The US Oil Spill - How and Why? Can someone please explain?
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Wadaich
Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
Please refer to the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion"!
Dear Brother,
You may please refer to the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" to have answer about the following questions:
1. Oil leakage is out of control? and Oil pricing control
2. Excess wheat, sugar and other eatables are thrown in sea? Nothing for famine struck in Africa?
3. Medical insurance drama?
4. Bohemian Groove?
5. Church of the Satan?
6. Satanic Bible?
7. War industry?
8. 13 Blood lines of power- The Illuminati?
9. The western concept of the Democracy?
And soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo on..................................................
Dear Brother,
You may please refer to the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" to have answer about the following questions:
1. Oil leakage is out of control? and Oil pricing control
2. Excess wheat, sugar and other eatables are thrown in sea? Nothing for famine struck in Africa?
3. Medical insurance drama?
4. Bohemian Groove?
5. Church of the Satan?
6. Satanic Bible?
7. War industry?
8. 13 Blood lines of power- The Illuminati?
9. The western concept of the Democracy?
And soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo on..................................................
awan4ever
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
The leakage happened due to a faulty cementing operation of the well which was supposed to be plugged. Gases started leaking from the well as soon as cementing was done and BP used substandard equipment to save money even though they knew it was a risky option. The accumulation of gases lead to an explosion and caused the rig to burn and sink.
The well is at the bottom of the ocean and a pipe called a 'riser' connects it to the gathering platform on the rig floor. When the rig sank the riser broke and the subsurface safety valves failed to actuate leading to an uncontrollable leakage of oil from the well. This is similar to when a garden hose bursts at several places and starts leaking water.
It is hard to control because of the great depth (5000 feet below) where only robotic submarines can operate. Moreover the riser pipe is now like a needle at the bottom of the ocean and it is very very hard to plug the leak. Various methods are being employed but none seem to be very effective.
The last major effort would be to drill a relief well on the side of the leaking well and then pump in cement to plug it down below. This is again a very risky and tough job with limited success rates. As of now this is getting worse even though BP claims they have succeed in reducing the flow with one of the methods of capping the leak.
http://media.nola.com/news_impact/other/oil-cause-050710.pdf
THe leak is estimated to be dumping between 2 and 16 million liters of oil into the ocean per day depending on which analysis you want to believe but even 2 million a day is a BIG amount.
There are some 'conspiracy theories floating around blaming Halliburton (they did the cementing job and also own the clean up company employed for cleaning up the spill now) for deliberately causing the spill but there isnt much hard evidence yet. For now it is an engineering failure of gigantic proportions and will destroy the ecology of a vast area as oil spreads with the currants of the ocean.
foqia khan
MPA (400+ posts)
Interesting part that BP, the oil giant operating the drilling rig spend 50 million $ on advertistisment to counter all negative press they getting for this oil spill that includes $10,000 a day in Google adwords. Essentially, BP has purchased from Google words like oil spill. As a result, when you search on Google for those words guess where the search results take you? To BP so that they can give you some more of their spin.
Im not against advertising or crisis communication. But shouldnt BP spend its money cleaning up the spill first? but now BP doesn't know how to stop that leak and surprisingly there had been almost blackout on the MSM about this issue until now, so, it actually means the situation is even worse than the coming update .
I found this guys video to explain the whole scenario in a real understandable way !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th2DSO0phgI
Im not against advertising or crisis communication. But shouldnt BP spend its money cleaning up the spill first? but now BP doesn't know how to stop that leak and surprisingly there had been almost blackout on the MSM about this issue until now, so, it actually means the situation is even worse than the coming update .
I found this guys video to explain the whole scenario in a real understandable way !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th2DSO0phgI
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awan4ever
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
No one is really 'equipped' to plug a leak of this size at a depth of 5000 feet. The fail safes in place are supposed to prevent things from happening but once something actually happens and preventive measures fail like in this case, then its only hit and trial methods of plugging that are left to employ.
Nawazish
Minister (2k+ posts)
Thanks awan for explaining this in detail.
Adeel
Founder
Interesting how an oil spill is hyped and the effect it can have on the fragile, innocent american people and their land!
Ever wondered how heavy bombardment effected the iraqi, afghani people and their homes. How Japan had to suffer because of Usa dropping an atomic bomb!
Bunch of hypocrits
Ever wondered how heavy bombardment effected the iraqi, afghani people and their homes. How Japan had to suffer because of Usa dropping an atomic bomb!
Bunch of hypocrits
gazoomartian
Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
The oil leakage is purely an accident yaar. It happened at the seabed hence hard to control. Its belching out over 5000 barrels a day into the waters, off the coast or Louisiana and Mississippi. I personally dont know the real reason of this disaster but then again accidents do happen. But it will be controlled, hopefully sooner than later.
It could also be that BP doesnt pay zakat so Allah (swt) is making them waste $millions in ocean and perhaps millions in penalty that Obama is going slap. :)
awan4ever
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
biomat
Minister (2k+ posts)
http://www.geo.tv/7-21-2010/68709.htm
China beaches closed after oil spill
Updated at: 1012 PST, Wednesday, July 21, 2010
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have closed several beaches and an island resort near the major port of Dalian as they try to clean up an oil spill that has affected crude shipments, state media said Wednesday.
Tourists were barred from Bangchui island and city beaches amid ongoing efforts to clean up the slick that stretches over at least 183 square kilometers (70 square miles) of ocean, the local daily said.
More than 23 tonnes of oil-eating bacteria and dozens of oil-skimming vessels are being used to remove the slick, after a pipeline explosion and fire on Friday sent tonnes of crude spilling into the sea. Some state media reports put the amount of the spill at 1,500 tonnes, but others said the total amount was unknown. So far, at least 460 tonnes of oil have been scooped up, according to the local news agency.
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http://www.geo.tv/7-20-2010/68685.htm
BP selling Pakistan assets to pay for oil spill
Updated at: 2104 PST, Tuesday, July 20, 2010
KARACHI: BP Plc plans to divest its exploration and production operations in Pakistan, as part of a plan to sell global assets to help pay for the worst oil spill in US history, a BP official said on Tuesday.
"This process should be completed by December 2010," said Sabeen Jatoi, the BP spokesperson.
"Pricing will be a matter for bidders. ... We will not be selling at a price that does not represent a good deal for BP shareholders."
However, there are no bidders right now and BP is setting up its dataroom in Pakistan after which bidders will come forward as with any acquisition, Jatoi added.
BP unveiled plans last month for about $10 billion in asset sales following the oil spill which has caused an economic and environmental disaster in five US states along the Gulf Coast.
BP said in a statement that it had spent $3.95 billion on efforts to cap the well and clean up the spill.
China beaches closed after oil spill
Updated at: 1012 PST, Wednesday, July 21, 2010
BEIJING: Chinese authorities have closed several beaches and an island resort near the major port of Dalian as they try to clean up an oil spill that has affected crude shipments, state media said Wednesday.
Tourists were barred from Bangchui island and city beaches amid ongoing efforts to clean up the slick that stretches over at least 183 square kilometers (70 square miles) of ocean, the local daily said.
More than 23 tonnes of oil-eating bacteria and dozens of oil-skimming vessels are being used to remove the slick, after a pipeline explosion and fire on Friday sent tonnes of crude spilling into the sea. Some state media reports put the amount of the spill at 1,500 tonnes, but others said the total amount was unknown. So far, at least 460 tonnes of oil have been scooped up, according to the local news agency.
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http://www.geo.tv/7-20-2010/68685.htm
BP selling Pakistan assets to pay for oil spill
Updated at: 2104 PST, Tuesday, July 20, 2010
"This process should be completed by December 2010," said Sabeen Jatoi, the BP spokesperson.
"Pricing will be a matter for bidders. ... We will not be selling at a price that does not represent a good deal for BP shareholders."
However, there are no bidders right now and BP is setting up its dataroom in Pakistan after which bidders will come forward as with any acquisition, Jatoi added.
BP unveiled plans last month for about $10 billion in asset sales following the oil spill which has caused an economic and environmental disaster in five US states along the Gulf Coast.
BP said in a statement that it had spent $3.95 billion on efforts to cap the well and clean up the spill.
