Another Disgusting Oil Spill!!

reefraff

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I heard "plan B" is to place a dome over the well and siphon the oil off and plan C would be drilling a interceptor well. Not sure if they have made progress trying to shut down the valves.
 
mrdc

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The link I just posted mentions the dome but said it hasn't been tested in such deep water.
 
reefraff

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Originally Posted by mrdc
http:///forum/post/3263649
The link I just posted mentions the dome but said it hasn't been tested in such deep water.
Yeah, they use one off the california coast on a natural seep but that ain't no 5000 feet deep. No reason why it wouldn't work though, MAYBE
 
ibanez

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I imagine the heat caused from burning the oil would just about boil the sea below for quit a ways. This is so sad.
 
ibanez

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Um, the whole thing is sad. Am I only allowed to be sad about people dieing or am I allowed to be sad about the millions of animals that will be affected too?
 
reefraff

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Burning the oil in deeper water shouldn't cause any issue with wildlife. It isn't like the water will instantly heat up so most critters will swim away. If they let it get close in before they torch it then there could be a problem. Right now that slick doesn't look thick enough to burn.
 
mrdc

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On the news this morning, someone from the gulf beach was complaining about an exhaust like smell. The experts don't know if it was the smell from the oil rig fire, the oil slick or something else. Either way, it didn't occur to me how bad it may smell if the slick hits the beaches.
 
stdreb27

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Originally Posted by mrdc
http:///forum/post/3263838
On the news this morning, someone from the gulf beach was complaining about an exhaust like smell. The experts don't know if it was the smell from the oil rig fire, the oil slick or something else. Either way, it didn't occur to me how bad it may smell if the slick hits the beaches.
I dunno about you, but the beach often smells, thanks to sea weed, red tides and other crap...
 
reefraff

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Originally Posted by IbanEz
http:///forum/post/3263806
It said it is sweet crude, like the constancy of roofing tar.
Then it's fairly heavy gravity. They might be able to burn it off. It will tend to stick to it'self more than spread out in a thin sheet across the water.
 
reefraff

reefraff

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Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3263855
I dunno about you, but the beach often smells, thanks to sea weed, red tides and other crap...
Yeah, if it's sweet crude it shouldn't smell as bad but if it was burning I would think it would leave a pretty foul oder.
 
reefraff

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This is pretty much a worst case scenario. If they can deal with this I can't imagine anything worse happening.
 
stdreb27

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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3263959
This is pretty much a worst case scenario. If they can deal with this I can't imagine anything worse happening.
The valdez was much larger actually. But this is the biggest one down here in a loong time.
 
reefraff

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Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3263981
The valdez was much larger actually. But this is the biggest one down here in a loong time.
I am talking production accidents. This one is a 5 star blue ribbon turd storm. Something like the Valdez happening again isn't as likely because of the double wall design of tankers since then. Tanker accidents are always going to be the worst because they tend to happen close to land.
 
the maggot

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Hope the burn works. Going to take years to clean up if they can't get the leak fixed! 20 years ago seen a guy on TV who made a boom (like the ones used for containing the oil) filled with chicken feathers. It was very good at removing the oil. Too bad there isn't an easy way to clean the spill before it hits shore. I still remember pictures of the Valdez clean up
 
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