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Title: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on July 15, 2010, 04:24:21 PM: Stopped...

Good news for the folks down in the gulf. They've been showing it on the feed. Looks good.
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 15, 2010, 04:47:37 PM: I swear to God it moved when I saw that. This is the first good news since it started.
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: AUChizad on July 15, 2010, 05:05:03 PM: Quote from: AuburnChopper on July 15, 2010, 04:24:21 PM
Stopped...

Good news for the folks down in the gulf. They've been showing it on the feed. Looks good.
I've been seeing these reports, but am not quite clear...

Did they just spill all the oil? They didn't say they stopped the oil, they said the oil stopped, insinuating to me that it ran dry, meaning every last drop that was in that reserve is now in the gulf.

Yes/No?
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: AWK on July 15, 2010, 05:19:03 PM: Quote from: AUChizad on July 15, 2010, 05:05:03 PM
I've been seeing these reports, but am not quite clear...

Did they just spill all the oil? They didn't say they stopped the oil, they said the oil stopped, insinuating to me that it ran dry, meaning every last drop that was in that reserve is now in the gulf.

Yes/No?
No, they just clamped the pipe. There is still a shit ton of oil down there.
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: Tiger Six on July 15, 2010, 06:29:33 PM: Is a shit ton more or less than a metric ton?
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: AWK on July 15, 2010, 07:59:57 PM: Quote from: Pale Rider on July 15, 2010, 06:29:33 PM
Is a shit ton more or less than a metric ton?
A pound of shit smells worse than a pound of feathers.
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: BZ770 on July 15, 2010, 09:32:22 PM: Bottomfeeder can come off of suicide watch now. :bar:
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: AUChizad on July 15, 2010, 09:40:28 PM: Quote from: Pale Rider on July 15, 2010, 06:29:33 PM
Is a shit ton more or less than a metric ton?
A shit ton is approximately 2,000 Courics.
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on July 15, 2010, 10:43:48 PM: Quote from: AUChizad on July 15, 2010, 09:40:28 PM
A shit ton is approximately 2,000 Courics.

..or roughly 1.3 Mt. Cody's
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: Aubie16 on July 15, 2010, 11:32:05 PM: Quote from: AUChizad on July 15, 2010, 09:40:28 PM
A shit ton is approximately 2,000 Courics.

Bono didn't set the record. Bono IS the record.
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: RWS on July 16, 2010, 10:11:49 AM: Quote from: Aubie16 on July 15, 2010, 11:32:05 PM
Bono didn't set the record. Bono IS the record.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!!!
Title: Re: BP Reports the Oil Has...
Post by: Tiger Wench on July 16, 2010, 04:42:43 PM: Quote from: AUChizad on July 15, 2010, 05:05:03 PM
I've been seeing these reports, but am not quite clear...

Did they just spill all the oil? They didn't say they stopped the oil, they said the oil stopped, insinuating to me that it ran dry, meaning every last drop that was in that reserve is now in the gulf.

Yes/No?
No. The reservoir is BILLIONS of gallons. It is approximately 25-30% depleted according to what I have heard. One of the reasons the cap was successful this time is that after a bleed off of 25%+/- of volume, the internal pressures have also dropped and the flow rate decreased - making it much easier to get a cap on the well. This always happens as wells are produced, and then a company such as the one I work for can come in and restimulate the well to increase pressures again and force the oil to the surface at a faster rate.

This is still a highly valuable reservoir, but i am not sure how much time will have to lapse before BP can tap it again.

Man, the oil business is just rife with sexual inuendo, isn't it?