry to continue to operate without some sort of guidelines being put in place has got me. really cant be that good for business either.
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Old 30-05-2010, 01:31 PM   #15
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but why isnt it a case of shutting off a valve ???/

i really dont understand how the industry does not have adequate disaster recovery plans in place to fix this type of problems efficiently and in a timely manner to eliminate the effect of the environment. surely the industry must be doing some sort of research on this trype of problem ?

how the governments can allow the industry to continue to operate without some sort of guidelines being put in place has got me. really cant be that good for business either.
Because the drill rig was drilling at the time of the explosion, it had the drill casing going into the sea bed with the drill string running through it, under normal circumstances to cap it down there you need to remove the drill string first. When this exploded and burst into flames there was no time to do anything but evac the rig to prevent further loss of life, then when it sank it destroyed the well head, try drilling something with your drill, stop the drill with the drill bit still in the hole then yank the drill to one side snapping the bit, a bit simplistic but that is roughly what happened....

Guidelines...??? of course there's guidelines, as there are guidelines to stop airliners from crashing.....
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