Thread: Pipeline Burst

The pipeline has burst open again and is bleeding out as much as before. Quess nothing is working and they are thinking of letting it bleed out but they don't know how much is left.

ohhhh fun -_- ... that really bites i mean really who really knows how much is under there and on top of it they have another "solution" they r gonna try -_-

This time the solution may intensify the spill temporarily. Yeah that sounds like a great idea. A whole portion of the Louisiana economy is gone. I can't believe it. I have seen the auto industry buckle but never collapse.

My brother and me have both been hitting up suggestion sites with obvious advice to use Remotely Operated Vehicles.

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Originally Posted by beast

...My brother and me have both been hitting up suggestion sites with obvious advice to use Remotely Operated Vehicles.

Actually, the site is so deep underwater that ROVs are THE ONLY WAY TO WORK at the ACCIDENT SITE... so their already being used.

ok so they are being used .. are they helping at all? how the hell did this actually come to this anyway?!

Originally Posted by LenMiyata

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Actually, the site is so deep underwater that ROVs are THE ONLY WAY TO WORK at the ACCIDENT SITE... so their already being used.

But are they using them effectively? That is the problem. For that matter there has been several "solutions" but they haven't worked, I wonder if pipe fittings on that level are standardised or not? Seems to me they should have ready made patch and plug equipment,

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Originally Posted by beast

But are they using them effectively? That is the problem. For that matter there has been several "solutions" but they haven't worked, I wonder if pipe fittings on that level are standardised or not? Seems to me they should have ready made patch and plug equipment,

All attempts to 'plug' the well has now been abandoned. There is enough evidence to suggest that the well casing has already been shattered by the extreme pressure of the escaping oil, so further attempts to cap the top are pointless, as it will simply leak out of the sides... It looks like the only way to stop this is the 'relief' well that will intercept the well below the shattered casing, and plug the run-away well with drilling mud and cement...