07-08-2010, 09:06 PM
Spiff wrote:
I still think it's all a scam - BP is in it to save as much oil as possible to keep this "gold mine" going. They are playing up how they are gathering more and more oil from the well each day, but still not getting it all. There was a great NPR interview yesterday with a BP exec. NPR grilled him mercilessly, and he came across as a slick salesman, always ignoring the question and spewing propaganda - spinning the situation to make it look like BP is the good guy. He even evaded the question about the original oil flow estimates that BP staunchly stood by (5000 barrels a day) when others were saying closer to 50000.
I noticed that the idea of killing the well entirely didn't last long. Is it possible? Feasible? I don't know since I'm not an expert in the area of oil drilling. I must have missed that discussion. However, that would seem to be the best - to kill it so it does not spew forth any more oil. However, that would be a loss for BP, which they apparently don't want. It sickens me to hear them talk about how they are putting forth maximal effort to rectify the situation. Supposedly, if something like this were to happen, they were ready with equipment to prevent a catastrophe.
Obviously not.
Sorry about the rant. :mad:
Well you can rant all you like, but your rant is misplaced since the fact is that BP is not going to be able to save this well and it is extremely costly to keep collecting and treating seawater-contaminated oil from an out of control well the way they are doing it now There is no doubt that BP would much rather kill the well than continue with this mess.
Undoubtedly they or another oil company will attempt to exploit this petroleum reservoir again in the future since it is obviously productive, but that is neither here nor there.