There is entire process that has to take place to 'realign' successful access to that drill site in order to permanently secure this mess if this is to go forward under a lease from the USA.
The concrete structure is currently covered in oil and sea water and sediment and has to withstand huge psi. It would not take much even in the way of 'wave dynamics' to upset the structure and it will become unrecoverable.
A permanent tether to maintain its underwater stability will have to remain in order to secure it at all. A special ship will have to remain permanently in place in order to have the structure survive any process of storms and hurricanes.
The concrete structure is currently covered in oil and sea water and sediment and has to withstand huge psi. It would not take much even in the way of 'wave dynamics' to upset the structure and it will become unrecoverable.
A permanent tether to maintain its underwater stability will have to remain in order to secure it at all. A special ship will have to remain permanently in place in order to have the structure survive any process of storms and hurricanes.
A positioning system, supported by 12 powerful thrusters, uses computers to maintain the ship over a specific location while drilling in water depths up to 8,200 meters (5 miles). The ship can suspend as much as 9,150 meters of pipe to obtain core samples. The 400-ton heave compensator keeps the drill string stable relative to the ocean floor.
JOIDES Resolution Tour: JOIDES Resolution (click title to entry - thank you)
http://www-odp.tamu.edu/public/onboardJOIDES.html
The Joides Resolution is a special ship with powerful positioning engines that will maintain a GPS locatiion to support a 'sediment' drilling operation for taking core samples. This type of positioning capacity will maintain a tether without disrupting its stability.
These ships have incredible capacity for stability in any hurricane. I doubt it would survive a Cat 4, but, Oceanography experts at the University of Rhode Island would have all the information the USA Navy and Coast Guard would need.
I would advocate the USA Navy be in contact with the Oceanography Department at the University of Rhode Island.and ask for their guidance in regard to this project. They are among the best in the world.
If this structure works it cannot be 'at risk' for disruption for any reason. Thank you.
http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1151ap_us_gulf_oil_spill_obamas_response.html
These ships have incredible capacity for stability in any hurricane. I doubt it would survive a Cat 4, but, Oceanography experts at the University of Rhode Island would have all the information the USA Navy and Coast Guard would need.
I would advocate the USA Navy be in contact with the Oceanography Department at the University of Rhode Island.and ask for their guidance in regard to this project. They are among the best in the world.
If this structure works it cannot be 'at risk' for disruption for any reason. Thank you.
Obama oil response: aggressive as crisis unfolded
WASHINGTON -- It was a two-day trip to the Midwest to talk about jobs and clean energy. President Barack Obama didn't mention the drama unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, where oil was gushing from a broken well pipe a mile beneath the sea.
The situation hadn't become a priority. Soon it would.
On the return to Washington aboard Air Force One, Obama learned the spill had become more worrisome. A third break was discovered at the destroyed well pipe on the ocean floor 40 miles from Louisiana's precious coastal marshes. Federal scientists believed at least 5,000 barrels of oil a day were being released - five times more than original estimates....
Joking ! Right?
You mean the discovery of methane went along with the rupture into Earth to find 'the gusher.'
This was new?
No.
This is what 'goes on' with the Petroleum Industry and why the bozos have no control of the BEST outcome for fisheries.
"Gee whiz, boss, we hit a methane bubble." As if they weren't cheering because they did.
The question is not that they hit a methane bubble, it is WHY they cannot control the outcome of such an event that cost lives, livelihoods and an entire economy of the Gulf Coast of the USA. THAT is the question. This 'report' is nothing. It simply states the obvious and does not seek to answer the real issue as to why this industry lacks insight into its own faults.
This cannot be allowed to continue!
Deepwater Horizon blast triggered by methane bubble, report shows
Investigation reveals accident on Gulf of Mexico rig was caused when gas escaped from oil well before exploding
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 8 May 2010 13.36 BST
David Batty and agencies ...A report into last month's blast said the gas escaped from the oil well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through several seals and barriers before exploding.
The sequence of events, described in the interviews with rig workers, provides the most detailed account of the blast that killed 11 workers and led to more than 3 million gallons of crude oil pouring into the Gulf.
Segments of the interviews conducted during BP's internal investigation were described in detail to the Associated Press by Robert Bea, a University of California Berkeley engineering professor who serves on a National Academy of Engineering panel on oil pipeline safety. He also worked for BP as a risk assessment consultant during the 1990s. He received the details from industry friends seeking his expert opinion....
...Injured workers and families of the 11 individuals missing and presumed dead after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and then sank have filed personal injury or wrongful death suits. Shrimpers, charter fishing boats and others who engage in business along the Gulf Coast have filed individual suits or class actions in which they allege damages to their livelihoods...
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202457882495&Gulf_Coast_Oil_Rig_Disaster_Sets_Off_Gusher_of_Work_for_Attorneys
