May 31, 2010 – On Sunday, BP CEO Tony Hayward made news again, with an assertion that there are no underwater oil plumes from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This is in direct contradiction of several scientists who have reported plumes of what they believe to be oil from BP's ruptured well many miles from the site.
According to the Associated Press, Hayward made these comments yesterday during a four of a BP staging area for cleanup workers. Two topics of interest from his remarks:
- Oil is on the water's surface, and BP's sampling shows "no evidence" of oil in the water column. "The oil is on the surface," Hayward said. "There aren't any plumes." AP also reports that he did not speak further as to how BP's testing was done.
- BP is focusing its response on the surface oil, narrowing that focus to the cleanup of Louisiana's coast and the wetlands that have been impacted.
In the video below, James Cowan, marine scientist at Louisiana State University, talks about Hayward's claim and the possibility of oil beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
PBS NewsHour makes available this continuously updated count of the oil flow from the Deepwater Horizon ruptured well:
Background
The Deepwater Horizon disaster occurred on April 20, 2010 when the drilling rig platform exploded, burned and sank two days later. Oil continues to flow from the ruptured well one mile under the Gulf of Mexico. Of the 126 people on the drilling platform at the time of the explosion, eleven were killed.
In the aftermath, an environmental and economic catastrophe is being created, as oil continues to spew into the waters of the Gulf, only slightly abated by the insertion of a tube to siphon off oil from the broken well.
Experts disagree on how much oil gushes from the broken well head every hour, 24 hours a day, even after BP successfully inserted a smaller pipe to siphon off some of the oil and gas. The lowest estimate of 5,000 barrels a day has now been discredited, with an admission by BP that they just don't know how much oil is continuously flowing, contaminating one of the most ecologically rich areas on earth.
In addition, many environmental scientists believe that the dispersants being used to break up the oil at its source and on the surface of the ocean may be more harmful to the environment than the oil is.
Comments
It is becoming quite clear that sealing the well permanently is not in the best interest of BP which is why they are not doing it. If they can tap more well heads (with no approval process required) into the same reservoir before sealing this leak and sell their BS about “relief wells” to the public as a solution, they win again. These are just more well heads to continue production from. If they can magically seal the leak after drilling more wells, they could do it now. If they seal it first they risk being thrown out of the gulf forever. This disaster could have been obverted by the end of week one if they wanted to. It’s all corporate and political BS and they think we are stupid enough to buy it. Don’t get sucked in. The government is posturing to corporate pressure by BP. When they needed to stop the oil fires in Iraq, they hired the world best specialists and got it done. Why are they not recruiting those specialists now? Because it isn’t in BP’s best interest.
Well Vic, you certainly make a good case for there being stupid people out there. Forget the vagaries of science and engineering and the tens of thousands of people who work in the oil and gas industry every day. It's obvious you know a lot more about subsea production methods than they do. It's good that you were able to get the truth into print here for the world to read. A conspiracy of this scale certainly needs to be examined. Good job!
BP must Tame Nature 2-2
Accordingly the flumes that have been seen may be another grade of petroleum --- one that has been in high heat such as when the rig was standing and burning. Therefore these sights found where the giant flumes are drifting might be the heaver weight crude that changed its molecular structure in the extremely hot fire. As a result maybe the tar balls found in Florida might be the result from that process. All the higher more volatile hydrocarbons might have been burned away.
BP must Tame Nature with an overshot 1-2
By Dwight Baker
First sent to BP Investors Relations in England May 13, 2010
Today is June 1, 2010
Dbaker007@stx.rr.com
Eagles Eye View Aiming at Issues for We the People Advocates
FLUMES PRESENT IN parts of the Gulf Water
From the time that Deep Horizon started to burn until it hit the ocean floor about 40 hours elapsed.
The Thunder Horse location owned by BP is flowing about one million barrels of oil per day The Deep Horizon is in the same age of oil rock looks as it is ---- on an anticline dome in the Wilcox.
During the burn time then to its fall to the seabed I estimate that One million five hundred thousand barrels of oil escaped through the piping up through the rig floor.
BP drilling engineer testified last night on CSPAN that no cement was placed between the 7” casing and the production zone. Thus a total open virgin formation flow rate was coming to the surface in intervals in excess of 20,000 pounds per sq
So what ---We know! That knowing might buy us a cup of coffee? Unless we can get some one affected to make the Tame Nature overshot a reality!
By Dwight Baker
June 4, 2010
Dbaker007@stx.rr.com
Was The BLOW OUT planned? God forbid if it were! But the big players EXXON/MOBIL partners with BP British Petroleum took in another partner Anadarko Production for 25% of the cost to drill and complete.
Hiccups in anything will cause a clamor some where down the line.
EXXON/MOBIL is Rockefeller BP is Rothschilds the richest families on planet earth they have trillions stashed back and can get more.
Anadarko is one of the largest lease holders and producers of oil in the Gulf, yet they are not in the same league with BP and EXXON/MOBIL so connecting the dots this drama going on could be to run up the liabilities so high Anadarko would have a fire sale to stay in business. J. D. Rockefeller said, “The best time to buy is when blood is running in the streets”
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