Posted on 05/27/2010 5:53:57 AM PDT by dennisw
Edited on 05/27/2010 6:12:15 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Reporting from Houma, La. Engineers have succeeded in stopping the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government's top oil spill commander, U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
bkmk
Nop ...damage to shore line was avoidable if promised equipment had been sent and permits given..he could have stayed on top of the issue and saved the shoreline. instead he sent lawyers
Let me see, what do I think we will hear today from the asshat:
1. Working with our business partners we were able to come up with a plan that seems to have worked to plug the oil flow in the Gulf. We will go forward now with the knowledge of what we need to do to ensure that future drilling is done within the scope of what is not deemed risky.
2. This incident shows just how dangerous it is for companies to go about rapping the enviornment at will. I am not going to tolerate companies putting short term gains at the long term losses for the country as my predecessor did. I am suspending indefinitely the drilling of any new wells in the GOM. I ask congress to increase the tax ten fold to promote the use of alternate energy sources. I have been working constantly to bring this matter to a successful conclusion since day 1. I will provide all means of support to local governments to complete the cleanup. I am certain we have learned a lot from this incident. I I I.
I know where I would put my money were I able to find someone to take the bet.
.......The BOP must hold up til this is done.......
Do we know exactly how the BOP failed? was it unable to cut the casing and seal the hole?
If Obama’s theory is stop the leak than worry about how to clean it up on the oil spill. I wonder why he can’t adopt the same theory on immigration.I hereby nominate this as the quote of the year!
Perhaps my expectations were wrong then. I was looking for the ejection to stop when the hydrostatic pressure of the fluid exceeded the well pressure. At any rate, let's hope they get a nice big concrete cork in that puppy today!
Just in time for Obozo’s presser today.
Must be the result of that “boot on the neck of BP”....
well no one would be drilling that far out if it were not for the eviro wacko lobby telling congress what it can and cannot do...and Sending lawyers first did nothing to help the shoreline. Also gove workers watching porno instead of inspecting off shore equipment is a big fail too.
I’m looking at that same video, have been since last night, doesn’t look like they stopped anything to me ... still ton’s of fluid (of some sort anyway..) gushing out of that thing...>>>>>>>>>>
The way I hear it that stuff is some of the drilling mud that is being jammed down the well to stanch the flow. Some mud is escaping. So not oil but mud is what you see
Excellent analogy!
I too am concerned about the moaning, groaning and bitching from Jindal and others in La. Seems to be a repeat of Katrina.
Jindal should have taken control and done what was needed for La. Spread hay, sawdust, hell, gone out and stolen some booms and skimmers. The hell with EPA and permits, do what needs to be done and take the consequences later. He has a whole damn navy of privateers that would gladly have volunteered.
He, like others before him, has waited for our glorious government in Washington to come to his rescue.
So long as you only see mud, things are going well.
Halleluja
Now, why didnt they try this sooner?
Of course Obama will claim credit. Just the fact that he’s in office makes the planet heal itself....
I pray Obama will take his own great advice, and plug his own big fat hole.
I'm far from being an expert here, you sound far more knowledgeable than I on this topic. I sure hope you're right. :-)
My thoughts, too.
We are still recommending “holding your breath” for a short while longer.
What is the evidence that this is a “huge” find? The geology of this part of the Gulf is well-known and if it were that big, it would have been discovered sooner. I have heard this from several people through the days that it is as big as the fields in Saudia Arabia and that it runs from Texas to Florida. From what I have heard, it is your standard deepwater 50 to 100 million barrel oil field, which is about three days worth of supply for the US.
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