We didn't do it, the blue meanies did.
Sounds like we’re pretty much right back to day one all around.
This is just awful. All that beautiful oil wasted.
If we could only get Rolling Stone on this case, the problem would be resolved within 24 hours.
This oil rig mess is becoming a metaphor for the United States. Relentless negative news and nobody seems to be able to do anything about it...
The containment cap on top of the Macondo blowout in the US Gulf has been pulled the the Transocean drillship Discoverer Enterprise has moved off location after a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) hit the cap.
When it bumped the cap, the ROV inadvertently closed one of the vents that regulate the amount of oil and natural gas flowing up through the system and keep pressure from building, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said at a press briefing in Washington.
The closure caused pressure to build in the system and hydrocarbons began bubbling up through the line that is used to inject warm water around the pipe bringing oil to the surface.
The water keeps natural gas hydrate chrystals from forming in the line and clogging it.
Discoverer Enterprise, which was flaring natural gas from the production line, moved off location after the hydrocarbons were spotted due to worries that it could ignite.
Allen said he hopes to rehook the system this afternoon and Helix Energy Solution’s service platform Q4000 continues to flare off about 10,000 barrels per day.
http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article218519.ece
You gotta wonder what the robot sub driver uttered when he realized what had just happened—”Oops”, “Uh-oh”, “Oh s**t!”...?
happy day 64!
and is 0bama in planning sessions around the clock? hardly.
if he meeting with engineers to determine the best course of action? hardly.
has he even appointed a qualified person with oil drilling experience to oversee the situation? hardly.
looks like its dems @ work as usual.
Somebody let Zilch know after he makes the turn at Congressional.
I think they-as in the BP engineers and workers on the ground, not the smarmy executives and our incompetent squared govt-have done pretty well and at times surprisingly well in containing the oil coming out so far given what they have had to work with. I can see where you are coming from-I to hear most media coverage tell it, everyone from the bottom up who works for BP is a useless screw up. But I think how badly the govt has also run the affair cannot be overestimated. And to be honest, I still wonder of this could have been sabotage.
Time for 0-bummer to kick more ass.
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We didn't do it, the blue meanies did.
Allen and/or ABC and the rest of the media need to settle on a unit of measure. Starting to get the impression they use gallons when they want to show progress and barrels when they want to attempt to minimize the problem.
Conversion of Allen's numbers:
700,000 gallons = 16,666 barrels
438,000 gallons = 10,428 barrels
We should apologize to and not browbeat BP. (/sarc)
we need to get Rolling Stone over to the golf course and get an exclusive
Where is WALL-E?
I understand that Obama is in charge of every aspect of this operation.
Does anyone know who’s ROV did this? I’ve not seen that ID’d in what stories I’ve read on this so far. Lack of identification in media stories often means “(D)” so might this have been a Coast Guard and thus an Obama bot?
Total and complete incompetence on the part of BP. This is what happens when accountants and lawyers run engineering companies instead of engineers. An MBA is not competent to run such a company.
maybe somebody nudged the joystick a little bit...