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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:55 PM Original message |
BP claims to have no idea many barrels are being released daily. How is that possible? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. They lie. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I find myself feeling violently angry about this whole thing, and it's just getting worse. |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, they fucking know. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. that is BS they know. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. How do they calculate the pressure with no cap in place? |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Excellent question. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Um..take the average max pressure in the last 60 days b4 the well blew and the avg |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. They better know or this Top Kill operation is useless..... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Exactly. They have to push mud into the flow at a rate that overcomes the flow of oil. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. No. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Flow = (P1 - P2)/Resistance. n/t |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Okay |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Ok so |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. It actually doesn't matter, unless they still want to put the well into production. |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Ok then next question |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I think it'd depend on just how big the reservoir is, and the pressure it could exert |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Exactly and they don't know the resistence. |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I think they have various techniques to estimate P1 and will have used them |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. It doesn't have to do with upward or downward pressure, it's all about |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. semantics. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Science. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. No it isn't. Science tells us that. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Minus the downward pressure of the hydrostatic head |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Which hinder the oil and assist the mud. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Proving what point? |
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Jokinomx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. they have good estimates... |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yup. It's pretty obvious why BP would say the don't know. It's less obvious why |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Perhaps they need to spend a night at Holiday Inn Express? |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Wow, just got a scathing call from mgmt, |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Shoot the messenger. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. I understand they could be fined $4,300 per barrel squirted |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That's it in a nutshell. |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. DING - liability = spill size + dead animals as it was with the Exxon Valdez |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Because there's no flow meter installed. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. New regulation. All riser pipes must have flow meter installed. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. A special shout out to the BP testicle-sucking unreccers! |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. I rec'd earlier, but it was hopeless. Here's a kick. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. You know that if they stumbled upon a leak in the ocean floor... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. A laughable claim. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. But there are hundreds of other variables. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. And BP has computer models that do that. And they modeled the whole Top Kill... |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Yes of course. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. Scientists with instrument tech offered. BP said NO. |
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