Published: February 15th, 2013 at 5:14 pm ET
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WWNO New Orleans at 4:27p ET: Gulf of Mexico Well Evacuated Due to Uncontrolled Gas Flow [...] A natural gas well located approximately 50 miles east of Venice in the Gulf of Mexico is releasing gas uncontrolled and has been evacuated, according to a report today in Fuel Fix, an energy news website operated in part by the Houston Chronicle. The site reports 15 workers were evacuated from the Ensco 87 rig, which sits in 218 feet of water, after tests found natural gas had migrated from the 8300-foot well to a sand formation approximately 1100 feet below the seabed. This uncontrolled flow happened after a blowout preventer had been activated.
Fuel Fix at 12:20p ET: Problems first arose on Feb. 4, when workers on the Ensco 87 jackup rig detected a kick, or uncontrolled flow of fluid, in the well. In response, they activated a blowout preventer, which apparently was successful in keeping natural gas from escaping the well. However later testing revealed that gas had migrated from the bottom of the roughly 8,300-foot well to a shallower sand formation 1,100 feet below the seabed.
Wall St. Journal at 4:45p ET: Apache Corp. has detected an underground flow of natural gas at the site of a shallow-water exploratory well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the company and U.S. regulators said. [...] Apache said it is now working with well-control experts to stop the flow of natural gas below the seafloor. At the BSEE’s direction, Apache is readying another rig to bring to the site in case a relief well needs to be drilled.
Offshore Magazine at 4:34p ET: Offshore oil and gas regulators in the US are responding to a report of an underground gas flow at an Apache Corp.-operated exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico. [...] The company has brought in well control experts from Boots and Coots to kill the well and is mobilizing the Rowan Cecil Provine rig to the site in case a relief well needs to be drilled.
See also: Update: Divers look for "breach on the sea floor" near troubled well in Gulf of Mexico
Published: February 15th, 2013 at 5:14 pm ET
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So, you cannot have a blow out of the sea floor, huh? I know I have heard that from somewhere before…well, then SURPRISE!
These Oil Companies are out of control in the Gulf of Mexico, and drill anywhere, not understanding the true geology of the region or environment they are drilling in.
They will not be satisfied until the whole Continental Shelf collapses!
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Seriously, no breach has occurred yet. How on earth Boots
&Coots thinks they can stop a breach from under the seafloor….I have no idea.
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Free-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Santa_Barbara_oil_spill
Underground blow-out is the term used in the oil field when the blowout is from one formation to another less pressured fornation. In the case of Santa Barbara the formation that the blowout went in to had an open fault connecting to the seabed. The third worst US oilspill disaster.
Mexico's Ixtoc was also an underground blowout that connected to the seabed– problem was poor design of casing/ cement.
B&C can attempt several things on the rig-envolving plugging agents heavy mud and cement. BUT if blowout starts venting at seabed- thwe rig will have to be moved and direction well drld to intercept at bottom for a kill and cement kill save as was done at BP – MC252- There have been other underground to seabed blowouts in the gulf – off Trinidad. Also on land underground blowout connecting to surface– worked one in the '73s New Roads, La.— one in Guatemala in '77
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This is one big "OF COURSE!" Matt Simmons (former energy advisor for Bush Sr.) announced on MSNBC (Dylan Ratigan Show) in August 2010 that there was a HOLE IN THE SEA, BP knew it, but would not say it because "They would go to prison and their fortunes would be gone." Within two weeks, he was found dead in his hot tub at home in Maine. He had said it would go on spewing oil for YEARS. And this is obviously IT! Anyone who can possibly check, the webcam was switched out from Well B to Well A (Macondo Lot 52, as leased from the U.S. govt), from before and after Hurricane Bonnie that year. The long and lat at the top is slightly (but noticeably) different; one well already capped (Well A) and one still spewing (Well B). What we think is that this PAST year, Hurricane Isaac finally stirred the Gulf of Mexico up enough that the building oil spewing beneath the sea was jolted to the surface. IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT THIS CAN BE FIXED. Needless to say, BP is liable for all damages, ongoing, but since it now seems to be a "new" situation, that will likely never happen. Nor can the dead Matt Simmons be brought back to life.
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WNTF-
Go back and research Simmons a bit more. He was a money man- financer- no technical, scientific or engineering back ground. He advised Bush on the world economics of oil.
He made all the dire predictions an none came true, he claimed it would take a nuke device to close the well, Hole in the bottom-N), reversal of the Gulf Stream -NO, spew oil for yrs-NO. He became so radical that the very consultant company he formed fired him.
AND all the time he was bad mouthing BP and the oil field and the situation in the GoM he was buying up BP stock–8,000 shares. Heart attack? Not unusual for a 67 yo overweight desk jockey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Simmons
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I personally believe that the ocean floor was fractured.
And Simmons was correct about Twilight in the Desert.
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/electric-company-saudi-arabia-warns-country-may-run-out-oil-2030
I have no opinion on Simmons' personal virtues (or lack thereof), but I suspect he believed what he was saying about the ocean floor.
The corexit increased the toxicity of oil by 52X.
BP is sociopathic.
Corexit Increased by 52X Toxicity of Gulf Oil Spill By Georgia Institute of Technology, Newswise 05 December 12
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/14875-gulf-of-mexico-clean-up-makes-2010-spill-52-times-more-toxic
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majia
LOGIC– what sane person would buy 8,000 shares in a company whose main operations are in an area that if his claims and predictions are true would be closed forever–??
His purchase of stocks are not a rumor but are documented–
So what was he — a stock manipulator or lunatic—
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I hate to say it…but at this time, I agree with Thad. Something else would need to happen for this to be a story…except they evacuated.
I am so ashamed….
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I wouldn't be too surprised if they get a lease for fracking around the Yellow Stone park. You know, that thin spot in the crust with all of that magma just waiting for a fissure or two. Frack away boys, what could possibly go wrong.
Hopefully the Republicans are formulating an apology to Exxon just in case Obama threatens to slap their wrist. Get rubio some fracking fresh water and enjoy.
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@natano….LOLOLOL, good point! Yet both parties are the same, so that one fails the smell test. All allow 'Fracking'. Not taking up for anyone, for there is no one to take up for on this issue.
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natano
LOL– wrong type geology — hydricarbin di nit form or occur in volcanics–
EXXON– how did they get in? what did I miss?
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I'm not sure articles that were linked said it was a blowout of the sea floor. It said a sand layer they encountered was unexpectedly pressurized with gas where it wasn't expected, and apparently, too pervasive and migrating to deal with. Isn't that one way this could be read? That said, the sand layer that's under the clay…possibly this exact layer from the story…this sand has migrating gas/oil under pressure…and could have quite possibly made its way across the off shore shelf, into the coastal aquifer and into the Mississippi Alluvial Aquafer. In this scenario the bubbles that have enlarged to gushing water-main break sized little geysers, the swamp plumes of little fire/smoke plumes, and even the rising water distribution can be explained. I was researching the geological history of FL and found that in oil drilling SW offshore, WATER or brine fills in the spaces between porous material in the well area, cohabiting with the gas and oil being accessed. Is it possible that some of the water at the sinkhole was stored with the methane/oil/brine that has made its way to the sand strata, then migrated sideways? Does any other theory make sense considering the increasing intensity of bubbles throughout a radius of at least 40 miles?
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irhologram
NO– there are many geological obstacles to that scenario. The most major is the faults that run east to west parallel to the Continental shelf. The rise on one side vs the fall on the other broke continuity and caused mismatch in hundreds of feet.
The Mississippi alluvail aquifer does not go as far as the coast. Florida geology is evaporite based whereas the GoM is a huge sedinentary basin-
Gas-oil-water in the same formation are not "cohabiting" but are in separate layers–gas -oil- water. Yes there is some gas solubulised in the oil but there no water in either..
The formations leaking at Bayou Corne do contain gas, oil and formation water- the volune of the oil and water is small. It leaks UPWARD in to the aquifier then migrates lateral along the clay ceiling of the aquifier– like smoke or steam across the ceiling in a kitchen.
40 miles–? Lake Peigneur? No connection. The events at Bayou Corne are in geological terms very local…
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Insanity… It is called the global market place, free trade.. It really is mindless endless war and global destruction for profit
These idiots are serious about mining in space!!!
The poles!!!
What we need is to live within our means globally…
F F F F Capitalism
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Ddear Thad: Apparently you know everything… O.k. WE SAW Matt Simmons on t.v. just days before his death and the man was frightened but he said it anyway. And yes, EVERYTHING (not nothing) he said is coming true! You just seemed to have missed the article above. Why don't you read it? Better still: You think there is no danger of ongoing uncontrollable unstoppable oil gushing up from the sea floor? O.k. Look like a nice place to live. Why don't you try it? Fishing's great too. You should thrive.
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WNTF, some of the rules you should know about adopting this gremlin:
1)Do not feed it after midnight. Don't ask why, just know you'll regret it.
2)Avoid bright light / truth. Yes, gremlins do know everything and never revisit points where you have proof otherwise. Instead they redirect attention to the next scenario which they also know everything about. Shedding light on them only seems to aggravate them.
3) Keep away from water!!! While it might seem logical to attempt to dilute or bath them to reduce offensive odors, this is the worst idea. They only multiply and attack with group tactics.
Good luck with your new gremlin!
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16Penny
Rather than tossing rocks why not join WNTF and help him find documentation –
Or is it that smart remarks your best–?
Did like the movie—
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feeding you is not my responsibility.
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16 P why the games? – did I sis in your sand box-No
can you contribute to the discussion-No
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Actually my answers to your queries are yes and yes.
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16 P
Elaborate—or quite wastong our time-
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Thad, NO
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WNFT–
You say everything Simmons said is coming true– then you should be able to document– real scientific documentations- not YT rumor mill BS.
In this link there is a list of some of his claims/ predictions – Can you take each claim and document that it happened?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Simmons
Which article above do you refer to—?
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Here is one of his interviews..Matt Simmons
An important one.
3/19/2011
3-19-11 Update & Matt Simmons: "Theres another leak, much bigger, 5 to 6 miles away"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGAoU1H2gM
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And another.. Matt Simmons-CFR amp Big Oil Insider Exposes Massive BP Cover Up Fraud & Hoax 1 of 3
July 26 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qjlk_0IgTw
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HoR
Goes to prove the point– never was a bigger leak 5-6 miles away. Nor anyother of his dire claims and predictions–YT BS 3 years old still TY BS today. Where was the slick if bigger– how was it drld- how was it killed–
Wonder how nuch that dropped BP stock- and how many shares did he buy —
There has been 4 ROV surveys supervised by the USCG witnessed by various state and federal agencies- nothing. The NOAA has done an extensive bittom survey using multibeam sonar- nothing-Then the NOAA did their own ROV survey again nothing….
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The leak was the wellhead..never shown..miles away.
Listen to the vid carefully…
The explosion not only blew the wellhead…it made seeps and enhanced natural ones.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_02uC4ObN3zc/THAvo8-ujFI/AAAAAAAABIw/GcdroG8ZUVE/s1600/plume.jpg
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KXlLr4Mnvpo/TE2-HHV-j1I/AAAAAAAAENQ/XtnfqwnAYa8/Seafloor%20Map%20Distance%20To%20Nearest%20Seep%20Google%20Earth.jpg
There is now data from the JAG report..
http://www.noaa.gov/sciencemissions/PDFs/JAG_Report_1_BrooksMcCall_Final_June20.pdf
Like this..
http://www.google.com/search?q=biloxi+dome+images&hl=en&tbo=u&rlz=1C1AFAB_enUS503US517&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=CA8gUbS6N4TvygG55YCoDQ&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1538&bih=839#imgrc=QZFNYiBBFuE7UM%3A%3B7fAcFPCdwG_AFM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fworldvisionportal.org%252Fimages%252FLeaks3D.gif%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fworldvisionportal.org%252Fwvpforum%252Fviewtopic.php%253Ff%253D52%2526t%253D931%3B691%3B481
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Oh..typo..there is material missing…from the JAG report
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PS..This is what the natural seeps on the west side of the Biloxi dome looks like.
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1202/background/seeps/media/seeps-1.html
Compare the imagery to the link above:
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Hor
Want to see the ultimate oil seeps?– LaBrea tar pit in Cal– it is a natural seep of asphalt, there is another on the island of Trinidad.
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Ya..but they are not right next to an industrial accident that caused a breach below the seafloor.
Plenty holes to look at..
firefox 2010 11 01 23 18 27 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_DgHYF8rKg&feature=related
That one is probably too fuzzy for most people's eyes..I'll try again.
DDII1CraterLeftWellhead101105190343.mov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aDI2X5hMOo
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HoR
What explosion? The only explosion was on the DWH abive the surface of the sea and that shock wave would not have transmitted through 5,000ft of sea water to the wellhead.
There was NO explosion at the wellhead. An explosion requires fuel and an oxidizer– there was fuel but at 5,000 ft at the sea bed there is no oxygen.
So what other laws of chemistry and physics do these wannabee experts ignore? In the YT vids you only have only their word of what is shown — is it real or is it some sham of theirs for ego tripping.
Seriously can you find one scientist or chemist that can give documentable evidence how an explosion could take place at 5,000ft in the absence of oxygen. It takes 8-12 parts of oxygen mixed with one part methane to form an explosive mixture– Look it up MSDS methane LEL/ HEL.
Before believing shock jock's vids and blogs I would go with science..Before believing panic merchants I'd believe the USCG and NOAA–
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Caught in the act of lurking.
Eruption a better term?
GULF OIL EMERGENCY ALERT 7.31.10: ROV Captures Violent Sea Bed Oil Eruption
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dhmbmTGMe4
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HoR
You see what you were told to see–that is not a seabed eruption it Prop wash from the ROV sittin diwn on bottom–
Look close the cloud of brown sediment is mixing with and being dispersed in the water– black oil would not do that- I'm sure you have vid of the actual wellnead flowing oil –compare–
Just for arguement sake- IF there was a great eruption through the seabed – why is there not a great slick today or what killed and sealed the eruption.
Why has the 5 dofferent ROV surveys not found—
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BOA ROV HIT BY ERUPTION FROM SEA FLOOR
July 30 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gG4Fz9B3d4
The new survey results are falsified.
Some prop wash..
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HoR
look at the data on vid screen you posted.
Right hand upper corner
depth-1200 – 1500ft
alt- goes from 10ft to 0 ft–
alt = altitude referring to distance above bottom. You will notice as the alt decreases approaches the sediment cloud begins–
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Prop wash has nothing to do with the geological material shown being propelled..at great velocity.
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Heads up ..Thad..
BBC confirmed explosion detonated inside BOP to seal BP Macondo well
Jan 21 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVHueWo3g8Q
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PS..This post is kinda interesting.
5/15/2010
They will NOT announce the Nuke/Explosive Solution, they will just do it – BP Deep water horizon
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1066619/pg1
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BOOM!..
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HoR
YT- 3-19-11
Anazing -Simmons died August 8, 2010.
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Ahh..the date of Matt's interview is somewhere..it must have been the posting date..
Let's be real…
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PS..Maybe Anne will come and fix my posting date…LOL
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HoR this is getting silly- nuke device-MC-252 wellhead. And no shock wave no blast generated tsunami, none of the work vessels in the area noted– not even the smaller boats skimming the oil. The Russian, Chinese, European and other nations seismographs did not detect..no protest for breaking the nuclear arms treaty
And where would BP get a nuke device—- Best Buys or Home Depot
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It's what the guy said in the documentary..
Just saying..
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Methane Hydrate Oil Plume Gulf of Mexico MC252 Ruptured Seabed Sea Floor PROOF
Aug.29 2010
Do I believe they left a hole in the seafloor..absolutely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY6ipF-CBOc
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Thad, In your opinion what is going on with the Louann salt layer?
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yogda
Louann salt layer — not see or read about anything out of the ordinary- It continues to move-creep as it has for millions of years– to sliw-too smal for man to notice.
Have you heard anything?
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A little giggle, has anyone noticed the sponsors' ads at the top are subject related-
This thread is oil field so the sponsors'ads "RigZone and"Javins Corp" a drlg contractor— LOL
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The ad right now is Chevron in Bakersfield, CA. No one wants to live in Bakersfield because they are downwind from Canyon Diablo Nuclear Power Plant. Also, near all the pesticides and herbicies sprayed in the Central Valley. The rad readings are off the charts.
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