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June 24, 2010
Sanders to the blowout. thanks for your time tonight, bob. >> good evening, keith. >> we have talked with you before about that possibility that this doug r. raised. is there any evidence of the worst-case scenario that was described in that posting? >> you know, keith, i happen to agree with whoever doug r. is. i believe that the best option for bp right now is to keep the well flowing as much as they can. any effort to close the well in or to restrict the flow could cause more damage downhole ...
June 24, 2010
>> you know, keith, i happen to agree with whoever doug r. is. i believe that the best option for bp right now is to keep the well flowing as much as they can. any effort to close the well in or to restrict the flow could cause more damage down in the hole and cause that flow around the well head we talked about earlier this month. >> so is it potentially if not unstoppable virtually unstoppable? >> on the surface, keith, its essentially unstoppable. the best they can do now is to gather as much...
June 24, 2010
The day after an accident, oil spilled freely. in our fourth story tonight the ominous internet posting from someone who appears to be an oil industry expert claiming that the well structure beneath the seabed is failing which means the gusher might be unstoppable. this morning an undersea robot bumped into the containment cap system closing one of the vents and that had allen called it a burp in the system. they had to check it for crystals that might clog the system. now operations have begun ...
June 24, 2010
>> good evening, keith. >> we have talked with you before about that possibility that this doug r. raised. is there any evidence of the worst-case scenario that was described in that posting? >> you know, keith, i happen to agree with whoever doug r. is. i believe that the best option for bp right now is to keep the well flowing as much as they can. any effort to close the well in or to restrict the flow could cause more damage downhole and cause that flow around the well head that we talked abo...
June 24, 2010
And in our fourth story tonight the ominous internet posting from someone who appears to be an oil industry expert claiming that the well structure beneath the seabed is now failing which means the gusher might be unstoppable. this morning an undersea robot bumped into the containment cap system closing one of the vents gas rose through that event in which coast guard thad allen called a "burp in the system." they had to check it for crystals that might fatally clog the system. now operations ha...
June 24, 2010
The gushing out it will transfer to the leaks below like a leaky garden hose with a nozzle on it. when you open it up, it doesnt leak so bad. you close the nozzle it and it leaks real bad. the blowout preventer will tip over if they do not run supports to it. its a race now, a race to drill the relief wells and take our last chance at killing this monster before the whole weakened, worry out and leaking and failing system gives up its last gasp in a horrific crescendo. the beachfront at pensacol...