BP Macondo Oil Leak: Gulf of Mexico, US - Page 7

injuneer · 05-07-2010, 12:51

Some more info:

Not only is oil gushing from the broken well head, it is squirting out through cracks in the sea floor, some several miles from the sunken rig. The reason is likely that there are breaks in the pipe which goes 4 miles beneath the sea, where the oil pressure is 100,000 PSI. They can't cap the well head because then more oil will be squeezed out through these breaks into the surrounding rock strata, and eventually out through rock fissures on the sea floor. These "down hole" breaks cannot be fixed, so the problem is basically unsolvable. Relief wells might alleviate some oil pressure, but could also leave more to go wrong.

Matty_ · 13-07-2010, 18:02

Apparently the leak is under control at long last, not totally stopped but under control. Some good news at last...

Osem · 13-07-2010, 19:31

Some good news for UK PLC too. With BP's vast profits being eroded by this tragedy the exchequer's going to be losing out on some massive tax receipts.

yesman · 16-07-2010, 18:45

This is turning into something more than just an oil leak........

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Frank Lautenberg, a Democratic senator from New Jersey, called for an investigation into whetherBP helped to secure the early release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber freed by Scottish authorities last year.

“It is shocking to even contemplate that BP is profiting from the release of a terrorist with the blood of 189 Americans on his hands,” Mr Lautenberg wrote in a letter to the Senate foreign relations committee.

The American government are up to something but I am not sure what.
One thing I do know that if oil is involved they are there pointing the finger.

It seems to be getting a little out of hand.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...l-Megrahi.html

Some of the comments at the bottom of that news item are quite interesting.

Ignitionnet · 16-07-2010, 21:30

I actually think it's quite clear and transparent what they are up to. They are trying to artificially depress BP's share price so that they become more vulnerable to a takeover by Exxon Mobil.

More oil in American hands.

BP are getting towards fixing their issues so are getting some value back, a good time for the US to try and work it back down.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...id-speculation

http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/16/news...nies/BP_stock/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...er-threat.html

yesman · 17-07-2010, 00:01

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

I actually think it's quite clear and transparent what they are up to. They are trying to artificially depress BP's share price so that they become more vulnerable to a takeover by Exxon Mobil.

BP are getting towards fixing their issues so are getting some value back, a good time for the US to try and work it back down.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...id-speculation

http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/16/news...nies/BP_stock/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...er-threat.html

Yes I agree with you on that part, but to allegedly accuse BP of profiteering for the release of a terrorist so as to conduct trade with Libya is surely beyond the realm of humanity.

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More oil in American hands.

Quite !!

naeskydish · 17-07-2010, 18:07

It's time to stand up to the Americans! We are only allies on their terms.

First of all those that have been asked BP, polititians etc, should refuse to attend any of the senate hearings. Who do they think they are, been bullying nations for generations, going to war in pursuit of oil ffs. As for making deals with terrorists, the yanks have been doing that for years in setting up governments of their own choice.

The UK government has to be seen to give it's full support to BP.

Uncle Peter · 19-07-2010, 11:11

Let's see now Mr Obama. What are you doing to address this problem? I'll take a guess that it's not going to be very much at all since it's not in your own back yard.

http://www.newswek.net/2010/07/18/oi...in-africa.html

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-u...delta-20090630

**Damien** · 19-07-2010, 11:20

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

I actually think it's quite clear and transparent what they are up to. They are trying to artificially depress BP's share price so that they become more vulnerable to a takeover by Exxon Mobil.

More oil in American hands.

BP are getting towards fixing their issues so are getting some value back, a good time for the US to try and work it back down.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...id-speculation

http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/16/news...nies/BP_stock/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...er-threat.html

Is there nothing the British Government can do?

RizzyKing · 19-07-2010, 12:23

If there was Damien and i am not sure there is it wouldn't be done because we don't want to risk our relations with the US. For me the plus point of this has been the exposure of obama for what he is a cheap political oppurtunist and quite a petty little man who has managed to get himself into a position of power. I have no doubt over the coming years he will continue to do more harm then good to the standing of the US in the world.

**Damien** · 19-07-2010, 13:17

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing

If there was Damien and i am not sure there is it wouldn't be done because we don't want to risk our relations with the US. For me the plus point of this has been the exposure of obama for what he is a cheap political oppurtunist and quite a petty little man who has managed to get himself into a position of power. I have no doubt over the coming years he will continue to do more harm then good to the standing of the US in the world.

How would you expect our leaders to behave if an American Oil Company had done the same here and Oil was washing ashore on UK beaches?

He is the President of America and not the head of BP. His concern is his own country so I don't see why speaking out against a company which has leaked an incredible amount of Oil into American waters is petty. He needs to appear tough. 'Let's spare a thought for the Oil Company shall we?' is not going to go down well.

It's not petty to attack BP for this. Even if they are doing so to drive the Oil Price down. I want BP to remain British but I will not defend the indefensible.

Osem · 19-07-2010, 13:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damien

How would you expect our leaders to behave if an American Oil Company had done the same here and Oil was washing ashore on UK beaches?

He is the President of America and not the head of BP. His concern is his own country so I don't see why speaking out against a company which has leaked an incredible amount of Oil into American waters is petty. He needs to appear tough. 'Let's spare a thought for the Oil Company shall we?' is not going to go down well.

It's not petty to attack BP for this. Even if they are doing so to drive the Oil Price down. I want BP to remain British but I will not defend the indefensible.

The UK doesn't have the economic muscle to do to a US company what the US authorities appear to be doing to BP. Obama might look a tad more evenhanded to the rest of us if he occasionally mentioned any one of the numerous US companies who've had a major part to play in this debacle.

Isn't the Bhopal disaster indicative of the way in which the US behaves when they crap on other people's soil?

http://www.ehjournal.net/content/4/1/6

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On December 3 1984, more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, immediately killing at least 3,800 people and causing significant morbidity and premature death for many thousands more.

punky · 19-07-2010, 13:48

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Originally Posted by Osem

The UK doesn't have the economic muscle to do to a US company what the US authorities appear to be doing to BP. Obama might look a tad more evenhanded to the rest of us if he occasionally mentioned any one of the numerous US companies who've had a major part to play in this debacle.

Isn't the Bhopal disaster indicative of the way in which the US behaves when they crap on other people's soil?

http://www.ehjournal.net/content/4/1/6

I seem to recall there is oil from an American Oil Company washing up on the Cornwal/Dorset even this year. I can't find sanything though. If not this year then certainly recently.

Damien: Noone is saying Obama shouldn't be criticising BP, and BP's position is pretty much indefensible, but really Obama has gone from criticising BP to bullying them to make him and his party look good in the mid-terms that are coming up in 4 months time. In addition to making Obama look 'big' it also has the advantage of making the Democrats look more patriotic - something they are always accused of not being.

RizzyKing · 19-07-2010, 14:07

BP deserve some criticism in this incident Damien but to do so without saying anything about the US involvement in this is what has got me so angry. Bp leased that rig it was american built and run until bp took it on and they barely had it long enough for all of this to be bp's fault i think it had been in bp operation for 3 months prior to the explosion. He has used this incident to come across as this strong president while as others have pointed out and provided links too he isn't so keen to do it when it is american companys causing far more damage then this in other countrys.

DaiNasty · 19-07-2010, 14:30

And also their 'long game' as always is to secure oil supplies for the country. In addition to the short term political benefits as mentioned above their leaders know very well that if the oil stops flowing their country would be back in the stone age in a matter of weeks.

If the trucks stopped rolling and food supplies dwindled down how long do you suppose it would take before the population were killing each other for that last can of beans?