BP gives up on capping the well

[Confusious]

Will only collect oil until relief wells are dug.

June 1 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc said it won’t be able to stop the flow of oil from a gushing well in Gulf of Mexico until August when a relief well can be finished, and in the meantime it will divert as much of the oil as it can to surface ships.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-01/bp-seeks-to-divert-oil-flow-until-relief-well-is-done-update1-.html

Anyone got any bright ideas? Maybe silly putty?

[ORDagnabbit]

1. cant they put a large tube around it and have all the oil go up to the surface in a contained area?

[Subdivisions]

3. Why then it can be quantified! And at a fine of up to $4,300 per barrel

I'm sure BP is doing all it can to keep everyone from finding out just how much oil is spewing from their well.

[ladjf]

12. I have never understood why your suggestion wouldn't work. nt

[Statistical]

14. That is what they are trying to do.

Except instead of sending it to a containment area they are going to send it right into a super tanker.

See you and BP have the same plan.

[Subdivisions]

2. A bunch of us in the DU Under Sea BP ROV C-L-U-B are doing the

play-by-play here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8467065&mesg_id=8467065

[JoeyTrib]

4. We could dump Sarah Palin's entire family into the well

There should be enough of them to plug it pretty good.

[underseasurveyor]

5. No need to take her bullshit out on her children

It's not their fault their mother is a thoughtless dumbass. The CEOs of BP would be enough for me... and yea sure might as well stuff sarah in the hole just.. well just because.

[JoeyTrib]

6. With Todd

and Bristol.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Ixtoc I.... same fime line

relief well, sadly, it is.

[NYC_SKP]

8. I'm happy to say that this story is mistaken, misleading, not at all representative of facts.

This businessweek story is based on a bloomberg story (eewww) by Jim Polson, and is really misleading.

It really gives the impression that they can't or won't stop the devastating leak.

That they "won't be able to stop the flow..." OMGZ!!!



"By Jim Polson

June 1 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc said it won’t be able to stop the flow of oil from a gushing well in Gulf of Mexico until August when a relief well can be finished, and in the meantime it will divert as much of the oil as it can to surface ships.

The diversion strategy, unlike capping the flow, is subject to disruption by tropical storms and hurricanes...."



In reality, placement of an LMRP is progressing, which will indeed collect what is leaking.

And, it is fair to say, NOT a permanent capping on the well, but it is intended to stop the release of crude oil into the Gulf.

Casual readers, I fear, conclude that they're giving up on stopping the leak, which is not the case.

:patriot:

[SidDithers]

13. +1...

sealing the well now would be the best possible case, because then the oil stops flowing immediately. However, capping the riser, collecting the oil from the open wellhead, and diverting it into containment until the relief wells are finished would accomplish almost the same thing - the cessation of oil gushing unchecked into the Gulf.

Sid

[wtmusic]

9. This is bullshit.

A "saddle" would seal it up. They just want their oil. :grr:

[aquart]

10. Could they stuff Hayward in the hole?

He wants his life back.

[gristy]

11. TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT ARTICLE AT THE LINK YOU HAVE POSTED

Here is the headline:

BP Seeks to Divert Oil Flow Until Relief Well Is Done (Update1)

and here is a very important section:

Undersea robots began sawing away damaged pipe today, preparing for the installation of a snug-fitting “top cap” over the gusher within 24 hours to 48 hours once the robots complete severing the pipe, Allen said.

‘Clean Cut’ Sought

To get a good seal, BP needs a clean cut at the top of the blowout preventer, a five-story stack of valves that failed to prevent an April 20 blowout that killed 11 people and started the spill, Allen said. Should the jet of oil and gas drive the cap aside, another cap designed to let more oil escape will be tried, Allen said.

The focus is now to allow the well to flow unrestricted to the surface, Allen said today. BP has two enhancements in the works to maximize the flow and minimize disruption during storms, Managing Director Robert Dudley said today on NBC’s “Today” show.

Engineers plan “in a couple of weeks” to reverse the system of pipes and hoses that injected mud into the well for the top kill, achieving another route to storage on the surface, he said. As part of the top-kill effort, BP had to remove a tube from the riser that had captured as much as 6,100 barrels a day from the well.

So things are going quite well, actually.