• Cap on BP Oil Well is Working, But....
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[I]via: [/I]Fox News. [QUOTE]- FOXNews.com - June 07, 2010 [B]Coast Guard: Cap on Damaged Well Stopping up to 462,000 Gallons of Oil Daily[/B] Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says crews hope to increase the amount that's collected at the surface. He says BP is anticipating moving another ship into the area. [IMG]http://tags.bluekai.com/site/668[/IMG] The cap on the damaged BP oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is now keeping up to 462,000 gallons of oil a day from leaking into the sea, the Coast Guard admiral overseeing the government's response to the spill said Monday. That's up from about 441,000 gallons on Saturday and about 250,000 on Friday. Federal authorities have estimated the ruptured pipe is leaking between 500,000 gallons and about 1 million gallons a day. Adm. Thad Allen said Monday at the White House, where he'll be meeting with President Barack Obama and Cabinet members, that crews hope to increase the amount that's collected at the surface. BP is anticipating moving another ship into the area to help move the collected oil, he said. Allen also said the battle against the oil already in the Gulf now involves "hundreds of thousands" of individual patches. Small vessels in the area have been enlisted to help capture those patches using skimmers, he said. Allen elaborated on his comments over the weekend that the spill cleanup would last into fall, acknowledging the full cleanup would take much longer. He said that "dealing with the oil spill on the surface will take a couple of months" but that the process of getting oil out of marshlands and other habitats "will be years." The 462,000 gallons or so a day now being collected is up from about 252,000 three days ago when oil was first drawn through the device. The flow rates were developed by the U.S. government, which is no longer relying on the London-based oil giant for estimates. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said that penalties eventually leveled against BP would be based on how much oil has been spilled, and the government will use its own figures. Allen said BP needs to make improvements on getting money to individuals and businesses who have been harmed by the spill. "We'd like them to get better at claims," Allen said. Individuals have begun to get partial payments, but Allen said the government is pushing for that to be "routinized" so that people know to expect regular checks. The problems with business claims are worse, he said. Because such claims require more complicated documentation and processing, they are going slower and government officials were meeting with BP on Monday to try to speed it up, Allen said. "That appears that may be a little cumbersome right now," he said. "We think they need to do that better and quicker." "It's not a core competency of BP so we're trying to get them some help," Allen said. Allen wouldn't directly answer whether he trusted BP, but he said the company is cooperating with the government's demands for action and information. [I]The Associated Press contributed to this report [/I] [/QUOTE][U] [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/07/long-road-oil-cleanup-looms-gulf-coast/"]Source[/URL] [/U]
BP can tell everyone exactly how much oil this thing is capturing, but can only estimate how much is actually spilling? :raise:
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;22443961]BP can tell everyone exactly how much oil this thing is capturing, but can only estimate how much is actually spilling? :raise:[/QUOTE] Uh, yeah. They can measure what they collect, but can only look at what is coming up and make a guess. Although their guess range is awful.
lets all go steal free oil
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;22443961]BP can tell everyone exactly how much oil this thing is capturing, but can only estimate how much is actually spilling? :raise:[/QUOTE] ...huh? It's a lot easier to know what you have over what you...don't
[QUOTE=Kymandu;22444287]lets all go steal free oil[/QUOTE] But what can it be used for? It's not like anyone here have their own refinery.
[QUOTE=Van-man;22444399]But what can it be used for? It's not like anyone here have their own refinery.[/QUOTE] I didnt think that comment through enough to answer such questions.
[QUOTE=Kymandu;22444287]lets all go steal free oil[/QUOTE] And do what with it exactly?
You can burn the oil [editline]09:36PM[/editline] Make death traps with it [editline]09:36PM[/editline] Pollute environments
[QUOTE=Fippe;22444463]You can burn the oil [editline]09:36PM[/editline] Make death traps with it [editline]09:36PM[/editline] Pollute environments[/QUOTE] Use the oil for a Tar & Feathers treatment, for whoever is responsible for the design & manufacturing of that shitty oil-rig.
[QUOTE=Fippe;22444463]Pollute environments[/QUOTE] way ahead of you on that one :clint:
Why is our world so fucking stupid
[QUOTE=flippy645;22444638]Why is our country so fucking stupid[/QUOTE] fixed
[QUOTE=Kymandu;22444651][QUOTE]Why is BP so fucking stupid.[/QUOTE]fixed[/QUOTE] Fixed the fixed.
[QUOTE=Kymandu;22444287]lets all go steal free oil[/QUOTE] Everything you steal is free and if it would be already free before stolen, why steal it. Apart of that, I think this is at least better than nothing.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;22444684]Fixed the fixed.[/QUOTE] Badly.
[QUOTE=Johnnsen;22444726]Everything you steal is free and if it would be already free before stolen, why steal it. Apart of that, I think this is at least better than nothing.[/QUOTE] Except now that it's [i]partially[/i] stopped they won't work on it as hard or won't spend as much money. That's how big business usually works sadly.
[QUOTE=flippy645;22444638]Why is our world so fucking stupid[/QUOTE] Because the EXACT same thing happened 30 years ago, and you guys think this is the FIRST time it happened.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;22444684]Fixed the fixed.[/QUOTE] It's not BP's fault...
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;22446553]It's not BP's fault...[/QUOTE] BP's well, BP's staff, BP's problem.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;22446480]Because the EXACT same thing happened 30 years ago, and you guys think this is the FIRST time it happened.[/QUOTE] Well yeah you were exercising your way to stardom while it was happening.
[QUOTE=Van-man;22444399]But what can it be used for? It's not like anyone here have their own refinery.[/QUOTE] Get a nice big steel boiler, and a nice strong fire. Voila!! Home made refinery. Honestly I think it would be a good idea to allow the public to harvest some free crude, it would solve the oil prices issue, there would be incentive for people to go out and clean up the oil, and everyone feels better for helping the little critters getting oiled.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;22446553]It's not BP's fault...[/QUOTE] Except it is. They didn't maintain their shit as much as they needed, there were other incidents for example a broken pipeline because of rust(?). [editline]08:29PM[/editline] [QUOTE=bravehat;22447368] Honestly I think it would be a good idea to allow the public to harvest some free crude, it would solve the oil prices issue, there would be incentive for people to go out and clean up the oil, and everyone feels better for helping the little critters getting oiled.[/QUOTE] Hillbillies wringing out oiled up critters and sea birds to fill up their tanks, exactly what we need.
I said get the crude, not the oiled up critters, just get some buckets and some pumps and scoop the shit up the boil off the water, and go out for a leisurely boat ride.
[QUOTE=Johnnsen;22447372]Except it is. They didn't maintain their shit as much as they needed, there were other incidents for example a broken pipeline because of rust(?). [editline]08:29PM[/editline] Hillbillies wringing out oiled up critters and sea birds to fill up their tanks, exactly what we need.[/QUOTE] The rig was hired from an American company who specialized in deep sea drilling, it wasn't BP's rig, it was BP's well. The only reason everyones blaming BP is because Obama put the blame on them to cover his own ass after he encouraged deep sea drilling and didn't enforce the necessary safety protocols.
[QUOTE=bravehat;22447439]I said get the crude, not the oiled up critters, just get some buckets and some pumps and scoop the shit up the boil off the water, and go out for a leisurely boat ride.[/QUOTE] That was more of a joke, I found the mental image funny of greedy people wringing out critters.
Saw on CNN this morning they were talking about the after-effects of dropping a nuke on it. I didn't catch all of it because I was in a rush, but seriously, a nuke? Lets just start dumping all of our radioactive waste in the ocean from now on!
[QUOTE=Jacam12SUX;22447996]Saw on CNN this morning they were talking about the after-effects of dropping a nuke on it. I didn't catch all of it because I was in a rush, but seriously, a nuke? Lets just start dumping all of our radioactive waste in the ocean from now on![/QUOTE] A nuclear weapon itself would not leave much waste, but it would irradiate all of the oil in the area. So not only would there be pools of oil, it would be radioactive and raining from the sky, forming radioactive pools of oil. C'mon, doesn't that sound like fun?
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;22447743]The rig was hired from an American company who specialized in deep sea drilling, it wasn't BP's rig, it was BP's well. The only reason everyones blaming BP is because Obama put the blame on them to cover his own ass after he encouraged deep sea drilling and didn't enforce the necessary safety protocols.[/QUOTE] This. However, Transocean isn't an american company. And transocean has a LENGTHY trouble record with poorly maintaining their rigs. Ixtoc was Transoceans. Deepwater Horizon, Transocean. Both failed at the same thing: Faulty BOP. Yet the retards keep bashing BP for cleaning up the mess they didn't create.
If it is not BP responsible for maintaining these things, who is, and who is legally responsible for this?
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