tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post9034207074601497748..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: The good news is: Maybe they can nuke the Gulf oil spill. The bad news? They probably won't.Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-13705791401978411612010-06-22T18:11:15.957-05:002010-06-22T18:11:15.957-05:00I think Anonymous 7:59pm has made an apocryphal pr...I think Anonymous 7:59pm has made an apocryphal prediction. From what I've read from people who know, the amount of methane/natural gas being spewed from the busted wellhead is enormous, the likelihood that it could catch fire and explode is nearing 75%.<br /><br />In addition, the heat contained at the depth of the well could turn any water seeping into it as the pressure lessens from the spewing could be instantly turned to steam within the cavern that is the underseabed oil patch, and cause a giant blowout. The seabed may bulge upward, sending a tsunami of seawater in all directions, the course of which toward land could wash over the coast as far as 50 miles. After which, the hole would be plugged, the seabed contour changed, fallen into a deep, wide valley.<br /><br />Lovely, isn't it?Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000423065458380753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-41070755649455928782010-06-22T16:23:40.891-05:002010-06-22T16:23:40.891-05:00@Anonymous: The Russians used nukes on several occ...@Anonymous: The Russians used nukes on several occasions to stop oil leaks. It is a proven means of doing it, people just get skittish because of the words "nuclear explosive".Jimmy the Saintnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-50541203406096662392010-06-22T14:44:50.721-05:002010-06-22T14:44:50.721-05:00I had some thoughts on this subject over at The Cl...I had some thoughts on this subject over at The Cliffs recently as well. <br /><br />http://cliffsofinsanity2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/nuke-well.htmlAlvie D. Zanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766175147670509379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-55185953725327798742010-06-22T13:44:26.072-05:002010-06-22T13:44:26.072-05:00No one has any experience with using nukes to stop...No one has any experience with using nukes to stop this leek so don't be silly. <br /><br />We have a lot of experience with what happen in underground detonations and the integrity of that hole would not survive, if that were possible the A-Bomb would have been considered a complete failure back in 1945.Rhodesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-19953348061774007612010-06-22T09:19:38.490-05:002010-06-22T09:19:38.490-05:00Our (limited) experience in using nukes for oil an...Our (limited) experience in using nukes for oil and gas was in using nuclear explosions to fracture formations, not seal them. One was done for El Paso Natural Gas in the late 1960s. I belive that there were two or three other tests completed under this program. The explosions did fracture the formations but made the gas too radioactive to use (40 years later it is just now starting to be safe to use). This program ended in the early 1970s (1972 at latest) so the odds are that most of the individuals with operating experience from this program are retired or dead now.Dr. Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-25386052371968397682010-06-22T08:24:11.053-05:002010-06-22T08:24:11.053-05:00Nuke it??? WHY????
Why would any sane human being...Nuke it??? WHY????<br />Why would any sane human being even consider setting off a nuke to "possibly" seal a high volume producing oil well?<br /><br />The idea is ridiculous at best!!!!<br /><br />Capture the oil and use it, its worth roughly 77 dollars a barrel. <br /><br />Declare the stuff free for the picking up and allow anyone with the capabilities to suck it up, separate the water and bring the oil to a land based refinery for use as fuel. Ships need it, power plants can burn it, it can be refined for motor fuel.<br /><br />If they start building a few more storage facilities and refineries, it would provide thousands of jobs for people who are desparately seeking gainful employment and <br />provide a source of fuel and heating oil for the next few, maybe several years.<br />They need to drop a barge sized container over the hole(not some fucking phone booth sized bell) with a manifold of valved pipes on top to bring the oil to the surface into tanker ships where it can be decanted and most of the sea water separated.<br /><br />This "foregin flagged vessel law" is just another bullshit excuse that these stupid bastards are using to worsen the situation by the minute and is nothing but a power trip. <br />Issue the "special permits and let every possible vessel that can skim and contain the oil go after it.<br /><br />What happens if their "nuke idea" blows a quarter mile sized hole in the ocean floor or produces ten or twenty other leaks? <br /><br />Deal with the one 23 inch pipe and capture it as best we can, don't think about making the problem worse with these fantasy type solutions. Its going to take simple engineering practices to contain this well....not someones vision of a "StarWars" movie ending.<br /><br />What happens if a nuke produces a crack in the sea bed and the entire contents of the oil field is released all at once?<br /><br />Any moron who even mentions the word "nuke" as a viable answer should be thrown overboard into the middle of the biggest slick that can be found.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-36218686783075635852010-06-22T08:21:20.640-05:002010-06-22T08:21:20.640-05:00Nearest I can tell the Obama folks are milking thi...Nearest I can tell the Obama folks are milking this for all it's worth. Ol BHO gets to appear presidential and street at the same time, and BP is a bad guy everyone can hate. And if BHO and BP are enemies, at least in public, we have to support the enemy of our enemy, don't we.<br />One item of note that gets lost in all this is that they started drilling sometime in February and by mid May the well was producing upwards of 60,000 barrels a day, just not where we wanted it. So all those claims of years between drilling and production back during the gas price hike were just so much smoke and BS from the greenies.Uncle Larnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-56431767279467637512010-06-22T07:33:12.478-05:002010-06-22T07:33:12.478-05:00God is trying to show us that there is NO oil shor...God is trying to show us that there is NO oil shortage and that we should be exploiting our own resourcezs. It spews up out of the ground!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-90421512796282207352010-06-22T07:12:49.824-05:002010-06-22T07:12:49.824-05:00Denninger has some interesting info about the spil...Denninger has some interesting info about the spill.<br /><br />http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/2433-Gods-Work-Luck-Or-Lawbreaking.htmlScott Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-40979545514457811122010-06-21T21:59:05.432-05:002010-06-21T21:59:05.432-05:00So what is our experience with nuking wells to sto...So what is our experience with nuking wells to stop leaks??? I'm guessing zippo! How unwise do you suppose it is to set off a nuclear bomb one mile underwater near a long occupied coastline that is barely above sea level over a well pouring out 100,000 barrels of highly flammable oil and gas? What are the odds we could turn a really bad disaster into something biblical???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-15499116838810120312010-06-21T20:14:33.639-05:002010-06-21T20:14:33.639-05:00Kudos to whoever leaked that footage...lolKudos to whoever leaked that footage...lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com