[ale] BP knew of problems 11 months before the rig blew

[Damon L. Chesser]

For crying out loud.  Use a very large HE explosive or a very small
tatical nuke.  Hole sealed, oil in the area neutralized.

Of course we can't use a nuke, after all nukes are BAD.  NOT.

The problem that I see is that politically/socially/enviroly, nukes are
not an option.  Don't know why a large (very large) explosive would not
work.  If you nuke it, you can't use that well (opening) any more and if
you want THAT oil, you would have to diagonally drill off from about 2
miles distance.  So, we would have a 1 mile patch of glowing ocean 1
mile deep.  I don't see a problem with that, but I am insensitive, and
perhaps (admittedly) not fully informed on the repercussions.

On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 10:13 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30rig.html?
> 
> Time to start pumping the well head full of execs yet?
> 
> Does anyone know of a single component compound that reacts with mixed
> organics to make a solid? Drilling mud is a lubricant. They need to
> pump in a fast-setting glue. However, since the article talks about
> the screw ups in the valve and the cement well casing I'm concerned
> that with the well pressure a plugged head will only force a leak (or
> blowout) near the head in the sea floor. The cement casing is supposed
> to act as a reinforcement but there are reports that the material used
> was substandard (thanks Haliburton!) and poorly installed.
> 
> Maybe since the riser pipe is still attached to the head they can beat
> on it with the "top cap" box and crimp it down to cut the flow. Who
> knows. Maybe a slow crimping cutoff of the flow will not shock the
> casing and allow a temporary blockage with the sub-floor fracturing of
> the crappy casing they are worried about.
> 
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