Watch the BP ROV Under Sea Cams...Thread #28

[jaxx]

Thread # 27: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8552450&mesg_id=8552450

:hi: :hi: :hi:

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BP PORTAL to News, Updates, Vids, etc. http://bp.concerts.com/gom/kentwellstechnicalupdate061010a.htm

>>> Kent Wells explanation of Top Hat and Oil Extraction (June 3 posting): http://bp.concerts.com/gom/lmrp6_060310.htm

>>> May 31 video by Kent Wells: http://bp.concerts.com/gom/kentwellstechupdatelong053110.htm

>>> June 10 Kent Wells tech update: http://bp.concerts.com/gom/kentwellstechnicalupdate061010a.htm


OTHER INFO LINKS:

The latest TheOilDrum thread (top of the page): http://www.theoildrum.com/

Interesting article here regarding BP documents explaining initial failure, pic heavy article: http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2010/06/08/breaking-news-leaked-white-house-document-exposes-bp-gulf-oil-spill

Great forum with lots of pics and video if you need to catch up: (although the DUUSBPROVC is giving them a run for the money!)
http://www.doomers.us/forum2/index.php/topic,68178.4545

Subsea Response Links (great to view when there's downtime): https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYETicASkH8SZGZmN3ptcXpfN2M2cmR3c2M5&hl=en

And for a little levity: Super Mario: BP Oil Spill Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW4e8LtVC6I

The *BP Coffee Spill* video has been taken down due to a copyright claim!

Good info links: http://www.drillscience.com/bp/
and: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dff7zmqz_7c6rdwsc9 (from TOD)


LIVE CAM LINKS:

Multi-view ROV page: http://spillcam.tk /
and: http://jtnog.org/
and: http://www.josephpalmer.com/ROV.html
and: http://bp.isevil.org
and: http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/bp-live-oil-spill-cam.html

All cams (BP site): http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9033572&contentId=7062605

WKRG Video Stream:http://www.livestream.com/wkrg_oil_spill

Akamai Link: http://mfile.akamai.com/97892/live/reflector:46245.asx

Fox Feed: http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestream/live.html?cha

CNN Feed: http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=str

ABC Feed: http://abcnews.go.com/video/video?id=6105570


A couple of helpful graphics to explain what you're looking at, oil plume permitting:







And, finally, proof that
DU is on this project:



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[entanglement]

1. Thanks for these threads, gateley, jaxx and NYC_SKP

:toast:

[jaxx]

4. You're welcome.

I wish I knew more of what they all mean, but it sure is interesting.

[Feron]

2. Recap Repost

A new dispersant wand was installed:

http://tinyurl.com/23av7m9

On the Skandi Neptune ship, in the water, installed, and working. The last picture shows it accumulating oil gunk after a few hours of use. I can't see those holes remaining unclogged for long.

And something (scrap riser?) is being removed:





Lousy resolution of it being lifted.

And putting it in a box:





Fish!! There is a whole school of them at the upper part of the riser:



Unfortunately the schooling pictures just look like white dots.

And I spotted this one near the BOP:



Part of the Boa Deep C deck:



ROV being prepped for manifold work:



The manifold work is something we've all seen before.

Here's a box above the cap:



And currently there is work being done on the cap:



All of the oil is being blown away below.



It looks like they may be closing another valve.

Video of Evergreen burner burning at another location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq-f9gsHIqk

And a slew of documents from the Congressional Committee investigation: http://tinyurl.com/2fm3vng

[jaxx]

5. Some good shots there......

Fish, can you believe it? Hardy things to swim in that mess.
The cap looks decrepit, like it has been abused.
Thanks for the links, the Evergreen burner is wild!

[gateley]

12. How interesting - thanks!! And I agree with jaxx - that poor cap has seen

better days.

[HughMoran]

16. Once again, thanks for the summary

I thought I saw a eel like creature squiggle away from an ROV one day, but I was pretty sure only tube worms could live at this depth. There are fish at 5000 feet?

[Feron]

23. There is also eels..

Back in the days of the riser plume camera, eels would swim by occasionally.

[jaxx]

3. BP exec says relief well within 200 feet of blown well

June 18 (Reuters) - The first of two relief wells being drilled to plug the massive Gulf of Mexico leak is within 200 feet (60 metres) of the blown-out well, a BP (BP.L) (BP.N) executive said on Friday.

Kent Wells, senior vice president of exploration and production, said the next step will be to slowly hone in on the ruptured well and eventually plug it.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idAFN1813406020100618?rpc=44

And from TOD:
Prof. Goose on June 18, 2010 - 2:56pm
Thanks for posting this ee. I was just about to. This is a big deal--I don't how much it speeds things up--they still have to go through 200 ft of rock, right?

Let's hope...

<-> ROCKMAN on June 18, 2010 - 3:20pm
elwood -- I suspect he means 200' laterally and not the amount of hole they have left to drill. The diagram they put out originally doesn't have a horizontal scale on it. Just noticed a funny thing: in that diagram the oil reservoir is depicted as being 1,000' thick. In reality it's only 60' thick. Maybe one last dicth effort to hype the stock price. LOL. Last I think i saw they had around 3,000' of hole to drill. I hope the put out a more detailed schematic soon.

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6617#comment-654100

edit to add>> This is a good graphic of the relief wells as of today: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8589766&mesg_id=8589766

edit to add>> New graphic from BP today of relief wells: http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/downloads_pdfs/ReliefWellDiagram06182010.pdf

[Feron]

8. I was about to say that was some fast drilling! LOL nt

[HughMoran]

15. I heard 2000' left to drill, then Rachel said "within 200 feet"

So, there is some confusion here (between sine*hypotenuse & hypotenuse of a triangle is how this geek thought of it - lol.)

[gateley]

13. Great graphics of the relief wells, jaxx! Are they ahead of schedule at this

point, or is this where they pretty much thought they'd be? I understand that they have to laser in on the perfect target and that will take time, but I wonder if it may be completed before August now. Any idea?

[Feron]

35. Ahead of schedule, but.....

I read that it will be 3 to 4 weeks before they can attempt to intersect barring any weather or other problems. And it is extremely rare to successfully intersect on the first attempt.

Here's an http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/96740619.html?showAll=y&c=y">article with a bit more info...

[jaxx]

6. New link for *BP Coffee Spill*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM&feature=youtube_gdata

enjoy!!

(too late to edit the original post..sorry, but I saved this for next time)

[kestrel91316]

7. Hate to be a pessimist, but it looks just as bad as ever.

[jaxx]

9. It hasn't changed much at all.

We'll see what comes along before they try to kill it with the relief well.

[gateley]

10. Thanks jaxx!!! nt

[Empathic_1]

11. Is it fixed?

Please?

[gateley]

14. No, but we're getting closer every day! And welcome to DU Empathic_1!

I love the photo in your sig line - beautiful.

:hi:

[Empathic_1]

19. TY

Back at ya! :hi:

[NYC_SKP]

17. Yay!

:hi:

People still seem to think that the ocean floor around the BOP is solid rock with cracks.

I cannot help them.

It does, however, stand to reason that the BOP and casing are taking some abuse and could fail if we don't get this thing fixed.

Not until one of the relief wells is successful will we be able to rest, I fear.

:shrug:

[gateley]

18. I agree - but I'm really amazed at how far they've gone already! A little

blip of hope in my heart!

:hi:

[yowzayowzayowza]

20. Thx all. Really enjoying these threads!!!

:kick:

[jaxx]

21. Doing a little manifold testing this morning at

Live feeds from Boa Deep C – ROV 1 http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/html/Boa_Deep_C_ROV_1.html

and Live feeds from Boa Deep C – ROV 2 http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/html/Boa_Deep_C_ROV_2.html

Turning some knobs and grabbing a big hose....those ROV operators continue to amaze me.

[NYC_SKP]

22. Anyone Got a Link Describing the Composition of the Sea Floor; sediment depth, etc.???

I'd like to have a good source describing the nature of the sea floor surrounding the BOP.

Many think it's drilled right into rock, but my understanding is that there's some thickness of sediment.

I wonder if it's 18 inches, 18 feet, 180 feet, or what.

:shrug:

:hi:

[gateley]

25. Any luck? nt

[Feron]

24. Today's roundup...

Today's big activity was the Glycol Bladder installation. I believe glycol is antifreeze.

The ROV approached this HAL 9000 looking thing on a manifold:



All the lettering I've seen so far has been stenciled, but this choke has instructions scrawled in Sharpie:



And on top of the box:



It looks like something out of a Mel Brooks movie.

They were also working on this basket thing:



Ugly pink sea critter:





And a hot stab in action (the "T" looking device):



What a hot stab is: http://large.stanford.edu/publications/coal/references/ocean/rovs/tools/docs/h1.pdf

The plume as it looks today:

[gateley]

26. WHERE is all this taking place? I'm getting confused.

And you're right about the Mel Brooks movie!

:rofl:

[Gin]

27. what was that pink thing?

[gateley]

28. I think Feron got it right -- an ugly sea critter. Actually the color is pretty,

it's that sucker-looking thing that's icky.

[Feron]

34. Probably part of the subsea dispersant system...

Here's a schematic: http://tinyurl.com/22qcmyj

If I had to guess, the basket thingie is the accumulator unit.

[jaxx]

30. Hot stab....I've seen the ROVs use those on the manifold.

Very interesting Feron!

And is the plume less? It looks like more of the cap is showing....but then they might be blowing the oil away again. I dunno.

[NYC_SKP]

29. ***ATTN:*** New cool Gov website!!! Check it out, let's please post it on the next OP!

Credit to DU moderator, pinto!

:applause:

http://www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse/

:bounce:

[jaxx]

31. Okkk got it on the starting post ready to go.

Interesting site.

[jaxx]

32. New graphics of the progress to capture more oil.

Technical Briefing – Kent Wells
Friday, June 18, 2010

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/downloads_pdfs/Technical_briefing_061810.pdf

Audio of the Kent Wells briefing June 18.

http://bp.concerts.com/gom/audio/kent_wells_tech_update_18062010.htm

ps......if someone could capture one of the pics of the wells I can cut it down and put it up on the next thread instead of the cap images. I don't know how to do screen captures and these images are on a slide show format.

[NYC_SKP]

38. which one do you want?

alternatively, i could teach you how to save pics to a photobucket account.

:hi:

[jaxx]

40. Mid July long term pic

That's what the aim is to...before sealing it off later.

I don't have photobucket...but have a website I can save to if that'll work.

[NYC_SKP]

42. How's this?:

If it gets much smaller you can't read it:



:hi:

[jaxx]

43. That's perfect!

640x402 is big but not too big for the post. I was able to sharpen it up so it's a little easier to read. Thank you NYC_SKP, I think this is an important step on the way to closing the well with the reliefs.

Sharpened image:

[jaxx]

39. Working around the BOP under the cap right now......

Live feeds from Ocean Intervention III – ROV 1

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/html/OceanInterventionROV1.html

Very busy, two cylinder things in a claw going towards the dispersant....damn I wish I knew what they are doing!!!

ps.....Good morning everyone! Day 63 (I think) of this madness.

[gateley]

41. Are ALL the cameras at the spill site? What I'm not sure of is if some of them

are at the relief well.

But come to think of it, they're probably not sharing the relief well stuff with us. And I agree - it would be so interesting if we actually knew what was going on, every little step!

Good morning to you, too! :hi:

[gateley]

33. Good morning, all!

Off to work but did I hear something on the radio about a cap being too small? I don't know if I was half asleep or dreaming or if that's what they really said. Info? Thanks! :hi:

Have a good day. Hope I can sneak in a few peeks.

[Feron]

36. Really slow today..and a shark.

Ocean Intervention III ROV 2 examined the BOP with this today. I have no idea what that is.

And other than more seabed surveys and the usual dispersant ops, nothing else. It looks like they may be surveying the seabed where the rest of the subsea dispersant system will be placed.

There are also these white blobs floating around:



They've really become noticeable in the past few days. The closest explanation I've http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091008-giant-sea-mucus-blobs.html">found although this is deep water. Who knows what's brewing down there.

In other news, the Viking Poseidon ship has left the site. It's unknown if it will return or not.

I read that they may unbolt the flange for the next step after the cap. Considering how much effort and eventual success the Viking Poseidon crew put into unbolting the scrap riser, it'd make sense for them to return. We'll see.

You can track the ships at the site easily here: http://www.deepwaterbp.com/m_3.asp

And here's a shark checking out a BOP at another site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVsZaTrE7Eo

[gateley]

37. Thanks again, Feron! Sharks have always given me the heebie jeebies, but

I find myself hoping this guy is going to be all right!

[jaxx]

44. Ok I admit it.....I am hooked on the ROVs.

BoaDeepC-Rov1 just picked up something with a monkeyfist on the end of it...hose relocation according to the title on the pic. Yep, it's a hose and stirring up a bunch of 'dust' on the floor where it was.



:woohoo:

[gateley]

52. We never would have guessed.

:7

If I knew what they were doing (as when they were preparing for the top hat) I'd be hooked too. I can't read the titles on the pic, maybe that's my problem.

[malaise]

45. Thanks again

:yourock:

[NYC_SKP]

46. Reuters: BP preparing to change to an improved cap, more capture, accurate measurement, and...

...and the quick disconnect feature we've been reading about.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2124226820100621

:hi:

[jaxx]

47. NYC_SKP you have inspired me.

I have done my first screen capture....the hardest part was getting it open on my software, windows is not my friend. In fact windows doesn't work on my computer anymore...it fought with either my firewall or mcafee and I had to dump it. LOL no I don't have a clue as to why, but I use firefox anyway.

[NYC_SKP]

49. Awesome!!! Hey, what is that thing on the right? It looks like a white flag of surrender!!!

Is the BOP finally giving up?

:P

[jaxx]

50. LOL that's the extra stuff sticking out now.

I think they are adding on to get ready for the switch....maybe.

[gateley]

54. It's beautiful, jaxx! And Windows is nobody's friend.

:evilgrin:

[jaxx]

48. I hope they switch them on my days off so I can watch.

The screen capture I did.....was because there are more things now sticking out of the cap area....maybe getting ready for the switch, I dunno. But it is getting junky around there, so that's progress.

[gateley]

53. Cool! This could be riveting!! nt

[jaxx]

51. Screencap #2 ;-)

Ok in this one you can see more and it's better quality. The directions I had said save as a gif, but yours was as a jpg and this one is too...much better. Plus I can tweak the jpgs, but not the gifs and the jpg takes up less space...kb wise.

[gateley]

55. She's on a roll! Another that's suitable for framing! nt

[Feron]

56. Today's recap:

Starting off from the Discoverer Enterprise..





I see what you did there...

A view of the plume:



And dispersant fail:



The yellow dispersant device with the little holes no longer appears to function. Within hours of its installation, hydrates were already building up on the device. So I'm not surprised that it is not being used.

And a new piece of equipment:



Part of the subsea dispersant system?

More fish!




Not to be outdone, our ugly pink friend made a reappearance:





And right into the ROV camera. Fortunately both parties were unharmed.

It looks like this is a http://archive.serpentproject.com/270/">sea cucumber.

Still slow...The Boa Deep C ROVs were moving hoses. Nothing terribly exciting.

[HughMoran]

60. Thanks,

During these slow days, it's nice to be able to read your recap post to see if I missed anything.

[jaxx]

57. 3rd shift subsea.

They are busy while people sleep! I got up so that I can sleep later today for work tonight...and caught them in action.

This is removing the choke...first they took it from one place and moved it to another (this is where they put it:


There are 3 ROVs working together on this one around the cap, one is trying to do something with a tool:


This is the naked cap with the oil blown away...looking more beat up:


And finally...the stuff they have put on top of the cap:

[gateley]

58. More great shots, jaxx - thanks.

[DoBotherMe]

59. kick

[Liberal_in_LA]

61. kick

[Subdivisions]

62. Kicking this because I haven't seen it in awhile. Is what

we're seeing at this link looking normal?

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/html/Skandi_ROV2.html

[jaxx]

63. Yep it's normal.

Lots of oil and lots of dispersants. But more stuff on the cap...they say 7-10 days until they switch it to the new one.

[gateley]

64. Did you hear they may complete the relief well earlier than expected? I wonder

what kind of photo coverage we'll get on that! I'm getting excited just thinking about it.

[jaxx]

68. I heard that and hope we get to see it all.

Good morning! :hi:

Enterprise Rov2 is working at the cap right now and they have about all the oil blown away so you can really see it.

OMG it looks like they have lifted the old cap OFF!!

[Subdivisions]

70. Yup. Came off a few minutes ago. n/t

[Subdivisions]

66. I knew there was something different going on with the cap! They've removed it and

now we're back to full-blown gusher.

[Subdivisions]

65. KICK! The cap has been removed. We're back to full throttle oil spewage! =^(

Spew 1: http://mfile.akamai.com/97892/live/reflector:45685.asx?bkup=49182

Spew 2: http://mfile.akamai.com/97892/live/reflector:45683.asx?bkup=45684

Cap cam: http://mfile.akamai.com/97892/live/reflector:21145.asx?bkup=21327

[SammyWinstonJack]

67. ...

:wow:

[jaxx]

69. I was just watching......WOW

[jaxx]

72. lousy pic of the cap rising away

you can see the fins but not much more, they got it out of there fast.

[Subdivisions]

73. That's why I bumped the thread last night - because I noticed they had opened the

valves that they had gradually closed when they first put the cap on.

[jaxx]

74. Just got this pic

Old cap being taken away.....damn I'll never sleep today.

[Subdivisions]

75. Lol. I snapped the same instant =) n/t

[lonestarnot]

71. K & R!

[jaxx]

76. Thread #29 is opened.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8618599

Keep your fingers crossed the new cap will really capture most of the oil.

[Gin]

77. Costners 3 machines are on site...hope they help

[gateley]

78. Kick (with swim fins on) nt