200,000 Gallons A Day

[lizbud]

Well, I think it is pretty clear they know HOW it happened. Sadly, so far, the containment efforts have failed.

BP has about 5,000 such wells around the world. 1 failure out of 5,000 is a pretty good ratio.

Did you know they have different requirements for oil drilling in other countries than the US does? No.., Didn't think so. Ever think that's why this has not happened elsewhere? No, didn't think so. You realy ought to read more on the topic.

[Puckstop31]

Did you know they have different requirements for oil drilling in other countries than the US does? No.., Didn't think so. Ever think that's why this has not happened elsewhere? No, didn't think so. You realy ought to read more on the topic.

Hmmmmm....

http://www.oilrigdisasters.co.uk/


And by the way, YES to your questions. Didn't your mommy teach you to not ASSuME?


Liz... Accidents happen. Thats all I am trying to say. But, if you still feel the need to project your inadequacies at me, feel free to carry on. You asked a question, I answered it.

[Lady's Human]

1) What, praytell, are the good professor's experiences in oil platform technology and engineering? A professor of risk management is, in reality, a professor of statistics with a fancy title.

2) in many, many articles about this disaster, it is repeated time and time again that the blowoff valves have a lousy success rate.

3) Who holds extremely large amounts of oil company stock, yet is theoretically a grade a environmentalist? Enough stock in oil companies to have a say at a board meeting? Follow the money..........and it's not all Republicans. Does the name Al Gore ring a bell?

[kokopup]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=524_1273510578

[lizbud]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=524_1273510578

Thanks for the video. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

[cassiesmom]

Couple of stupid questions...

Could they burn the oil off the surface of the water, or would the smoke be toxic?

Could they use anything to physically scoop it up out of the water? How can it be kept (if at all) from reaching the shore?

[Karen]

They have been doing some controlled burns when weather permits. The smoke is bad, but not as harmful as the oil reaching estuaries.

There are boom to try to keep it from reaching the coast, but the spill is so huge that everyone is going to have to be hyper vigilant. I think there may be some efforts to siphon or scoop up some of it from the surface as well. Most important, too, is stopping the flow!