BP well may be spewing 100,000 barrels a day, scientist says

So whats that? Half a Exxon-Valdez a day?

What a waste. Gas prices are going up for sure.

Not to mention the massive mess that Obama hasn't done anything about.

AND the eleven men who died. After the first couple of days, nothing much has been said about them.

AND the eleven men who died. After the first couple of days, nothing much has been said about them

You're absolutely right. Thanks for the reminder.

I feel badly that I hadn't given them so much as a thought since it all happened.

Is there a functioning pressure sensor in the BOP? What does a plot of its values look like?

If there isn't one, one could be hooked up at one of those BOP ports used in the kill operation.

100,000 barrels a day, a member of the government panel told McClatchy Monday.

Propaganda???? Never from a "member of the governemt"./s

1) Pres_ _ent Obama and Rahm and the DNC gets $$$$$ from BP ............. check
"Obama biggest recipient of BP cash
.. more than $3.5 million…with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama"

"British Petroleum (BP) pumped $71,000 into Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign"

"White House chief tied to BP adviser"

"Top PR firm for BP tied to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel"

Bombshell expose'. The real money is in the use of dispersements.
NALCO is based in Chicago with subsidiaries in Brazil, Russia, India, China and Indonesia. "

Agencies to Study Dispersant Use and Ecosystem Impacts of Dispersed Oil in the Gulf of Mexico"

2) The secret reasons for the $$$$$ to Obama ............. check
BP oil leak: Fallen Deepwater Horizon was tapping second largest oil deposit in the world"

3) Pres_ _ent Obama exempts BP from normal requirements ......... check
U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study (Obama let it happen)"

Gulf oil spill: BP has a long record of legal, ethical violations "

Federal Regulator Repeatedly Failed to Inspect Deepwater Horizon "

"U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study"

"Obama admin exempted BP's Gulf drilling from environmental impact study "

"Obama sheltered BP's Deepwater Horizon rig from regulatory requirement"

"Red Flags Were Ignored Aboard Doomed Rig "

"US allowed drilling 'without required permits"

"U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits"

4) Pres_ _ent Obama creates a dangerous, negligent environment before, during, and after the event ......... check

BP's new plan risks worsening oil spill"

Internal Documents Show Early Worries About Safety of Rig"

BP reports warning signs before gulf oil rig explosion"

"Heated Argument on Rig Hours Before Blast ( Deepwater Horizon oil spill )"

"Workers on doomed BP oil rig: Corners were cut to save money"

"BP Used Riskier Method to Seal Oil Well Before Blast"

"U.S. oil drilling regulator ignored experts' red flags on environmental risks"

5) Pres_ _ent Obama, BP, and the DNC begin the obstruction ......... check
“Coast Guard Logs Show Administration Knew Extent of Oil Spill within 24 Hours"

"There Was 'Nobody in Charge' (Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Fire)"

Limited Media Access to Oil Spill"

"McCarthy: Obama hasn't returned call of lawmaker representing district of rig!! "

"Obama sat on sand berm request 2 weeks, still no reply"

"Frustration over sand barriers boils in Louisiana as federal government offers few answers"

6) Pres_ _ent Obama, BP and the DNC begin the coverup ......... check
“BP well may be spewing 100,000 barrels a day”

In their most tenacious effort to control the ‘spin’ on the worst oil spill disaster in the history,
BP has purchased top internet search engine words so they can re-direct people away from real news on the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe."

BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill"

BP buses in 400 for photo op with Obama

"BP shipped in workers for president's visit"

"Oil Spill - CBS Threatened With Arrest For Filming The Oil Spill (Coast Guard: "This Is BP's Rules."

"Lab Chosen To Test Oil Spill Water & Animal Samples Has Ties To BP"

President Delays Oil Spill Recovery Efforts For San Francisco Fundraiser With Getty Oil Heirs"

7) The REAL DEAL: Pres_ _ent Obama displays utter incompetance (again) ......... check
"Louisianans take oil cleanup in own hands as frustration mounts."

"The President couldn't determine if MMS head Elizabeth Birnbaum was fired or she resigned."

"President Obama Returns to LA to Assess the Oil Crisis"

8) The REAL DEAL: Pres_ _ent Obama destroys America (again) ......... check
"Analysis: Could U.S. Lose 200 Rigs by the End of Summer? "

Leifer is an ICS Global Warming advocate.

http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/people/Bio.php?cat=RS&name_first=Ira&name_last=Leifer

http://www.bubbleology.com/BubbleologyFrame.html

thanks for the info

Interesting facts included in teh article:

" Allen said early Monday that BP had closed one of the four vents on the cap and would try to close the others to get more oil flowing to the containment vessel. However, Wells, the BP vice president, later in the day said that the company had changed its view about the need to close the vents.

At first glance, it seemed that closing the vents was necessary to maximize the amount of oil and gas that could be collected, but that didn’t prove to be the case, he said. Keeping some vents open gave the company more flexibility when it had to shut down temporarily during a storm, as it did during a thunderstorm Sunday, he said."

Watching the video is seems the "cap" is oscillating in it's height above the BOP as the spewage flow apparently surges.

100K barrels a day...frankly I doubt that number is accurate. Would seem like a simple calcuation, velocity through a whatever size pipe times a time period.

My sense is there is a bit of politics in this number.

If anything, 100,000 barrels a day shows how we NEED offshore drilling.

100K per day is 0.5% of total US daily demand - from one well! That’s a lot.

My guess is that some months after this is all over, people will sit down and take a calm look at all the numbers and report that most of what was reported during this crisis simply wasn’t true. That’s usually the way these things go.

It might be worthwhile to know what nearby wells are producing.

I’ll wait for someone from BP to tell us this. I stopped trusting Government officials years ago.

thanks for posting.

My sense is there is a bit of politics in this number.

BP has to pay royalities on ALL the oil from that well, even the oil that’s not being collected. The bigger the number, the bigger the check.

They are producing nothing, BamBam shut them down...

“BP oil spill nears Miami by June 9 says forecast”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsMNElZ1Z40

Deepwater Horizon well may be spewing what the company once-called its worst case scenario — 100,000 barrels a day>>>>>>

Probably true or a least 50,000 per day, plus at least two more months of this as relief wells get drilled. The Gulf coastal areas of Louisiana, Alabama. Mississippi, Florida, are screwed to a fair thee well. Jobs gone, tourism shot, fisheries and oyster beds off limits for 5 years or more. I think beaches will be sort of OK. They are the easiest to keep cleaning up as tar balls appear and BP will pay for it anyways.