Maj3stic~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Greetings from the EPA Region 4 Command Center. I left Philadelphia before the Liberty Rad Ex was over to come down to the worst ecological disaster in US history. Doing 15 hr days with all the over time I can handle. Things are looking pretty bad right now. Current rate of flow is 25k per day. It will be at least 1 to 2 weeks before the dome will be in place. As of right now their is a possibility that the well heads might collapse and this will start a 250k per day flow if this happens it is game over. Anyway, It might be a few weeks possible months before I am on line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Good luck man! Oh and if you need some temp safety officials I'm willing to put in some OT lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Don't say us Brits don't give you anything !! +15 Hrs overtime/ day !! British Petroleum - overtime for Maj3stic guaranteed + 3 years... sept 2009 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=8478949 I bet this is only the start of a major op. probably going on all this year.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 This is worse than the Exxon spill? Good luck buddy and take care of yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicSN6 Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Good luck Maj. Keep us up to date with info if you can. Be safe and don't go swimming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewman~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Good Luck Majestic, stay clean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GySgt~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Maj you becareful out there bud and dont drink the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylawyer~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Be careful Majestic! Keep us updated on your safety, if nought else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebden~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 (edited) This is worse than the Exxon spill? Good luck buddy and take care of yourself! This makes Exxon look like an oil-change. Good luck man, I wish I could help from NL. So much for the Gulf's ecosystem, and once that shit reaches the Gulf Stream?! What a fuck'n scar on the planet. Data check: Exxon spill 40.9M litres/8.998M Gal total BP leak 5000 barrels/day=0.8M litres/0.176M Gal day (Source, 1 oil barrel =159 lit) Basic figure to reach equivalent volume-51 days of leaking at constant disch. If majestic's estimate of 250k comes true with further failure, then . Exxon was closer to shore, hypothetically more devastating to a region in the Gulf of Alaska than the BP spill, but oil ultimately impacting a much smaller area due to the openness of the Gulf of AK. The Gulf of Mexico is much tighter, the ecosystem equally fragile, and the economy and people impacted much, much larger. This one's scary. Edited May 3, 2010 by Ebden~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Be safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 This makes Exxon look like an oil-change. Good luck man, I wish I could help from NL. So much for the Gulf's ecosystem, and once that shit reaches the Gulf Stream?! What a fuck'n scar on the planet. Data check: Exxon spill 40.9M litres/8.998M Gal total BP leak 5000 barrels/day=0.8M litres/0.176M Gal day (Source, 1 oil barrel =159 lit) Basic figure to reach equivalent volume-51 days of leaking at constant disch. If majestic's estimate of 250k comes true with further failure, then . Exxon was closer to shore, hypothetically more devastating to a region in the Gulf of Alaska than the BP spill, but oil ultimately impacting a much smaller area due to the openness of the Gulf of AK. The Gulf of Mexico is much tighter, the ecosystem equally fragile, and the economy and people impacted much, much larger. This one's scary. The Gulf of Mexico has over 3000+ drilling rigs.... it's only a question of time till it happens again, in July 1988, 167 people died when Occidental Petroleum's Piper Alpha offshore production platform, on the Piper field in the UK sector of the North Sea exploded. Transocean Oil-Drilling Rig http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...id=aJrVzEIS9Uys Deepwater Horizon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Data check: Exxon spill 40.9M litres/8.998M Gal total BP leak 5000 barrels/day=0.8M litres/0.176M Gal day (Source, 1 oil barrel =159 lit) Not sure how to interperate that, Ebden. How many millions of litres is the BP leak having? Barrels don't help my math-challenged brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Math isn't my strong point, either, Durka. But if I read Ebden's figures correctly, then... Exxon total spill was 8,998,000 gallons. BP is leaking 176,000 gallons per day. Therefore, if the BP leak stays consistent at its current rate, it will take 51 days to leak as much as the Exxon spill did. - JHunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Ok, that's something close to what I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Need any certifiyed pump mechanics give me a holler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 55 gallons per barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathrus~SPARTA~ Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I fear this leak will be felt in the gulf for years to come. Good luck Majestic, hope you guys can minimize the damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebden~SPARTA~ Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I fear this leak will be felt in the gulf for years to come. Good luck Majestic, hope you guys can minimize the damage. Think decades. The salmon haven't recovered in Prince William Sound since '89 (not to mention any number of non-commercial species, general undersea flora & fauna, etc). You can still walk the beaches in that area, which look dandy and clean, and kick over a rock to find a scum of crude oil. The worst chapter in that spill is the Exxon win (they lost, but hardly) against a long-drawn suit for damages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MH6~SPARTA~ Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Think decades. It hasn't reached the Florida coast has it? I wanted to go scalloping in the Gulf flats this summer :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebden~SPARTA~ Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 It hasn't reached the Florida coast has it? I wanted to go scalloping in the Gulf flats this summer :/ It hasn't, but it will; how much of an impact is anybody's guess. Pay attention to NOAA announcements about contamination, they're people are working closely with the industry, EPA, and FDA to make sure people don't harvest bad shellfish. (I was one of those regulators @ NOAA for a spell). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halli~SPARTA~ Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Haha the local ABC affiliate was offering free vactions to Panama Beach......... Good thing will be there that the sun bathers don't have to pay for getting oiled up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Haha the local ABC affiliate was offering free vactions to Panama Beach......... Good thing will be there that the sun bathers don't have to pay for getting oiled up. Hey that could turn out to be a fun vacation! I hope the local affiliate wasn't talking about plenty of water in their advertisement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylawyer~SPARTA~ Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Florida coastline is free from any oil so far. That Panama City trip would be good, but you'd still need to rent a car to get to some better beaches. PC is a great town with a great bay, but not the best beaches. Good beaches aren't that far from there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Florida coastline is free from any oil so far. That Panama City trip would be good, but you'd still need to rent a car to get to some better beaches. PC is a great town with a great bay, but not the best beaches. Good beaches aren't that far from there though. When you live in the hills, beggers can't be choosers when it comes to beaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNo~SPARTA~ Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 And they say our oil sands are dirty.... yikes which one would you pick now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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