'Static kill' could begin within 48 hours... pending fed approval..

[DCBob]

From CNN..

New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- BP could try an operation by this weekend to permanently seal its breached Gulf of Mexico oil well -- but only if federal officials approve the plan and BP gets a crucial casing in place, the government's point man on the oil spill said Wednesday. The tactic, called a "static kill," involves pumping mud into the well to force oil back into the reservoir below.

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, who's leading the federal response to the spill, told reporters time is of the essence because of the potential for severe weather coming from the Caribbean. BP is not attempting to get the casing in place until they determine what the weather may do, he said. Officials from BP have said the "static kill" option could succeed where similar attempts have failed because pressure in the well is lower than expected.

Geologist Arthur Berman said on CNN's "American Morning" Tuesday that the relative simplicity of a static kill makes it an attractive option for BP. "I think the reason that they're considering it is because they've yet to intercept the well bore," Berman said. "They're very close, a few feet away with the relief well, as everyone knows. But to actually intersect the 7-inch pipe does involve a bit of technology and accuracy, whereas if they do the static kill through the existing well bore at the top, there's less uncertainty about their ability to actually get the mud into the pipe."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/21/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html?video=true&hpt=T2

I think this is going to happen.. seems like this is becoming the preferred next strategy now especially with a hurricane looming.

[Subdivisions]

1. They're not going to measure the flow rate. I knew it! FUCK! BP will NEVER

pay a fine for a single barrel!

[DCBob]

2. Yep. looks that way.. I think feds agree its best to just plug this sucker ASAP..

before something else bad happens. I think BP is going to penalized and fine plenty even if they dont have a firm flow rate.

[MikeNY]

21. Thats why they have a limited liability $20B escrow account

To limit claim damages and lawsuits. How could you expect any less from a company that is majority owned by Goldman Sachs, whose former executives in government almost definitely convinced this administration to bail out every major financial institution in this country with tax payer money? BP fully intends to walk away from this smelling like a rose, and the British Prime Minister's visit here, and his comments following his meeting with the President, seem to confirm that. But it's not like this company also successfully lobbied to get any Libyan terrorists freed or anything...

Remember, prior to the worst ecological disaster in US history, BP had been bombarding all of North America with commercials assuring us all of how energy independent and green they were. I am sure the country is in good hands.

[HughMoran]

3. I'm a bit baffled

Are you more concerned that they will use an estimate versus an actual measured flow value versus plugging the well so no more oil can flow from it?

[Subdivisions]

4. Are you serious? After all the posting about this in the ROV threads?

All they have to do to measure the flow rate is take the cap off and move a fucking riser pipe into place, measure the goddamned flow, then put the fucking cap back on and kill the goddamned thing.

I WANT FUCKING JUSTICE AND RECOMPENSE FROM BP, FOR GODSAKES!

I want every goddamend PENNY!

Don't give me no fucking bullshit about wanting more oil in the Gulf!!!

[HughMoran]

6. OK

(steps slowly away from the computer) :yoiks:

[Subdivisions]

10. I've been a member of this fucking site for FOUR YEARS and I'm sick and goddamned

tired of people projecting bullshit inferences on me that are completely unjustified according to my solid record of an issue on this website.

If you don't know me by now, that's your own goddamned fault!!!

[HughMoran]

13. What on earth are you talking about?

Seriously - take a chill pill - I'm not accusing you of anything except screaming at me in gigantic writing that makes a person look very angry.

[Subdivisions]

15. Thanks to BP, I'm VERY angry. They're going to get away with this

shit.

And you shouldn't have been "baffled" at all about my post considering that you SHOULD know me by now and know how I feel about this whole mess. We participated together in the ROV threads for at least a week. I've been in GD for four years. I make it a point to see who posts what and I try to get to know posters and I am very familiar with you. When you post, I can almost always see where you're coming from and, if I respond, I do so feeling that I know you a little bit. I guess I expect other posters are doing the same.

As for yelling AT you, I apologize. It was not necessarily aimed directly at you. I was expressing my frustration that BP is going to get away with this shit.

[HughMoran]

24. I honestly hadn't noticed the anger in the ROV threads

I'm a tech-geek and that was my main interest in those threads - seeing space-age technology in action in an attempt to conquer a volcanic-like eruption 1 mile below the surface. I did know you as somebody a bit 'hotter' than that before those threads, but I take people at face value and on topic (assuming you're not a sociopath.) Anyway, I really don't see BP as getting away with anything - it seems to me that between the dedicated teams working on this, the cost of 2 relief wells, their lost reputation, the $30B fund and the cost of all the cleanup efforts, they are paying a pretty hefty price already.

[DCBob]

14. I think this kind of post is what the new rules frown upon..

tone it down a bit sub.

[KittyWampus]

7. "all they have to do is .. take the cap off" and you'd then complain about the oil leaking again

and what if the cap couldn't be replaced.

[Subdivisions]

11. And you know I'd complain about the oil leaking...HOW EXACTLY???? n/t

[blindpig]

12. Yes, they are gonna skate...

and while ya gotta be happy that the flow is stopped there is not going to be justice and the compensation will be grossly inadequate. The environmental damage can never be compensated.

That's capitalism for ya.

[KittyWampus]

5. If BP didn't do this, the same DU'ers would be theorizing how it was to make BP money

by NOT killing the well.

[HughMoran]

8. Yes, I witnessed that as well

It's convenient when all answers lead to the same conclusion. :rofl:

[DCBob]

9. No doubt..

complainaholics.

[earth mom]

16. What the hell is this thread at ZERO recs? What the fuck has happened to DU?!

:grr:

[LisaL]

17. This procedure seems to be much more dangerous than the

bottom kill with a relief well.

[Subdivisions]

18. They do not want the flow measured. They will do whatever it takes

to keep that flowrate from becoming a part of the record of this phenomenal disaster.

They are going to get away with this shit just like bushco got away with theirs. And that enrages me to my core! :mad:

[DCBob]

19. "Bottom kill" is still weeks away. this could plug it by the weekend.

and a hurricane is on the way. I think plug it now before another disaster occurs.

[slackmaster]

20. For some reason that term makes me think of anti-static spray

[Scurrilous]

22. Keeping my fingers crossed.

:thumbsup:

[xchrom]

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