Posted on 05/27/2010 12:05:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
British Petroleum and the federal government are both claiming victory today after an experimental process to stop the flow of oil from a blowout in the Gulf appears to have succeeded. The “top kill” process dumped mud into the broken pipe, effectively snuffing out the spewing of thousands of barrels of oil (via Instapundit):
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, Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning.
The so-called “top kill” effort, launched Wednesday afternoon by industry and government engineers in Houston, has pumped enough drilling fluid to block all oil and gas from the well, Allen said. The pressure from the well is very low, but persistent, he said.
Once engineers have reduced the well pressure to zero, they will begin to pump cement into the hole to entomb the well. To help that effort, he said, engineers are also pumping some debris into the blowout preventer at the top of the well.
That’s pretty good timing for today’s presser, but undeniably just great news altogether. It verifies a more or less speculative solution that apparently was the last guess at stopping the oil. “Top kill” had worked at much shallower depths in the past, but so had the bell cap process, too, which turned out to be unsuitable for 5,000 feet.
However, the trouble may not yet be past. The ship pumping the mud has run out of material; a second ship is on the way. The shell of mud may still blow open from the upward pressure, but that could be resolved by more applications of “top kill.”
Now all that is left is the cleanup — and that will take much, much longer than plugging the leak did. Expect this to drag on for months and perhaps years.
Lol, and just one more minor detail. You told me nothing in your post #52. It was not addressed to me. My first post #67 was addressed to post #1 and I never even read your post until you began referring to it incessantly.
Why will you let me know when the well is capped? I haven't asked you to do that.
Because I told you I would.......perhaps you should review the thread.....
I have no need of being told. And you are delusional for thinking anyone needs to be told anything by you on this subject.
I'll let you know when the well is capped......genius.
I'm sorry, but I thought a mental giant, such as yourself, might actually read the thread and have a basic understanding of it. I didn't realize you were a pampered little girl that needs her hand held to understand the most basic concepts of speech and comprehension.
I'll let you know when the well is capped.....
The Oil Drum has morons posting just as we do on FR Joe. I think the well is still under control and they are getting ready to cement. Let's pray it works.
Yes, there have definitely been morons posting on this thread, and post #148 illustrates well how totally uninformed and lacking in knowledge and understanding some of the posters have been.
Tell whomever you want when the well is finally capped, but you've already proven of how little value your 'assessments' of this situation have been.
And let's not forget my post #52, that you never bothered to read....
"But don't jump for joy yet people, mud is highly abrasive, so now it is a race against the clock to keep pressure on the leak, not blow the BOP or manifold to pieces or erode them to the point of uselessness and pump cement down hole."
Obviously, it didn't work....
Your complete lack of reading and comprehension skills, combined with your abrasive, asinine posting style can only leave me to believe that you are either a complete dumbass or a haaavard, princeton or perhaps a yale grad......I'll let you know when the well is capped.
Good stuff! Haven’t seen a flame war in a long time.
Will88 knows exactly what has been posted, she has decided to play dumb and insult me.....I'm off for a few days and I love playing with trolls....;)
My word what WHINING. You’re not God, you’re not in charge of the BP operation, you’re not an expert on the situation, and nobody it seems asked you. Stuff it already.
LOL! I will give my opinion anywhere I want. You may not like it, but I'm not going to "stuff it" because you're to damn dumb to understand what I post. Any questions?
Being understood is not the issue here.
Really? What is the issue? Every post I made about the top kill effort was correct, except where I said " I think the well is still under control and they are getting ready to cement".....they obviously didn't cement it....which is why I started the sentence with "I think". I gave links to other sources so that you can read and make your own judgment on the situation, difficult work for some little nancies on this thread, which is why I finally said I'll let them know when the well is capped.
“Really? What is the issue?”
You being an antagonistic whiny self-righteous troll.
Chill.
I see. ctdonath2 decides who is a troll.....get screwed little girl.
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