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To: GonzoII
Here's an idea if anyone can get it to someone who take a look at it. This won't fix the undersurface problem but it may help and fix the oil lost at the well head. My idea:

The oil leaking from the well is more than can be stored in surface ships so how bout putting together a floating pipeline from the surface ship to the New Orleans off shore oil port

The port is about 20 miles off the Louisiana coast and handles about 1 million barrels of crude oil a day, or 11 percent of U.S. imports. It consists of mooring buoys, platforms and pipelines.

The port is 20 miles offshore and that leaves about 30 - 40 more miles of floating pipe needed to bridge the gap. The oil could be stored in one of the many underground salt dome storage facilities in Louisiana where it could be processed and later refined.

NOOP can handle a hell of a lot more oil than what is being lost and maybe the well could be opened up even more to relieve some of the back pressure that's causing problems down hole as they call it.

47 posted on 06/13/2010 7:27:40 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Errant
It's actually call "LOOP" (Louisiana Offshore Oil Port).

Information on Wikipedia

53 posted on 06/13/2010 7:31:09 PM PDT by Errant
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