From what I heard on the news, that was the gov’t speaking, not BP.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/bp-considers-tapping-well-that-leaked/playing-with-fire/?om_rid=NHhWm0&om_mid=_BMXGoMB8RQ-vqT& Yes they are eying the well because it has enormous potential.
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0806/bp-drill-disaster-zone/ BP will go after the oil like i said in another thread but was told I was wrong impolitely.
Yet this well is being cemented up, so you were still wrong, impolitely or not.
One of the articles suggests the relief well will be used to get the oil deposit. I said the deposit is huge and they will not walk away from it. our aggressive self appointed expert said it would not be.
The reason I don’t trust corporations is because they lie all the damn time.
If corporations lie all the damn time then what do you do? Obviously, you are talking about our exchange. You stated that BP would not plug the well. You stated it in multiple threads with nothing to back that up. I basically begged you to simply modify your statement to say that they would plug the well but might go after the reserves with one of the relief wells or a new well. Instead, you never backed away from your statement that they would not plug the well.
Flash forward and the well has been plugged. You have been proven wrong. There is absolutely no disputing the absolute fact that you have been proven wrong. I never once stated that BP would not go after the reserves. I specifically mentioned it as a possibility although I said, and will still say, it is much more likely that someone else years from now attempts to produce the find, not BP. Obviously that is pure conjecture.
On the other hand, you went against all known facts at the time and all logic and said that BP would try to turn the damaged well into a producer. Now that the well has been plugged, and you have been proven wrong, you are attempting to act like you were saying something completely different. Just be an adult and admit that you were wrong and don’t distort your or anyone else’s previous statements.
Flash forward to where the well is proved stable over time. That means as long as readings continue to hold, there is greater risk involved with reopening than in standing down. They are willing to take that risk in order to kill; but not willing to risk promoting the general Welfare for ourselves and gulf coast residents throughout posterity.
As long as readings are currently holding steady:
Why kill the well time this time around?
peace
~jefferson
Belt and suspenders, a very important engineering principle.
Ask us again when the well has “proven stable” over a greater length of time than it was gushing oil for.
Plus they’ve got their relief well to within 4 horizontal feet of the original hole, at some 17,000 feet down. How strong is the rock in that 4 foot region? Is the original well full of concrete down there, or is the oil just kinda sitting there slowly eating away at rock between the two holes, or what?
At the very least, they need to cement the relief well too.
They won’t let me.
The rocks are proved strong enough to resist 7,000 psi. even within four feet of penetration. Ask me again when the pressure starts dropping or seismic activity increases, then I will agree it is time to kill the well.
The relief wells are positioned below the top kill concrete. There is no sign that the oil is eating away at the rock. There is no reason to believe that this oil is somehow more corrosive than any other oil. At the very least, they need to stand down until after BP management and dependents and gulf coast residents have a chance to vote.
Donate the productive well as reparation for damage done. Call it even.
Peace
rwj~
“Call it even”? The value of the remaining reservoir has no logical connection with the value of the damages. It could be much higher or much lower. I know that if I my business was ruined by the oil spill, I’d rather have a compensation check from BP rather than a tiny ownership share of an oil reserve of unknown future value.
Those that want to opt out and accept compensation at the going rate on the dollar; submit your claim now. Those that think the reserve to be much higher in the long run can take the gamble on a greater return. Put off killing the well until this November when BP dependents and gulf coast residents have a chance to cast their vote.
peace
rw~