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Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler
That is great news. I still cant comprehend how it took 86 days to put a lid on that thing.
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Rob, i'll try to explain~~~
my family was in the Awl Bidness in Tulsa/Drumright, OK
ex step-dad is a petroleum geologist, driller, and well-servicing company(soup to nutz) and i worked in The Patch
in my early 20's. so i have a little background, although what they are doing, so deep underwater, is like drilling on a foreign planet.
and therein lies the problem. imagine 2500 lbs/cubic .5", shifting currents, impossible for human interaction temps, AND this has never happened, and certainly not at this depth. of course the red tape and other issues complicate matters; but, truly these are uncharted waters they've gotten themselves into and they are literally inventing the methods and equipment as they go,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
the relief wells should work, this is a common practice on-shore and i think they do it regularly off-shore, also. oil zones(beneath the earth's surface) are volatile "creatures" and then there is the snafu factor when you are involved with plate tectonics, gas pressures, and the inherent dangers and difficulties that go with extracting the earth's blood, so to speak.
i mean isn't it there for a reason? just because we figured out how to get it, doesn't mean that it is ours, OR that it should be removed, no? oilmen are the biggest shiesters on the planet. truly, a dispicable lot! the character in "There Will Be Blood" was spot on, imho
ahhhhh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but that's different forum/thread entirely!