In related news, we mentioned earlier that a containment vessel was being lowered in the seabed to handle the recent oil spill problem. This chamber has been lowered into the Gulf of Mexico, amidst the strict restrictions against fishing.
BP’s – Doug Suttles said that our company is positioning the 78 ton chamber – with a steel dome and concrete base, to the seabed. We are hoping that this chamber will start diverting the flow of oil and absorb the overall flow. This way, we’ll have enough time at our hands to lower another chamber on a different location.
A process like this is complicated and a lot of unseen challenges are being faced because this whole thing has never been attempted before. But on the other hand, as a side job, BP is skimming the oil layer off of the sea surface and placing barriers to make it harder for the oil to reach shores.
The White House also showed concerns about the leak and deployed military officials to monitor the situation. Some ships were also lent as an aid to BP and to those individuals who are trying to control the spill. However, there are investigating authorities that are trying to probe deeper into the core issue here. The preventer mechanism that is supposed to work in case of an oil leak didn’t go off at time of the fateful incident. Officials believe that some companies are involved in the installation of that faulty “preventer”.
For future purposes, the White House is not going to allow offshore drilling until a full set of precautions and safety measures has been approved.
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The “dome”-idea might work if you connect it to a pipeline or gauge with a huge pump(s) on the end that lead to collectors. before lowering it onto the pipeopening at the seabottom the pump should be fully operational and working . by lowering the “dome” into the depth at first it will suck in water and the flow will stay open. NO clogging. also due to the underpressure in the dome it will suck itself to the bottom. once it gets to the pipe at the seabottom it will start sucking the oil and water mixture in. as soon as it is lowered completely over the pipe it will only suck in the oil . than it can be collected on the other end in tankers. during the operation the advantage is, that there is no trouble with the oilpressure. as long as the pump(s) have enough capacity. I think it can work.
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If you are able to contenmplate pumping tires & other debris into the wellbore to plug off the flow. Why not take the containment box -open up the top to keep from icing up, mount a Coil tubing injector head on it (box is to hold anchor the injector to the seafloor), Use robotics to guide Coil Tubing string into the BOP’s & into the casing. Get deep into the wellbore (preferable below the flow if possible)then pump heavy kill fluids, cement or polymers to hydrostatically gain control of the wellbore. I understand that BP has some of the most knowledgable engineers & professionals working on this, I am an oil & gas consultant with a background in well control onshore and by no means am I second guessing, but seems like it could be simple & could work. I know the velocity of the flow will be hard to get the CT started in the hole but if a small enough string is started & then tapered up to a larger diameter to cut down on friction I think it could work.
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