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nnuut said:
I was in NDT/NDI Inspection for 36 years, and that is only government time, everything and anything can fail structurally. I've worked on Ships, Nuclear Subs, Fighters, Helicopters, Cargo Aircrafts, Paper Mills and much more inspecting for failures and believe me anything can bust, crack, explode, corrode, bend, leak, under the right conditions. At that depth in the sea the pressure of the water and pressure of the GUSHER is tremendous, STUFF HAPPENS.:cool:
Then there is electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and computer failures.:eek: OPPS the big one HUMAN ERROR!
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Absolutely!..But what I think Silverbird is getting at..the chumps in charge, cut corners to save a buck and it literally blew up in their faces..Now compound that with the dickweeds at the MMS that looked the other way when they should of monitored the rig closer, you then have a recipe for a disaster....I don't see this ever happening again like this..

But all things done right/correctly as you said, feces still can occur.;)
 
That is true, most times it takes more than one ingredient to make soup.
 
BP Prepares to Test New Cap Installed on Leak

Published July 13, 2010
Associated Press BP, via AP July 12:

The new containment cap is lowered over the broken wellhead at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS -- After securing a new, tight-fitting cap on top of the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP prepared Tuesday to begin tests to see if it will hold and stop fresh oil from polluting the waters for the first time in nearly three months.
The oil giant expects to know within 48 hours if the new cap, which landed Monday after almost three days of painstaking, around-the-clock work a mile below the Gulf's surface, can stanch the flow. The solution is only temporary, but it offers the best hope yet for cutting off the gush of billowing brown oil. [more]
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/13/bp-prepares-test-new-cap-installed-leak/
 
IEA sees world oil demand rising 1.6% in 2011

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By Steve Goldstein LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The International Energy Agency said 2011 global oil demand will climb by 1.6%, or 1.3 million barrels of oil equivalent a day, to 87.8 million barrels a day, the first time the agency estimated 2011 demand. That forecasts assumes the IMF is right in predicting 4.3% economic growth, $79.40 average per-barrel prices and a 2.6% drop in oil intensity. The 2010 view of 86.5 million barrels a day, a rise of 2.1% from 2009, was a mild upgrade of roughly 50,000 barrels a day. [more]
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/iea-sees-world-oil-demand-rising-16-in-2011-2010-07-13
 
New U.S. Drilling Moratorium: Same Song, Different Verse
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Monday directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) to issue new suspensions of deepwater drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), including the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific regions through Nov. 30 of this year.
The new drilling suspensions marks Salazar and BOEM's second effort to suspend deepwater drilling operations in the U.S. Gulf in response to the BP oil spill. The first moratorium, issued in late May, was lifted by a district judge on June 22; a panel of federal district judges refused BOEM's appeal to reverse the lower court's decision.
The new suspensions would apply to drilling operations that use subsea blowout preventers (BOP) or surface BOPs on floating facilities. Secretary Salazar has further directed BOEM to cease the approval of pending and future applications for permits to drill wells using subsea or surface BOPs on a floating facility.
While the May 27 moratorium suspended drilling activity by water depths, the new moratorium would not suspend activity based on water depth, but on the basis of drilling configurations and technologies.
"While the new version is effectively the same as the old one, it appears the DOI's legal team used the new version as a rebuttal to the recent legal proceedings, with more evidence to address the deficiencies of the old moratorium," said Jefferies & Co. Inc. Analyst Judson E. Bailey in a recent report. Bailey described the new moratorium as the "same package wrapped in different paper." [more]
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=95943&hmpn=1
 
07/13/2010 - Updated 1:13 PM ET
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Crude-oil futures gather steam, rise 2.6%American Petroleum Institute expected to report lower weekly crude inventories
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By Claudia Assis, MarketWatch & Polya Lesova, MarketWatch
http://markets.usatoday.com/custom/...S&guid={B80DBB9C-9CC0-40A4-9E6E-C8CF07A4365F}
 
Buster said:
120,000 jobs just disappeared..not to mention the 100's of thousands of jobs indirectly affected..

Stimulate THIS Mr President:mad:
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Good comment, I saw a visual image of you saying that live, very convincing demonstration of your sincerity!!!:D
 
Patience is a virtue, but I have none!!:nuts::embarrest:

Feds: More Analysis Needed Before BP Starts Well Cap Tests


Published July 13, 2010
| Associated Press

AP
July 13: In a photo made from video released by BP PLC, oil emerges from a cap placed on the broken wellhead at the former site of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.


NEW ORLEANS -- BP is delaying critical tests on a leaky well cap designed to finally stop the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico after government officials said more analysis was needed on the plan.
BP engineers were scheduled to start slowly shutting off on the 75-ton metal stack of pipes and valves, aiming to stop the flow of oil for the first time in three months. A series of preliminary steps were completed, including mapping the seafloor.
National Incident Commander Thad Allen said in a statement Tuesday night the process "may benefit from additional analysis" that would be performed overnight and Wednesday. He did not say when the tests would start.
The decision was reached after Allen met with federal officials, scientists and geologists.
BP and the government's point man on the crisis -- the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history and one of the nation's worst environmental disasters -- stressed there were no guarantees, and they urged patience from Gulf residents. [more]
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/13/bp-prepares-test-new-cap-installed-leak/
 
Analysis: Moratorium Leads to Anemic Shallow Water Permitting
Rigzone Staff
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    The approval process for "Applications for Permits to Drills" (APDs) has ground to a halt following the six-month imposed drilling moratorium put in place on May 30, 2010. We note that while two Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE, was formerly the MMS) for new safety requirements along with guidelines for additional information on drilling plans were issued on June 8, 2010 and June 18, 2010, approvals for drilling plans in waters less than 500' have yet to take hold. Just one APD that was submitted since May 30, 2010 has been approved (to Apache on July 7, 2010) in what can only be described as federal feet dragging.
  • The approval process for "Applications for Permits to Drills" (APDs) has ground to a halt following the six-month imposed drilling moratorium put in place on May 30, 2010. We note that while two Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE, was formerly the MMS) for new safety requirements along with guidelines for additional information on drilling plans were issued on June 8, 2010 and June 18, 2010, approvals for drilling plans in waters less than 500' have yet to take hold. Just one APD that was submitted since May 30, 2010 has been approved (to Apache on July 7, 2010) in what can only be described as federal feet dragging. [more]
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=95961&hmpn=1
 
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07/14/2010 - Updated 3:11 PM EThttp://markets.usatoday.com/custom/usatoday-com/html-story.asp?markets=COMMODITIES&guid=%7B2427A9EC%2DABE8%2D4A13%2D8AEC%2D1E369B45389C%7D
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Crude oil ends lower as policymakers trim growth outlook
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By Claudia Assis, MarketWatch & Kate Gibson, MarketWatch

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures settled lower Wednesday in a last-minute reversal prompted by the release of Federal Reserve minutes in which policy makers trimmed growth prospects for this year and 2011.
 
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OPPS!!:sick:
Leak Foils BP Effort to Choke Gusher With Cap


Published July 15, 2010
| Associated Press


BP, via Reuters
July 14: Underwater robots are seen working at the site of the BP leak in the Gulf.


NEW ORLEANS -- BP working to choke the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico found a leak on a line attached to the side of the new well cap and were trying to fix it Thursday before attempting to stop the flow of crude.
BP said Wednesday evening it had isolated the leak and was repairing it before moving forward. It wasn't clear how it would affect the timing of the operation, or whether continued to be slowly closed off into the cap. [more]
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/14/bp-begin-testing-new-cap-gulf-oil-leak/
 
It appears they should be able to fix this leak pretty quickly.:)
http://www.bp.com/sectionbodycopy.do?categoryId=9034366&contentId=7063636

New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A leak in a crucial piece of equipment may stall BP's effort to stop the massive oil gusher Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico.
The equipment, called a choke line, started leaking Wednesday, another setback for the beleaguered company in its hope of stopping the disaster. The company will need to fix the leak before it can run the vital tests that could show whether an end to the environmental disaster is finally in sight, the company said.
There was no timetable for when the leak was to be fixed, a company spokesman said early Thursday morning.
And video images of the busted oil well showed a continuous flow of ominous dark oil streaming from the ocean floor.
Even before the new delay, the process had been stalled.
U.S. officials told BP on Tuesday to proceed with an "integrity" test on the well.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/15/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html?hpt=T1
 
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