Hey Richard

[Reefing102]

I was just curious if the oil leak will be affecting your aquaculture site?
It appears that it could reach it, since they say its possible that the oil could reach the Atlantic which, from my point of view appears the only way would be around Florida where the Keys are.

 

[liverock]

I was just curious if the oil leak will be affecting your aquaculture site?
It appears that it could reach it, since they say its possible that the oil could reach the Atlantic which, from my point of view appears the only way would be around Florida where the Keys are.

It appears that the slick may get caught up in the loop current, which will take the oil down the west coast, around the Keys, up to Jacksonville and into the gulf stream eventually. As of now the oil is over two hundred miles away.

This could change exponentially if the winds come into play and drive it elsewhere.

Whatever happens, this is the biggest disaster to hit this nation, environmentally, ever. With the leak producing 500,000 gallons a day, this is going to get much worse before it gets better.

My question is....they were in the process of "capping" the well, meaning shutting it down....why would you shut down a well that is producing 500,000 gallons a day, naturally, without being pumped?

Is that not enough production to sustain costs associated with getting it out of the ocean floor, in this oil starved economy?????

Or are we getting hosed by the oil company's again?:mad2:

Richard TBS

 

[MichaelBrock]

There seems to be quite a bit of contradictory information around on this and I have no idea if what I hear is any truer than anything else but my understanding is that well was not yet under production. The rig that sank was actually a drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, that had just completed the drilling and finishing process. They were supposed to have kept the wellbore under pressure to prevent the oil and gas from entering the well but somehow that didn't work and the safeguards, like the blow-out preventer also failed to work. So they were in the process of "capping" the well in the sense that they were putting it into a state that the digging rig could move on and a production rig could move in to begin production.

 

[liverock]

There seems to be quite a bit of contradictory information around on this and I have no idea if what I hear is any truer than anything else but my understanding is that well was not yet under production. The rig that sank was actually a drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, that had just completed the drilling and finishing process. They were supposed to have kept the wellbore under pressure to prevent the oil and gas from entering the well but somehow that didn't work and the safeguards, like the blow-out preventer also failed to work. So they were in the process of "capping" the well in the sense that they were putting it into a state that the digging rig could move on and a production rig could move in to begin production.

That makes sense!