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Let's hear some ideas to cap this oil leak ...
5-29-10 | boycott

Posted on 05/29/2010 2:27:01 PM PDT by boycott

Okay, I am not an expert in this field but sometimes the most simple ideas work the best. It should be obvious rather quickly that I am not an expert in this field.

I really just want to hear other's suggestions so I'll offer mine to spare you any embarrassment of your suggestions .... as silly as it may be ................

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As a temporary solution, a dome that is weighted at the bottom that is somewhat self-leveling -- something that would resemble sandbags joined/tied together so that it would seal off most, if not all, of the leak. The bags (or whatever the containers) could almost be self-leveling (it could be steel balls, chain links, sand, or whatever in the self-leveling bags). At the top of the dome is a large and obviously long pipe where the oil/gas mixture would be forced to exit at the surface into tankers. Pumps could be used to help maintain the flow-rate. Pumps may or may not be desired.

I am not sure of the type (or types) of pipe. I know there is a lot of pressure a mile below the surface. You may have to use a heavy steel pipe near the bottom. I wonder if something a little more flexible (imagine a big garden hose -- certainly much thicker and more ridgid.) could be used a little higher up. A combination of various types of pipe could possibly be used (steel, fiberglass, plastic, etc.). Pipe supports may be also needed.

If the area of the leak is 10', make the dome 20'+ around it. The shape isn't so important. What is important is sealing it off on the bottom and forcing the oil to the surface using pumps (if desired or needed.) via the pipe.

My suggestion is only for temporary recommendation until the relief well is done. You could then possibly drill closer to the area of the leak and I believe you could get there more quickly.

-- I believe all this could be done pretty quickly. Fusing large plastic pipe together could be done very quickly.

They might could use the first dome they tried to use or something like it. Put the weighted leveling devices on the sides and a steel pipe in the top of it. Then join the steel pipe with plastic (or fiberglass, etc., or whatever) as you get shallower. Use chain/ropes to lower the dome, pipes, pipe supports, etc.

I know my suggestion may be way off but sending golfballs and mud down the rig wasn't very complicated either. I am not fond of the NUKE OPTION I am hearing either.

I don't like the idea of waiting and doing nothing until August when they can drill the relief wells.

My thoughts are that if they could pick up just one idea from anyone, it might could help bring an end to this nightmare. It's day 40 and this slow-motion disaster continues before our eyes.

If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them. Also, please send them to ......

http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/546759/

BTW, I am in no way affiliated with DeepWaterHorizonResponse.com or any other organization involved in the response. I am just a guy that lives on the Gulf of Mexico that loves sealife / wildlife, beautiful sandy beaches, and our way of life.


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To: GOPJ

Drill a parallel well (hole) down 100-300 feet or so (would follow scientific measurements of depth and explosive) and implode an explosive at the bottom of it which would probably do the same thing that they’re trying now but would probably be more effective.


181 posted on 05/29/2010 3:43:12 PM PDT by yorkie01
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To: boycott

182 posted on 05/29/2010 3:44:26 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Past Your Eyes

I hope you are just SHAKING the Capitol over the hole and not dropping it in! That building is very valuable! Let its contents be the plug!


183 posted on 05/29/2010 3:46:12 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: boycott

Drop Obama’s head in it then we can tell his daughter “your daddy plugged the hole’


184 posted on 05/29/2010 3:46:39 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (demonicRATS... taxes, pain and slow death. Is this what you want?)
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To: bunkerhill7
A giant Shamwow.

My idea is to take every liberal Democrat and fill the pipe with them. It wont stop the leak but at least we'll be rid of them. They are extremely dense so there's some chance of it working.

185 posted on 05/29/2010 3:47:54 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: boycott
A giant angioplasty, I mean big!
186 posted on 05/29/2010 3:49:17 PM PDT by big bad easter bunny (A lie can get half way around the world before the truth gets it's boots on!-Mark Twain)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
You'd think the way they're talking about plugging the "oil leak" that they were drilling for something else.

So you're right...They found what they were looking for...Go after it...

187 posted on 05/29/2010 3:49:19 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: boycott
I've suggest powdered aluminum and lead pellets of varing sizes and hardness. Aluminum powder is what was used to stop a leak on the first nuclear submarine that went on to transit the artic underneath the polar ice cap.


188 posted on 05/29/2010 3:50:20 PM PDT by Errant
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To: boycott
First thing to do is put CHU "0bamas private idiot" in a cell you know the one that has a noble prize or something ... Look carefully at his IDEOLOGY and whether he is going to make things WORSE!

Those folks that are patriots and OATH keepers need to step up to the plate OBAMA and crew etc needs to be Watched!

189 posted on 05/29/2010 3:58:07 PM PDT by Tigen (I shall raise you one .)
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To: Tigen

I know that I don’t trust obama or any of his clowns.


190 posted on 05/29/2010 4:00:10 PM PDT by boycott (CAL)
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To: GreenStreak

That was my point. Upon loss of control, it should have been designed to shut.


191 posted on 05/29/2010 4:01:09 PM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi
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To: jyro

The problem is they’re having to go into the side of the BOP with the top some what open and the bottom pushing tons of fluid. They have to seal the top section before they can pump back down hole otherwise the cement will follow the path of least resistance. What they need is a 12 inch frac ball, to bad nobody makes one.


192 posted on 05/29/2010 4:04:00 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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To: GOPJ

Not quite useless. If it’s crude, most of the oil can be separated. The stuff on the surface is usable. If it’s allowed to separate a bit before you get whats left then the stuff that remains is close to the weight of water and it becomes difficult to find an economical way to use it. These “underwater plumes” would end up in some sort of heavy kiln or a land fill. The salt is hard on industrial equipment especially at the temperatures oil burns.


193 posted on 05/29/2010 4:06:18 PM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi
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To: TexasFreeper2009
The golf-balls are to seal the top section where the BOP failed to close, once sealed or pretty much restricted they can then start to pump down-hole.
194 posted on 05/29/2010 4:08:58 PM PDT by Dusty Road
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To: Dusty Road

Do frac balls expand? I thought the traveled down the pipe passing through the larger choke points until they found their right sized choke point and thereby created the high pressure point for the fracture.


195 posted on 05/29/2010 4:09:00 PM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi
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To: boycott
Get some bridge-building engineers in there. Determine the necessary diameter for a large caisson, build it, and drop it over the wellhead. NOW start pumping cement down into the caisson and sooner or later you have a capped well.
196 posted on 05/29/2010 4:13:43 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: boycott

Three Stooges - A Plumbing We Will Go


197 posted on 05/29/2010 4:14:35 PM PDT by NavyCanDo (Palin will see the Potomac from Her House)
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To: ZX12R
Yep It would make us all feel better but do nothing to stop the leak. Not sure president Biden could do much better.
198 posted on 05/29/2010 4:15:39 PM PDT by mrsixpack36
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To: Riley
"...Actually, I wonder how that stuff behaves under a mile of seawater and in the cold?..."


199 posted on 05/29/2010 4:15:57 PM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: boycott

Nuke it, Baby, Nuke it.


200 posted on 05/29/2010 4:16:14 PM PDT by bigoil
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