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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:10 AM Original message |
BP to burn Gulf oil than put on tankers? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. I first thought of the air pollution and debris as well. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. They're burning the natural gas coming up the pipe with the oil... |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Seems extremely wasteful to me, as well as bad for the environment. |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. You might be looking at natural gas being burned off |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. If not for the disaster... |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. LOL, I don't think "incredible pollution" is any longer an issue. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah, they're flaring the natural gas. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. No good way to store uncompressed gas. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Y'know, they could burn some of that natural gas to power the compressors. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. Get BP out of the loop of decisionmaking and action taking. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. I believe that the problem is that they don't have enough tankers |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. That's what I would think too. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. Right now you're seeing gas burned off |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Why can't they capture it all. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Ahh, your edit makes the most sense |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. How do they not have tanker in place. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. There's one on the way...from the North Sea. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You can easily use a full tanker. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. Burning natural gas, storing oil. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. A GUESS: this way they can destroy the evidence of how much spill and pay less fine per barrell nt |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. Thanks for all of the responses! n/t |
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