Riser Has Been Ripped Open By The Shears -- Dramatic Step Coming Within Hours

[dtotire]

Riser Has Been Ripped Open By The Shears -- Dramatic Step Coming Within Hours

BP has managed to cut through the riser pipe and will proceed with the Lower Marine Riser Package later today. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen called this "good news" and a "significant step" in the Deepwater Disaster.

But here's the bad news.

Precise cuts with a diamond
saw proved impossible. BP was forced to use giant scissors to cut through the pipe, leaving a large and jagged gap. We think that's what you see in this picture.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/riser-has-been-ripped-open-by-the-sheers-and-is-ready-for-a-top-hat-2010-6#ixzz0pntzrtAB

[Downtown Hound]

1. I'll admit I'm no engineer

but can't they just smooth out the end of the pipe with some sort of sanding device?

[tridim]

2. Watching now, it looks like they're using the circular saw to trim off..

the "ears" of the crimped pipe to make it more round-ish from a top view.

[BeFree]

3. Yeah

That way they can hook the admiral's garden hose to it?

[damntexdem]

4. BP bull in a china shop.

Just nuke it! (Well, at least the gusher -- BP???)

;-)