BP: Time to start praying for a miracle...
June 30, 2010
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Apocalypse in the Gulf: Could a Sinkhole Swallow the Deepwater Horizon Well -- And BP?
http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10005034/apocalypse-in-the-gulf-could-a-sinkhole-swallow-the-deepwater-horizon-well-and-bp/?tag=shell;content
BP Spill, Day 72: Could the Deepwater Horizon Disaster Destroy the Gulf?
http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/513460/BP-Spill%2C-Day-72%3A-Could-the-Deepwater-Horizon-Disaster-Destroy-the-Gulf%3F
"BP has confirmed that the failed blowout preventer (BOP) on its Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico is tilting sideways at an acute angle 12 to 15 degrees from perpendicular. Geologists and petroleum engineers are now debating the worst case scenario: growing evidence that the Macondo discovery well’s casings beneath the ocean floor have been irreversibly damaged, possibly to such an extent that it may be impossible to cap the well."
"A massive sinkhole could either shut down the leak or make the disaster much worse. BNET summarized theories on The Oil Drum from optimistic to apocalyptic:
1. Benign rockslides at nearby canyon walls, coupled with "natural bridge" formation, plug the oil leak.
2. An exposed reservoir opening bleeds 150,000 barrels of oil a day daily until natural hydrostatic pressures from above and below the surface equalize - think two opposing teams in a tug-of-war running out of energy and calling the game a draw - turning off the leak.
3. Weakened sand and salt layers above the reservoir simply collapse, turning a wide area of the outer continental shelf sea floor into an underwater sinkhole that could bleed 2 billion to 3 billion barrels of oil into Gulf waters. In addition, seismic-shock tremors roll in all directions for miles, with an unknown effect on other nearby fields, especially BP's Thunder Horse (18 miles) field and Shell and BP's Na Kika complex, located in Mississippi Canyon Block 474 (approximately 15 miles south-southeast of the blowout)."
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