Oil spill In gulf

[Bretts911]

Well I live near Destin FL Im not that worried but kinda am because of the oil washing up on our beaches and messing them up our beaches around the destin area are suppose to be some of the best beaches in the world because how white the sand is it would be a shame to see oil on our beaches so I hope they start to do something...

[CarlWohlforth]

They have been sucking up the thick parts, dispersing the thin ones and experimenting with setting parts on fire. The key is to stop the leaks! I own BP stock which took a dive today. That means the stock market expects oil to hit the coast and BP to pay for cleanup. I hope it heads west from your place so your beaches stay clean!

[Bubblehead]

 

With the leak as deep as it is, the murky water at that depth, coupled with
stormy hurricane weather, typical to the area, I don't think the leak will be
stopped anytime soon.

The Valdez disaster will pale in comparison to this mess!

Mention of three months to drill another hole to relieve pressure? 

Hah!

 

[CarlWohlforth]

Apparently they will drop a huge bell shaped concrete shell over the leak to capture the oil if they can't plug the leak with remote control submarine robotic machines. It looks like BP is spending at least $6 million daily to mitigate this disaster. They are getting all the blame but Transocean (RIG) built, owns, and operates the platform which was destroyed.

Looks like the well had a major natural gas burp which blasted open the plumbing. It was designed to handle such a thing with an automatic valve that was supposed to shut but didn't. So sad. I hope against hope that the oil doesn't spoil the beaches and never gets inland at all.

[Bubblehead]

Apparently they will drop a huge bell shaped concrete shell over the leak to capture the oil if they can't plug the leak with remote control submarine robotic machines. I hope against hope that the oil doesn't spoil the beaches and never gets inland at all.

The huge entanglement of the debris field must be removed, or moved at any rate, before the source
can be covered, capped, or whatever...   I imagine that gumbo will soon be very expensive!

 

[CarlWohlforth]

Amazingly 5 huge safety valves all failed to work.

Even with a remarkable safety record, say 1 out of 5,000 failures, with hundreds or even a thousand rigs around the world chances are there will be another failure after this one. A similar argument can be made for nuclear plants. With even better safety records and fewer plants it many be dozens of years before we see another nuke meltdown, but chances are one will happen eventually.

Who to blame? If you drive a car look in the mirror.

I sure hope Destin is spared. It seems sure there will be messed up coasts but I hope our fellow forum member's town is spared.

[Bubblehead]

Amazingly 5 huge safety valves all failed to work.
I sure hope Destin is spared. It seems sure there will be messed up coasts but I hope our fellow forum member's town is spared.

 

I hope, as we all do, that the coastal damage will be minimal.  I believe I read somewhere that the requirement for emergency
shutoff valves was not enforced (or in place) for this rig?  New builds have very rigid requirements, and even then, Mr. Murphy
seems never to sleep.

One day, and probably in my lifetime (limited as it now is) we may see coastal cities bidding for those nuclear submarines,
scheduled for retirement and perhaps the scrap heap, to be refueled and connected to local power grid(s) in an effort
to alleviate brownouts, and even loss of power, due to a lack of fossil fuels or because of it's high cost.

'Ya think?