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AP Breaking: Platforms and Pipelines Destroyed In Gulf of Mexico
ABC 13 Houston ^

Posted on 09/14/2008 1:29:45 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

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To: The_Media_never_lie
What could have possibly happened to the pipelines?

If the water was moving enough, the water could cause the pipe to break in one or several places. Enough movement might even cause the pipeline to be displaced and hard to find. Fixing a broken pipe on the ocean floor isn't an easy exercise.

61 posted on 09/14/2008 7:50:02 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
What could have possibly happened to the pipelines?

If the water was moving enough, the water could cause the pipe to break in one or several places. Enough movement might even cause the pipeline to be displaced and hard to find. Fixing a broken pipe on the ocean floor isn't an easy exercise.

62 posted on 09/14/2008 7:51:02 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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Oil is down to under $99 - that should tell you all you need to know whether it’s bad or good.


63 posted on 09/14/2008 7:52:18 PM PDT by farlander (Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
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To: CARTOUCHE
Right, if the pipelines were damaged or leaking wouldn’t we be seeing oil slicks along the coast somewhere?

No, once the integrity of the pipeline was lost, the production platforms would stop putting oil in the pipes. Many of the platforms likely stopped all production before the storm anyway.

64 posted on 09/14/2008 7:53:06 PM PDT by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: My Favorite Headache

How long before this appears in a Democrat anti-drilling commercial?....


65 posted on 09/14/2008 8:02:11 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: AFPhys
The ABC Houston station reported that a visual survey concluded that ten platforms are destroyed. If so, that is a costly hit, but acceptable damage, all things considered. The AP story is worthless, since it didn't quantify the damage in any way,

John / Billybob

66 posted on 09/14/2008 8:05:33 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (www.theacru.org)
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To: AFPhys
I've no agenda, m'friend, none at all. I must respectfully differ with your notion of energy mkts 'spiking' tomorrow a.m., though.

I **am**, however, quite willing to sell intraday rallies, and to sell the gasoline crack (buy NYMEX CL, sell NYMEX RBOB, probably for X, i.e. November).

As they (sort of) used to say during WW II, ''trade 'em if ya got 'em'', and FReegards to you!

67 posted on 09/14/2008 10:29:33 PM PDT by SAJ
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To: Congressman Billybob

There was a poster, who supplies the oil industry with products and services that he was getting calls to fly in material and people ASAP (they were going to need at least a 737 or larger (I would guess a 767), on one of the Hurricane Ike threads that mentioned he was getting calls from customers. One of the customers was much more shook up than ever, including times when refineries had experienced massive explosions.

Based on that, something VERY bad must have happened in the Gulf region relate to the oil business.


68 posted on 09/14/2008 10:45:41 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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