hi, im an undergrad student at FIT doing ocean eng...can you tell me an easy way to stop a small 1-2" diameter pvc pipe with air bubbles from leaking. we have to make a device and it must be deployed from ontop the water and capture or stop the bubbles..but capturing the bubbles will earn more points.
Your ideas are a good starting point, but just looking at them I have a number of variations on the same theme that might enhance them and method #1 is clearly the most robust approach.
The flaws you illustrated were almost Fluids 101...which makes me wonder. The Shuttle Disaster/O-Rings flaws were similarly simplistic...and were calculated by engineers both at NASA and the contractor and ignored.
Wonder what the real status is...unlikely to get good info on that;) World is what we allow!
I am going to be making a video on the BP spill and I really hope it is ok if I use this video in my video, I like you're ideas and I think it would work.
I am going to show the fact that these people do not want to solve this problem because it is profitable for some people.
If you have a personal website I can direct people to send me a message and I will add it to the video.
Engineers at BP don't just sit on their hands all day and come up with solutions that don't work. What you propose, I'm certain, they are well aware of. For what reasons do they choose not to find a workable solution is beyond me. Conspiracy theorists may claim they're intentionally trying to create an "apocalypse" endgame scenario for all...
Anyone who knows me knows that I should go to accuse the bp oil their solution they have taken to stop the leakage of oil, and incredible I tried to ask the bp directly but do not respond, I am convinced that my solution can be compared with their account, see about my brba19471991 (top kill comparison 2) thanks
I am A union Pipefitter and all my family are the same we have all looked at this and think that your solution would work have you been contacted ? or has any other Engineers came up with anything simular? just wandering how we could get this plan in motion !!
These are all great ideas...from what i can see any of them would work regardless of the underwater conditions. I am a student working towards a bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and a bachelors in Aerospace Engineering and i believe that BP should be looking at options set forth by people like you that are actually interested in fixing the problem correctly and not just wasting time and money on a temporary fix that has already proven to fail...
@ZeldaZac94 Idk how old are you but im just a teenager... i dont like cars ... i didnt help to make that thing... how could i help them? So get that "we" out there and put this (everyone minus moskitoPT) or (everyone minus we pepploe that dont want to the world end)
John- how large a turbine can be run with the kind of high pressure flow they have down there? What a waste of energy... Who needs the oil with all that pressure/power?
Wonder what would happen if a large heavy duty metal barge was overturned with anchor weights welded to the rim in order to create a compression seal to the sea bottom. The barge could have had numerous valves welded to a reinforced ceiling to allow retrieval of escaping material by surface ships with suction hoses.
If the US military can build a surface ship that can recover enemy submarines from a deep sea bottom, surely they could have positioned a massive barge over this leaking well head.
people, we have to realise that, given the technical knowledge the technicians at BP have, the only possible explanation for their conduct, before the blow-out and after, is that
THIS IS ALL NOT HAPPENING BY MISTAKE,
BUT RATHER PURPOSELY!
we need to draw our conclusions - and then take it from there!
A collar that goes around an existing flange is necessary: sort of 2 halves and vertical joining flanges like a woman's arm bracelet. If no existing flange to restrict coupler slip-off is available on the pipe that remains, any coupling will require many securing rivets, pins or bolts which then would would require precision drilling in place. Pressure is the danger requiring a firm grip.
I think that threaded thing would snap off from the pressure to be honest. And I'm pretty sure the top-hat procedure went perfect. Check out the recent videos put up, it's on nice and snug now
why hasn't anybody listened to john? we would have stopped the flow last month if we had! that company is no longer british patroliam but bi, for british idiots!
I envisioned a new collar equipped with a large valve and wheel, similar to the ones used by John Wayne in the movie Hellfighters. Once installed, the valve could be closed. Then BP could later attach a new pipe to the surface and then open the valve and collect the oil.
I would assume the engineers at the company that makes the bop are working on a fix like this.....then again maybe not
John it looks like a great idea but here's a couple of issues that have come up...Apparently the BOP was acting like an anchor so they are not certain of it's mechanical stability and that it can hold up to any additional pressures, 15KPSI at the base 7K PSI to the riser, the additional pressure ie CAPPING it...Putting another BOP on top of it is ludicrous at best. Knowing these facts any suggestions on your solution or another?
Gasket not necessary if fit is precise. Fitting would be successful using screw closure on a split collar with thick vertical flanges for the bolts. Screw closure of a side sleeve collar design would preserve coupling strength if your depiction of existing attachment area is accurate.
I don't know about the strength of your lower flange bolts. I propose a small mod- a 2 half collar that fits around the existing flange and bolt assy with vertical flanges for securing the two halves. Otherwise excellent. I have been proposing suspended and anchored mobile Tyvek umbrella domes for containment in response to some news articles. Good luck to those who have to operate in the toxic zone. Commendations and support John.
Nice ideas. The main problem I see with these solutions is that they require a lot of high torque bolting and unbolting. Are the ROVs capable of maneuvering some type of underwater impact wrench onto each bolt head, and then applying torque to the bolt heads without themselves spinning?
I'm an engineer living in the New Orleans area. My wife and I are attending a large meeting tomorrow night regarding the on going efforts of individuals and independent organizations to stop the leak and save the gulf. I would very much like to promote every engineered solution to this on going problem at tomorrow's meeting; should I have the opportunity. My only question to you is given the most recent data detailing the damage to the well pipe, are your solutions still applicable?
@kristierunion I won't comment whether John's idea is still applicable, but take a look at the following video by searching YouTube for "Underwater Oil Recovery System for BP Oil Spill" It is definitely still applicable. Contact the email at the end of the video for more info on how it is still applicable. It was designed by a couple engineers in the oil & gas industry.
Great work John. Many have offered solutions for capping the well ie: The inverted conical cap offers a viable solution to overcome the tremendous pressure of outflowing oil u so aptly identified -- conical shapes meet least resistance to outflow pressure during insertion...
But, the solution u offer keeps the well viable for future oil extraction.
BP will prefer a such a solution due to its investment (conversley, BP is apt to reject solutions that only cap the well.)
Alright I've seen enough of the under aged idiots calling the white house idiots, and the people working on the bp oil spill etc, yes the uploader has a good approach to it, but YOU under no circumstance are even close to being smarter then professionals working on it right now so quit blabbing your useless dumbass information, you don't contribute anything. and for fuck sakes go away you stupid paranoid 9/11 truthers.
@xXmilesdavisXx Dude, people at BP trying to fix the leak frankly don't know shit about what they are doing. It was obvious that the LMRP was going to fail because of massive pressure. how did they NOT think of that happening. Greedy douche bags at BP are just stalling so they can make money from oil they lost. BP broke the oil well on purpose. BP should step away, and the US government should step in to fix the problem better than BP. And the great idea portrayed in this video should be used.
@xXmilesdavisXx fuck you. you dam communist. last time i cheked its a free country.
say what you wont when you wont. and its a good idea the guys. smart as hell and the fuck heads at BUT PLUGERS i mean british petroleum need to get ther dicks out echouthers ass and stop the fucking thing. the worlds dieing how bout i dround you in am ocean oil ass hole. lol youd pry like it ezer 4 for you to be a gay fish. every
man is tell he opens his mouth and talks i gess call me retarded.
brilliant, but bp drilled the deepest whole under the gulf for a reason. the idea is to make you believe that there idiots, but accidents like this dont happen, were the idiots for trying to fix something someone broke on purpose. population reduction is in and this is only the begining. stop believing the hype, oil is nothing to them they just use it to control us and kill us. who would dig thousands of feet beneath the sea without expecting catastrophy?
Wont the methane freeze the water going thru the riser like it did on the 4 story containment block they tried..if the water turns to ice. it won't work...like an evaporator in an a/c system..if the gas is runaway, it will freeze the evaporator solid..(riser) there won't be enough heat transfer from the surrounding water to keep everything liquid.
Please take a look at this incredible youtube video:
BP Oil Spill: Why They Can't Stop The Leak!!!!!
This explaines why BP is not using any of the 80.000 suggestions to stop the pipe leak. They are using the pipe leak as a pressure escape of oil and gas, else the sea fund will crack or worst explode releasing in the Gulf an intire lake of oil and gas.
Great video. I love physics as well. I had a similar idea with the securing of a device to lock around it, and then sliding a cover over the top (sliding / because of the immense pressure) It was off the top of my head, but your idea is what my idea was aspiring to be; I would really like to help get this to BP. Is there anything I can do to help?
Sounds like a good idea,but I hope it can withstand 70kpsi and above.You should be the lead design engineer on all the "Super Deep well" equipment.Then the only problem left would be to seal the cracks in the crust the plumes are coming from.Nice work johnforchange,have a good one.
Hello! If you kindly look into dangara45 see I added some elements that may be useful if the pipe in the floor has been cut and is in vertical position
you are a genius. I believe there are forces that are not allowing solutions like yours. Perhaps a sabotage attempt of our US economy. Conspiracy theory? perhaps!
very good, your ideas are the only ones that I've seen. I have a slightly less arduous one. Yet I'm thinking your ideas maybe just good enough that I should forgo with my production.
Good to know that no one in the thousands of engineers working at British Petrol, Royal Dutch Shell, Standard oil, Exxon/Mobil, Texaco and the other power-brokers figured out any of these seemingly simple solutions.
They must not have garden hoses to practice in in their yards.
Ralph Nader would have never let this mess go on unfixed this long and un-punished as Obama & Co have.
John, one question, how would you plan to compensate for methane expansion as it transforms from solid to gas state on the way up? Assuming that 40% of effluent is made up of methane
John, I like your ideas and animation is excellent. Check epmsolutions to see an alternative that is "patent pending". You can also search "Fox 10 ecap" invention for an article that ran last week. Have you submitted to US Coast Guard?
With my Solution we have an very flexible sort! It will be possible for the ROVs to install it.
It was taken consideration to all facts, as underwaterphysics, install-resonance problems, ROV-Works, Stability-calculations, Oil-Pressure, further flow or not, valve-installations, Methanol-injection and more.
john, listen to me. your idea can work if the flow pressure is slowed.I wrote you before.Im not a schooled person. But I would put a test of me against anyone alive for solving any problem if I know the parameters of it.The problem of this is that no one is giving the facts of what we are looking at.I can do flash and 3ds max movies to show my thoughts too..Our country,,,,,our World,,,,,,,is going to collapse over this , and no one seems to understand it.......understand it.
I hate to bust your bubble but your designs will not work as they can't remove the bolts or tighten them unless someone is willing to go down 5000' to operate the impact wrenches. They have been experimenting using the rov’s to operate such equipment with no success. You would have to incorporate these devices in your designs for them to be successful. I do like the video but the designs are not feasible for the above mentioned reason.
i am with you all of the way on this, i must be one in thousands in my idea, because my idea was very similar to your, i wasn't able to make any graphics of it, but my idea was the same mental concept. i had a design typed out on face book, in a note of mine, before ever viewing this.
Please, if these will really work, get to that Obama and convince him to get real solutions going. This is no time for people to be pussyfooting around. This leak has to be stopped! And on a side-note, people need to stop reproducing...How much human infestation/parasitic activity do people think the Earth can put up with for much longer???
Hi, My name is John, I attended the University of Florida where I believed my education will actually one day allow me to mention it on a Youtube video in the hopes that BP will want to hire me for my ingenious plumbing capabilities displayed on $50 cad software. The 2 separate monitors behind me further encourage you to believe I know what I'm talking about because anyone with 2 monitors surely knows what they're talking about. Please give me attention so BP can save my 60K per year salary
What about his proposal are you trying to discredit? I see a long, ad hominem attack here. They tried to fit a smaller pipe onto a larger pipe. It's not hard to understand why that would fail due to the pressure buildup. A solution such as John proposed would be a much more worthwhile undertaking.
Great idea but one thing you over looked. the ships above the well can't handle the full flow! There is so much gas with the oil! The weight of the water keeps it from expanding, But as the pressure is take away as the gas rises. it begins to expand and the volume of the pipe is exceeded.. This is why they where pumping mud down there to see what the back pressure. they found that the back pressure was to great and if they filled it or cap the well, casing would blow apart just below floor.
I got the response from BP (horizon) of my project to stop the spill:
""It has been determined that your idea falls into one of the following ART categories: Already Considered/Planned, Not Feasible, or Not Possible, and therefore will not be advanced for further evaluation. To date, we have received over 80,000 submissions""
Now with 80.000 ideas and after 2 months of oil spill Bp is not using 1 single idea to stop this disaster.....Good Luck America.
this is a VERY good idea "johnforchange". Unfortunately, the reason the break is so complicated is because going a mile underwater of course causes extremely low temperatures. Temperatures at -30F. The reason their solutions didnt work was mainly due to the fact that the pipes were crystalizing. The pipes and essemblies they used in the well were treated; and treatment for these metal essemblies took a long time. So your idea is exellent, but you must take that into perspective.
I assume that you're unaware of the fact that the cement casing and steel hangers are damaged and leaking at roughly 1000' below the sea floor.
If you do seal the BOP-and you could do it with your idea,it will only add more pressure to the existing leaks down bore which will further undermine not only the sea floor exit routes of oil,but the actual support for the entire 450 ton BOP itself.
They must not stop the BOP from flowing,all that they can do is design better capturing devices.
@dgl1962 wrong... his idea consists of a riser which would take the oil to the surface as if the riser had never been damaged in the first place. You could even pump it up and relieve pressure from the well, but even that wouldn't be needed. This is a great solution, I can't believe they are trying a cap without a pressure relief system... even a child should know that won't work...
@steturne "Wrong",look at the first ideas,he illustrates a new top for the riser that also incorporates A VALVE TO CLOSE IT OFF...
Subsequent ideas are for delivering the oil to the surface which is great,but there's still the fractured casing below that is/will inevitably work its way to the surface(sea floor) presenting a much bigger problem.
This is a good method to cap the riser, however the damage is far more extensive beneath the ocean floor and oil is leaking and bubbling in various locations. The back pressure from capping the riser will only exacerbate the leakage in other locations.
This would all be good and well IF... IF the well casing were not compromised. But the 'top kill' failure revealed that the "heavy mud" went into the casing but also went... somewhere else. The whole sea floor is like a leaky garden hose now. Good idea though.
Please push to have your video seen I've posted it to my fb page. My apologises for not having asked your permission BUT I feel your solution is the most REALISTIC possibility and I felt that the more people that view this can help your/our cause to stop this horror.
This solution looks more feasible than the one proposed by BP. I have seen BP's solution and it did not make sense considering the exiting forces produced. I think your solution is better considering the fluid dynamics of this problem. --GATech
It isnt only leaking out of the BOP. The top of the well casing is fractured in a permeable strata. The oil is burrowing in to the permeable strata and bursting out of the sea floor in multiple places. Industry insiders are claiming that the amount of pressure coming out is greater than any seen before, and is beyond the limits of human technology to contain (70,000 psi). The only option is to cut it off below the permeable strata with a relief well or nuke detonation.
I stopped a massive water leak in my basement by putting a "cap" on a pipe and atteaching it to a "shark bit" coupling. What this man demonstrated is true. I experienced the same effect, but after I successfully slid the shark bit on the leaking pipe, it all stopped.
freind the prob i see is the torke on the rov. i belive rov must have plasma torch to start the bolt holes once a start made then bolt driving can begin:)
Dead out of the water dude.. The second you said "ROV's will remove the old Riser" you lost grasp on underwater physics. If they were able to remove the riser without the impending explosive pressure that would follow, they would have done it by now. If you think one ROV is going to sit there holding the riser while another ROV is going to unscrew some bolts and the oil pressure won't blow back the ROV's during the process you're crazy.
Sound design, John, from a mechanical engineer. I think they sized the LMRP's riser according to the capabilites of the receiving ship/tanker. It could have worked, but they did not fasten and seal the LMRP to the wellhead. Your idea does exactly that.
@TheArfdog If they did size the riser for a single tanker's capability, why wouldn't it have occurred to them to simply add a manifold somewhere along the line, to split it into multiple pipes, to accommodate multiple tankers?
There must be a lot of things that aren't apparent. It's difficult for me to believe that the guys in the industry could be that stupid about something so big and so important. Though their attempt as shown here certainly doesn't help their case!
obama does not want this problem fixed, after all, if he can shut down big oil and cost americans to lose multiple thousands of jobs, more power to the govt,
google "bp sells stock before explosion" you will find New Jersey BP execs and lawmakers and Goldman Sachs sold their stock BP in the weeks before the explosion. Sorry but this "accident" is designed to motivate public pressure in the direction of allowing Congress and Obama administration to pass Cap and Trade legislation which will limit energy usage and add exorbitant taxes to you with every gallon you buy.... They will probably fix the leak within a week of passing this legislation....
google "bp sells stock before explosion" you will find New Jersey BP execs and lawmakers and Goldman Sachs sold their stock BP in the weeks before the explosion. Sorry but this "accident" is designed to motivate public pressure in the direction of allowing Congress and Obama administration to pass Cap and Trade legislation which will limit energy usage and add exorbitant taxes to you with every gallon you buy.... They will probably fix the leak within a week of passing this legislation....
why dont they just let the leak run out and focus on scooping it up at the top to put in cars? everyone uses oil .. even if they cant capture it all the oils they cant capture will release nutrients after it evaporates.
If there was no government regulation of the industry, we'd be able to get our oil from guys like John. The government doesn't understand how to fix problems, only how to take advantage of them to grab power.
This isn't getting fixed because the disaster is worth more to the people in charge than the solution is.
@MoneyIsSilver what?? — this, is nothing else, is a wakeup call for MORE government regulation. The reason this happened is because (and this was shown) the people who were supposed to be watching them weren't.
If there weren't any regulation whatsoever, things would be much much worse. Just look at the shit american and european companies get away with in the 3rd world.
How about sending down a new pipe, with a new coupling flange, put one bolt in, swing it around, and put the remaining bolts in? Personally, I think this problem was created, in order to have an excuse to start new polocies. Be aware of the word "Sustainability". Do a Google search.
Hey geekey engineering student, 30 year machinest here, Do you know what a bunker buster is? The well was to deep and even Obamas team signed off on it. Do some reading. As soon as those who suvived were rescude we should have blown the hell out of that pipe. Now your grand children will feel the effects of this. I hope they will not try to explain it away like you.
uh, I saw no attempt to "explain it away" what video were you watching? I saw a few well thought out attempts at accomplishing what BP has been unable too, seal the well and capture ALL escaping oil. If you think dropping a bunker buster will solve it, I can assure you, even if dropped from the edge of space, it could never develop enough inertia to penetrate 1 mile of ocean depth with much force. And I fail to see how in the world blowing a bigger hole will seal a smaller one.
Russian science editor Vladimir Lagowski writes that the probability a nuke detonated a mile under the gulf would seal the Deepwater Horizon leak is perhaps 20 percent: "Americans could take a chance." Note: nukes at depth far more formidable than bunker buster. So much for your "blow the shit out of it" theory. These theories based on knowledge aquired in regard to "all" the forces at play. Sorry you feel the need to insult others for their opinions, just shows what you're working with...
I believe BP wants this oil spill capped because they want to salvage their reputation but they obviously don't have the tools to cap the well. There will be cataclysmic repercussions regardless of when it is capped, they've been lying since day 1 about how much oil has really been released. The damage is done.
If all else fails, I have another interesting thought. Let the pentagon fix it. This is a serious proposal, though it probably sounds dumb. Ok I suggest they place some kind of a nuke next to the well, then... Boom! The explosion should seal the hole and fuse the locality in a solid mass. They could drill a hole next to it a hundred feet or so to put the bomb in. (Deep enough to contain the explosion) Cement it in. dump a bunch of sand or some other fuseable material on it too.
cool animation .. nice game .. keep it up
michaelpousti 5 months ago
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hi, im an undergrad student at FIT doing ocean eng...can you tell me an easy way to stop a small 1-2" diameter pvc pipe with air bubbles from leaking. we have to make a device and it must be deployed from ontop the water and capture or stop the bubbles..but capturing the bubbles will earn more points.
zukumzam 10 months ago
and look at us now! I have not forgotten but to my saddness many have and we are still allowing them out there!!
tkieffer63 11 months ago
Your ideas are a good starting point, but just looking at them I have a number of variations on the same theme that might enhance them and method #1 is clearly the most robust approach.
The flaws you illustrated were almost Fluids 101...which makes me wonder. The Shuttle Disaster/O-Rings flaws were similarly simplistic...and were calculated by engineers both at NASA and the contractor and ignored.
Wonder what the real status is...unlikely to get good info on that;) World is what we allow!
thehighlndr 1 year ago
can someone tell me what day did bp cap the well?????
enjoiRASTAsk8er4 1 year ago
I am going to be making a video on the BP spill and I really hope it is ok if I use this video in my video, I like you're ideas and I think it would work.
I am going to show the fact that these people do not want to solve this problem because it is profitable for some people.
If you have a personal website I can direct people to send me a message and I will add it to the video.
Thanks Steve.
winks420 1 year ago
Engineers at BP don't just sit on their hands all day and come up with solutions that don't work. What you propose, I'm certain, they are well aware of. For what reasons do they choose not to find a workable solution is beyond me. Conspiracy theorists may claim they're intentionally trying to create an "apocalypse" endgame scenario for all...
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Anyone who knows me knows that I should go to accuse the bp oil their solution they have taken to stop the leakage of oil, and incredible I tried to ask the bp directly but do not respond, I am convinced that my solution can be compared with their account, see about my brba19471991 (top kill comparison 2) thanks
BRBA19471991 1 year ago
Those seem like great ideas and are strongly backed up with examples and great information. This should really be considered!
luckofthemoose 1 year ago
john u have awesome ideas u should shared them with bp
OsirisMan121 1 year ago
dude, you have great ideas, go and shairi it with them.
ilovemyhorse123 1 year ago
so many ideas and so little change
ClickOnMyChannelPlz 1 year ago
sry bp is to busy changing ceo's to worry about this...
spopajr 1 year ago
I am A union Pipefitter and all my family are the same we have all looked at this and think that your solution would work have you been contacted ? or has any other Engineers came up with anything simular? just wandering how we could get this plan in motion !!
HemiPoweredRedneck 1 year ago
These are all great ideas...from what i can see any of them would work regardless of the underwater conditions. I am a student working towards a bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and a bachelors in Aerospace Engineering and i believe that BP should be looking at options set forth by people like you that are actually interested in fixing the problem correctly and not just wasting time and money on a temporary fix that has already proven to fail...
quikslvr80 1 year ago
We can solve this problem with love! :D
- Mechanical Engineering Major
rock3tcat 1 year ago
all i can say is we have done this to our self.
ZeldaZac94 1 year ago
@ZeldaZac94 Idk how old are you but im just a teenager... i dont like cars ... i didnt help to make that thing... how could i help them? So get that "we" out there and put this (everyone minus moskitoPT) or (everyone minus we pepploe that dont want to the world end)
moskitoPT 1 year ago
@moskitoPT
Can you please learn to fucking spell?
ZeldaZac94 1 year ago
@ZeldaZac94 no.
moskitoPT 1 year ago
Are several days that I sent to BP OIL this video that puts in comparing their solution adopted and my project born on 11/06/2010.
I turn to the public and to YouTube because I need that BP OIL takes a position and on. It's like a comment
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marysimon 1 year ago
John- how large a turbine can be run with the kind of high pressure flow they have down there? What a waste of energy... Who needs the oil with all that pressure/power?
treasurector 1 year ago
Wonder what would happen if a large heavy duty metal barge was overturned with anchor weights welded to the rim in order to create a compression seal to the sea bottom. The barge could have had numerous valves welded to a reinforced ceiling to allow retrieval of escaping material by surface ships with suction hoses.
If the US military can build a surface ship that can recover enemy submarines from a deep sea bottom, surely they could have positioned a massive barge over this leaking well head.
spiritech999 1 year ago
people, we have to realise that, given the technical knowledge the technicians at BP have, the only possible explanation for their conduct, before the blow-out and after, is that
THIS IS ALL NOT HAPPENING BY MISTAKE,
BUT RATHER PURPOSELY!
we need to draw our conclusions - and then take it from there!
shotdonkey 1 year ago
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sasuke000naruto 1 year ago
Plans to stop the leak of oil you enclose two login to see my projects
Bell surface new (reduce leakage) Bell 10072010 (stop leakage)
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BRBA19471991 1 year ago
A collar that goes around an existing flange is necessary: sort of 2 halves and vertical joining flanges like a woman's arm bracelet. If no existing flange to restrict coupler slip-off is available on the pipe that remains, any coupling will require many securing rivets, pins or bolts which then would would require precision drilling in place. Pressure is the danger requiring a firm grip.
treasurector 1 year ago
I think that threaded thing would snap off from the pressure to be honest. And I'm pretty sure the top-hat procedure went perfect. Check out the recent videos put up, it's on nice and snug now
Tribesman10001 1 year ago
JEBUS! You would think BP would have someone like you to think out thier half-assed ideas before they try them!
TheRadar758 1 year ago
Hi John,
Your idea is excellent, but we would need some more physical data.
Can you tell what is the relative oil pressure ? I'm not
talking about the absolute pressure due to the depth
but of the force that oil will apply.
Everyone says there is a high pressure, but noone seems to
be able to give a physical value.
thierrydollargmail 1 year ago
wow this is one of the best videos ive seen on the oil spill,
i wish you were one of the guys trying to stop the spill.
im guessing the guys over there dont know much if not anything..
but honestly if you were there we could get something done..
thekarniie 1 year ago
why hasn't anybody listened to john? we would have stopped the flow last month if we had! that company is no longer british patroliam but bi, for british idiots!
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SolutionForBpOilSpil 1 year ago
I envisioned a new collar equipped with a large valve and wheel, similar to the ones used by John Wayne in the movie Hellfighters. Once installed, the valve could be closed. Then BP could later attach a new pipe to the surface and then open the valve and collect the oil.
I would assume the engineers at the company that makes the bop are working on a fix like this.....then again maybe not
Ed
ejjoseph 1 year ago
John it looks like a great idea but here's a couple of issues that have come up...Apparently the BOP was acting like an anchor so they are not certain of it's mechanical stability and that it can hold up to any additional pressures, 15KPSI at the base 7K PSI to the riser, the additional pressure ie CAPPING it...Putting another BOP on top of it is ludicrous at best. Knowing these facts any suggestions on your solution or another?
ONTHEWAVE 1 year ago
Are they going to this method? Sure looks like a fix.
TweetyBird32503 1 year ago
Gasket not necessary if fit is precise. Fitting would be successful using screw closure on a split collar with thick vertical flanges for the bolts. Screw closure of a side sleeve collar design would preserve coupling strength if your depiction of existing attachment area is accurate.
treasurector 1 year ago 2
@treasurector
Besides I think side attachment and alignment of the split splice version of your design might be easier than lowering it.
treasurector 1 year ago 2
Just use a small nuclear bomb to implode it.
southernboy1381 1 year ago
I don't know about the strength of your lower flange bolts. I propose a small mod- a 2 half collar that fits around the existing flange and bolt assy with vertical flanges for securing the two halves. Otherwise excellent. I have been proposing suspended and anchored mobile Tyvek umbrella domes for containment in response to some news articles. Good luck to those who have to operate in the toxic zone. Commendations and support John.
treasurector 1 year ago 2
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DOOMSDAY: BP may have triggered a mass extinction event
1. Methane gas dead zones & toxic gasses will make people sick, even die.
2. Cracks and fissures are spreading
3. The seabed is rising
4. If it blows there could be a tsunami killing millions
5. BP may have triggered an escalating mass extinction event that would follow the scenario of the Ryskin exploding methane theory
Read it here: helium.com/items/1882339-doomsday-how-bp-gulf-disaster-may-have-triggered-a-world-killing-event
TerrenceAym 1 year ago
35,055 ft deep in water alone the pressure would be 15,591.9 PSI
If they did stop the oil flow it might push the pipe out of the cement seals holding it into the rock fissures
huggmeok 1 year ago
Nice ideas. The main problem I see with these solutions is that they require a lot of high torque bolting and unbolting. Are the ROVs capable of maneuvering some type of underwater impact wrench onto each bolt head, and then applying torque to the bolt heads without themselves spinning?
crewboy555 1 year ago
I propose that they send Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton down there to suck all of the remaining Oil out !
bigchickenfu 1 year ago
ok... so how r geniouses like u not in congress?
HaloRocksMySocks 1 year ago
John,
I'm an engineer living in the New Orleans area. My wife and I are attending a large meeting tomorrow night regarding the on going efforts of individuals and independent organizations to stop the leak and save the gulf. I would very much like to promote every engineered solution to this on going problem at tomorrow's meeting; should I have the opportunity. My only question to you is given the most recent data detailing the damage to the well pipe, are your solutions still applicable?
kristierunion 1 year ago
@kristierunion I won't comment whether John's idea is still applicable, but take a look at the following video by searching YouTube for "Underwater Oil Recovery System for BP Oil Spill" It is definitely still applicable. Contact the email at the end of the video for more info on how it is still applicable. It was designed by a couple engineers in the oil & gas industry.
spillcontrol 1 year ago
Brilliant. I've analysed both methods and totally agree with the first. Have you sent it to the guys running the show at the Unified Command Center?
wwwDOThorizonedocsDOTcomSLASHartformDOTphp
I'm positive that they will consider it for implementation.
Best of luck.
XTENSion911 1 year ago
Great work John. Many have offered solutions for capping the well ie: The inverted conical cap offers a viable solution to overcome the tremendous pressure of outflowing oil u so aptly identified -- conical shapes meet least resistance to outflow pressure during insertion...
But, the solution u offer keeps the well viable for future oil extraction.
BP will prefer a such a solution due to its investment (conversley, BP is apt to reject solutions that only cap the well.)
All the best...
spearsg 1 year ago
nice, worth trying
target007 1 year ago
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Alright I've seen enough of the under aged idiots calling the white house idiots, and the people working on the bp oil spill etc, yes the uploader has a good approach to it, but YOU under no circumstance are even close to being smarter then professionals working on it right now so quit blabbing your useless dumbass information, you don't contribute anything. and for fuck sakes go away you stupid paranoid 9/11 truthers.
xXmilesdavisXx 1 year ago
@xXmilesdavisXx Dude, people at BP trying to fix the leak frankly don't know shit about what they are doing. It was obvious that the LMRP was going to fail because of massive pressure. how did they NOT think of that happening. Greedy douche bags at BP are just stalling so they can make money from oil they lost. BP broke the oil well on purpose. BP should step away, and the US government should step in to fix the problem better than BP. And the great idea portrayed in this video should be used.
zimvaider 1 year ago
@xXmilesdavisXx fuck you. you dam communist. last time i cheked its a free country.
say what you wont when you wont. and its a good idea the guys. smart as hell and the fuck heads at BUT PLUGERS i mean british petroleum need to get ther dicks out echouthers ass and stop the fucking thing. the worlds dieing how bout i dround you in am ocean oil ass hole. lol youd pry like it ezer 4 for you to be a gay fish. every
man is tell he opens his mouth and talks i gess call me retarded.
dondondonman 1 year ago
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xXmilesdavisXx 1 year ago
THOSE IDIOTS IN WASHINGTON NEED TO HIRE THIS GUY NOW
LADYTRIAXLE 1 year ago
brilliant, but bp drilled the deepest whole under the gulf for a reason. the idea is to make you believe that there idiots, but accidents like this dont happen, were the idiots for trying to fix something someone broke on purpose. population reduction is in and this is only the begining. stop believing the hype, oil is nothing to them they just use it to control us and kill us. who would dig thousands of feet beneath the sea without expecting catastrophy?
MCtheCORONER 1 year ago
Wont the methane freeze the water going thru the riser like it did on the 4 story containment block they tried..if the water turns to ice. it won't work...like an evaporator in an a/c system..if the gas is runaway, it will freeze the evaporator solid..(riser) there won't be enough heat transfer from the surrounding water to keep everything liquid.
FXNorm 1 year ago
Yeah! I wish that you could send an email to the president telling him how retarded the idiots at the white house are being!
shinagaza84 1 year ago
Please take a look at this incredible youtube video:
BP Oil Spill: Why They Can't Stop The Leak!!!!!
This explaines why BP is not using any of the 80.000 suggestions to stop the pipe leak. They are using the pipe leak as a pressure escape of oil and gas, else the sea fund will crack or worst explode releasing in the Gulf an intire lake of oil and gas.
TONY71622 1 year ago
Very impressive.
lorilenz 1 year ago
Great video. I love physics as well. I had a similar idea with the securing of a device to lock around it, and then sliding a cover over the top (sliding / because of the immense pressure) It was off the top of my head, but your idea is what my idea was aspiring to be; I would really like to help get this to BP. Is there anything I can do to help?
MarcEwart 1 year ago 2
Sounds like a good idea,but I hope it can withstand 70kpsi and above.You should be the lead design engineer on all the "Super Deep well" equipment.Then the only problem left would be to seal the cracks in the crust the plumes are coming from.Nice work johnforchange,have a good one.
jsr1200 1 year ago
Dude you should really send this to BP, it is a truely amazing idea
littledude4eva 1 year ago
Hello! If you kindly look into dangara45 see I added some elements that may be useful if the pipe in the floor has been cut and is in vertical position
dangara45 1 year ago
you are a genius. I believe there are forces that are not allowing solutions like yours. Perhaps a sabotage attempt of our US economy. Conspiracy theory? perhaps!
markdowney 1 year ago
very good, your ideas are the only ones that I've seen. I have a slightly less arduous one. Yet I'm thinking your ideas maybe just good enough that I should forgo with my production.
JuandrayM 1 year ago
Using the power of the screw!
arji5139 1 year ago
LOVE THE VID!!!!!!!! 5*********
irreversibledamage 1 year ago
i would rather see ovomit sucking it up with a straw!
msredboot7 1 year ago
This guys theory's are Correct
FrankiethePirate813 1 year ago
What about using sacred geometry or Fibonacci style spiral design in the design ??? Google image search the designs of Victor Schauberger
any thoughts ?
John
EXOMATRlXTV 1 year ago
oh, I guess it's solved, then..
Good to know that no one in the thousands of engineers working at British Petrol, Royal Dutch Shell, Standard oil, Exxon/Mobil, Texaco and the other power-brokers figured out any of these seemingly simple solutions.
They must not have garden hoses to practice in in their yards.
Ralph Nader would have never let this mess go on unfixed this long and un-punished as Obama & Co have.
Dutchoven08 1 year ago
You go Man! you've got great ideas!- ( don't listen to the "naysayers! ) also, see my newest ideas @ "reinievideo" (youtube)
reinievideo 1 year ago
John, one question, how would you plan to compensate for methane expansion as it transforms from solid to gas state on the way up? Assuming that 40% of effluent is made up of methane
epmsolutions 1 year ago
John, I like your ideas and animation is excellent. Check epmsolutions to see an alternative that is "patent pending". You can also search "Fox 10 ecap" invention for an article that ran last week. Have you submitted to US Coast Guard?
epmsolutions 1 year ago
With my Solution we have an very flexible sort! It will be possible for the ROVs to install it.
It was taken consideration to all facts, as underwaterphysics, install-resonance problems, ROV-Works, Stability-calculations, Oil-Pressure, further flow or not, valve-installations, Methanol-injection and more.
You can see the drawings here: auto-007 dot de
Somebody having a better idea?
MrRoland8484 1 year ago
Nice try... but..
the real problem is how to accomplish all of your suggestions at one mile under water.
All methods you've considered are fine but how do you accomplish them?
The only solution that will work is the completion of the installation of relief wells.
It's that simple.
RSVPini 1 year ago
a new efficient solution,
copy and paste this link :
youtube.com/watch?v=Wnf2tz2N5L8
and add (three 'w' at the begining)
SolutionForBpOilSpil 1 year ago
The ishue here is to stop the leak at any coast.. ALL IDEAS TO STOP IT ARE WORTH LOOKING INTO.
yesIdoLikeDogs 1 year ago
John you may be good with SolidWorks but you need to check the gusher of bullshit spewing from that hole in your face.
rjholling 1 year ago
Have you ever seen how a pressure cooker works. Try that I bet it might work...an old time functional apparatus.
Whistlejocket 1 year ago
john, listen to me. your idea can work if the flow pressure is slowed.I wrote you before.Im not a schooled person. But I would put a test of me against anyone alive for solving any problem if I know the parameters of it.The problem of this is that no one is giving the facts of what we are looking at.I can do flash and 3ds max movies to show my thoughts too..Our country,,,,,our World,,,,,,,is going to collapse over this , and no one seems to understand it.......understand it.
realist2006 1 year ago
I hate to bust your bubble but your designs will not work as they can't remove the bolts or tighten them unless someone is willing to go down 5000' to operate the impact wrenches. They have been experimenting using the rov’s to operate such equipment with no success. You would have to incorporate these devices in your designs for them to be successful. I do like the video but the designs are not feasible for the above mentioned reason.
mozart642 1 year ago
This is a good idea but this sounds expensive and BP already spent 20 Million for people
daffyman32 1 year ago
you want to stop the leak? then get BP and the US government out of the way!!!
wdcsucks1 1 year ago
Great idea ! How do we get this done ??? Does anyone have specs on the pipe and flange ?
jdsprince 1 year ago
Let's make this happen NOW!!
Damrondl 1 year ago
i am with you all of the way on this, i must be one in thousands in my idea, because my idea was very similar to your, i wasn't able to make any graphics of it, but my idea was the same mental concept. i had a design typed out on face book, in a note of mine, before ever viewing this.
ajpimp55 1 year ago
Please, if these will really work, get to that Obama and convince him to get real solutions going. This is no time for people to be pussyfooting around. This leak has to be stopped! And on a side-note, people need to stop reproducing...How much human infestation/parasitic activity do people think the Earth can put up with for much longer???
1221solstice2012 1 year ago
Tried swimming in an oil slick?
youtube.com/watch?v=PBddxvWEWEU
Tyrone5033 1 year ago
I heard Kevin Costner is also helping out now.... (well, his commpany is)
glorifyyourname 1 year ago
nice solution but to bad youre way off on the psi of 4 and 8000 psi.. its actually between 70 and 100,000 psi
lux5star 1 year ago
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this solution is interesting, and need a very strong robot ton install it
look at :
(three w).youtube.com/watch?v=hd5jsmZzRdo
copy and paste the link in your browser
SolutionForBpOilSpil 1 year ago
John, I would talk to you. about your animation can you call me at 336-722-2278 Jeff Holden or go to holdenusa website for my email
holdenusa 1 year ago
Hi, My name is John, I attended the University of Florida where I believed my education will actually one day allow me to mention it on a Youtube video in the hopes that BP will want to hire me for my ingenious plumbing capabilities displayed on $50 cad software. The 2 separate monitors behind me further encourage you to believe I know what I'm talking about because anyone with 2 monitors surely knows what they're talking about. Please give me attention so BP can save my 60K per year salary
elite0nezero 1 year ago
@elite0nezero amazin john
reggaedirect2010 1 year ago
@elite0nezero Your right!
PukeCabin 1 year ago
@elite0nezero
What about his proposal are you trying to discredit? I see a long, ad hominem attack here. They tried to fit a smaller pipe onto a larger pipe. It's not hard to understand why that would fail due to the pressure buildup. A solution such as John proposed would be a much more worthwhile undertaking.
evanlongaccount 1 year ago
its good to see people trying. its alot more than the president is doing right now,
trotskiii3 1 year ago
Great idea but one thing you over looked. the ships above the well can't handle the full flow! There is so much gas with the oil! The weight of the water keeps it from expanding, But as the pressure is take away as the gas rises. it begins to expand and the volume of the pipe is exceeded.. This is why they where pumping mud down there to see what the back pressure. they found that the back pressure was to great and if they filled it or cap the well, casing would blow apart just below floor.
MrWac2 1 year ago
I got the response from BP (horizon) of my project to stop the spill:
""It has been determined that your idea falls into one of the following ART categories: Already Considered/Planned, Not Feasible, or Not Possible, and therefore will not be advanced for further evaluation. To date, we have received over 80,000 submissions""
Now with 80.000 ideas and after 2 months of oil spill Bp is not using 1 single idea to stop this disaster.....Good Luck America.
TONY71622 1 year ago
@TONY71622 we're gonna have to go down there and do it ourselves it looks like...BP's not gonna stop this spill
johnforchange, is this equipment you have or can get? and if so could you get it down there?
WildlifeDen 1 year ago
@WildlifeDen I'm in italy on the other side of the globe ..if you want i can start drilling :-D
TONY71622 1 year ago
this is a VERY good idea "johnforchange". Unfortunately, the reason the break is so complicated is because going a mile underwater of course causes extremely low temperatures. Temperatures at -30F. The reason their solutions didnt work was mainly due to the fact that the pipes were crystalizing. The pipes and essemblies they used in the well were treated; and treatment for these metal essemblies took a long time. So your idea is exellent, but you must take that into perspective.
ufosorufhoax13 1 year ago
We could give Rosie Odonnel a straw and tell her that it's chocolate syrup.
dgl1962 1 year ago
I assume that you're unaware of the fact that the cement casing and steel hangers are damaged and leaking at roughly 1000' below the sea floor.
If you do seal the BOP-and you could do it with your idea,it will only add more pressure to the existing leaks down bore which will further undermine not only the sea floor exit routes of oil,but the actual support for the entire 450 ton BOP itself.
They must not stop the BOP from flowing,all that they can do is design better capturing devices.
dgl1962 1 year ago
@dgl1962 wrong... his idea consists of a riser which would take the oil to the surface as if the riser had never been damaged in the first place. You could even pump it up and relieve pressure from the well, but even that wouldn't be needed. This is a great solution, I can't believe they are trying a cap without a pressure relief system... even a child should know that won't work...
steturne 1 year ago
@steturne "Wrong",look at the first ideas,he illustrates a new top for the riser that also incorporates A VALVE TO CLOSE IT OFF...
Subsequent ideas are for delivering the oil to the surface which is great,but there's still the fractured casing below that is/will inevitably work its way to the surface(sea floor) presenting a much bigger problem.
dgl1962 1 year ago
This is a good method to cap the riser, however the damage is far more extensive beneath the ocean floor and oil is leaking and bubbling in various locations. The back pressure from capping the riser will only exacerbate the leakage in other locations.
5277407 1 year ago
That is a great idea!!!
nx2overide 1 year ago
why they dont just close the pipe from the nearest valve and fix it fast
ghostnr2 1 year ago
WE CREATE THE EQUIVALENT OF THE OIL SPILL EVERY DAY!!!!!
THE WORLD POURS ITS TOXIC WASTE INTO THE SEA!!
NO MORE DUMPING IN THE SEA!!!!
MariluLane 1 year ago
i like these ideas. someone tell BP to watch this!
DaDarkKnight84 1 year ago
@DaDarkKnight84
yea i will tell my dad right away !!!
don't hate me for being the son of the BP boss
henky888 1 year ago
This would all be good and well IF... IF the well casing were not compromised. But the 'top kill' failure revealed that the "heavy mud" went into the casing but also went... somewhere else. The whole sea floor is like a leaky garden hose now. Good idea though.
lordsardonicvids 1 year ago
Very good video!!
obesejim 1 year ago
Please push to have your video seen I've posted it to my fb page. My apologises for not having asked your permission BUT I feel your solution is the most REALISTIC possibility and I felt that the more people that view this can help your/our cause to stop this horror.
pschiefs 1 year ago
This solution looks more feasible than the one proposed by BP. I have seen BP's solution and it did not make sense considering the exiting forces produced. I think your solution is better considering the fluid dynamics of this problem. --GATech
aboxercool 1 year ago
It isnt only leaking out of the BOP. The top of the well casing is fractured in a permeable strata. The oil is burrowing in to the permeable strata and bursting out of the sea floor in multiple places. Industry insiders are claiming that the amount of pressure coming out is greater than any seen before, and is beyond the limits of human technology to contain (70,000 psi). The only option is to cut it off below the permeable strata with a relief well or nuke detonation.
3report 1 year ago
how would you like a job at BP there might be an opening real soon
jjccccc 1 year ago
Bp-- Big Polluters-- has Zero Clue what they are doing -
You did a good job on your design -Thanks for sharing it--
GroovyVideo2 1 year ago
You can lodge your ideas direcly with B. Call them 2813665511. Or check their website
RickDNaylor 1 year ago
I stopped a massive water leak in my basement by putting a "cap" on a pipe and atteaching it to a "shark bit" coupling. What this man demonstrated is true. I experienced the same effect, but after I successfully slid the shark bit on the leaking pipe, it all stopped.
wuzzumadduhyou 1 year ago
they want an excuse to raise gas prices.
AnAngryVideoGamer 1 year ago
freind the prob i see is the torke on the rov. i belive rov must have plasma torch to start the bolt holes once a start made then bolt driving can begin:)
fumbar 1 year ago
@skinnyjeansguy it pretty much working in the same way it can probably do better than what there doing now
MakeMeWhite19 1 year ago
i dont see how the world has came to this
spintopbikes 1 year ago
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How bout i just swim down in the fucking gulf and clog it with my dick
inedibleshit 1 year ago 12
@inedibleshit LOOK LIKE YOU GOT IT IN YOU OWN MOUTH
pyramidhvacr 1 year ago
@inedibleshit LOOK'S LIKE YOU GOT IN YOUR OWN MOUTH
pyramidhvacr 1 year ago
@inedibleshit but there is one problem, you'll get Oil-itis, a common std when oil gets inside you! D= that would be horrible
EPhantom125 1 year ago
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no one cares.
gODfall 1 year ago
Time for a different solution.
TrailerNo9 1 year ago
theres plenty of ways to fix this...but
BP won't take care of it....
TheEmerald92 1 year ago
You can contact them direcly to send themm your ideas on 2813665511
I Did!
RickDNaylor 1 year ago
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Awsome stuff I lodged an idea myself with BP directly.
Call them to assist with ideas on 281 366 5511
RickDNaylor 1 year ago
Awsome stuff I lodged an idea myself with BP directly.
Call them to assist with ideas on 281 366 5511
RickDNaylor 1 year ago
Dead out of the water dude.. The second you said "ROV's will remove the old Riser" you lost grasp on underwater physics. If they were able to remove the riser without the impending explosive pressure that would follow, they would have done it by now. If you think one ROV is going to sit there holding the riser while another ROV is going to unscrew some bolts and the oil pressure won't blow back the ROV's during the process you're crazy.
Ronenn418 1 year ago
Sound design, John, from a mechanical engineer. I think they sized the LMRP's riser according to the capabilites of the receiving ship/tanker. It could have worked, but they did not fasten and seal the LMRP to the wellhead. Your idea does exactly that.
TheArfdog 1 year ago
@TheArfdog If they did size the riser for a single tanker's capability, why wouldn't it have occurred to them to simply add a manifold somewhere along the line, to split it into multiple pipes, to accommodate multiple tankers?
There must be a lot of things that aren't apparent. It's difficult for me to believe that the guys in the industry could be that stupid about something so big and so important. Though their attempt as shown here certainly doesn't help their case!
IslamExplored 1 year ago
obama does not want this problem fixed, after all, if he can shut down big oil and cost americans to lose multiple thousands of jobs, more power to the govt,
drbelitz 1 year ago
@drbelitz yes he does, he was at our siemens wind turbine plant the day that the rig exploded. hes pushing for green energy
daskatechanneltv2 1 year ago
As if BP hasn't thought of this. This is basic hydromechanics.
TheGlufs 1 year ago
BP Does not want to fix the problem.
They want carbon taxes.
This is the plan.
surge42 1 year ago
um, i will take this right now to my local BP
almcken 1 year ago
google "bp sells stock before explosion" you will find New Jersey BP execs and lawmakers and Goldman Sachs sold their stock BP in the weeks before the explosion. Sorry but this "accident" is designed to motivate public pressure in the direction of allowing Congress and Obama administration to pass Cap and Trade legislation which will limit energy usage and add exorbitant taxes to you with every gallon you buy.... They will probably fix the leak within a week of passing this legislation....
libertasmac 1 year ago
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google "bp sells stock before explosion" you will find New Jersey BP execs and lawmakers and Goldman Sachs sold their stock BP in the weeks before the explosion. Sorry but this "accident" is designed to motivate public pressure in the direction of allowing Congress and Obama administration to pass Cap and Trade legislation which will limit energy usage and add exorbitant taxes to you with every gallon you buy.... They will probably fix the leak within a week of passing this legislation....
libertasmac 1 year ago
why dont they just let the leak run out and focus on scooping it up at the top to put in cars? everyone uses oil .. even if they cant capture it all the oils they cant capture will release nutrients after it evaporates.
ryanlaing 1 year ago
@ryanlaing lol
ajk712 1 year ago
Really well put together video.
gordonmcdowell 1 year ago
If there was no government regulation of the industry, we'd be able to get our oil from guys like John. The government doesn't understand how to fix problems, only how to take advantage of them to grab power.
This isn't getting fixed because the disaster is worth more to the people in charge than the solution is.
MoneyIsSilver 1 year ago
@MoneyIsSilver what?? — this, is nothing else, is a wakeup call for MORE government regulation. The reason this happened is because (and this was shown) the people who were supposed to be watching them weren't.
If there weren't any regulation whatsoever, things would be much much worse. Just look at the shit american and european companies get away with in the 3rd world.
GRNoam 1 year ago 3
yup, stick this idea to the board with the others cause bp doesn't give two shits...just sayin'.
whynostop 1 year ago
I have the answer, you are on the right path. My idea is alot easier. Want to work together?
RonPaulFlags 1 year ago
Have you taken the incredible amount of pressure to be found at the mile-deep location?
PalomaVita 1 year ago
From what I heard the well head is @ 20,000 to 70,000 PSI
Listen to this video.
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Lost8Wizard 1 year ago
How about sending down a new pipe, with a new coupling flange, put one bolt in, swing it around, and put the remaining bolts in? Personally, I think this problem was created, in order to have an excuse to start new polocies. Be aware of the word "Sustainability". Do a Google search.
geddydino 1 year ago
@geddydino LOL... WAKE UP FROM YOUR FOX-INDUCED FANTASY
Werkinit420 1 year ago
Hey geekey engineering student, 30 year machinest here, Do you know what a bunker buster is? The well was to deep and even Obamas team signed off on it. Do some reading. As soon as those who suvived were rescude we should have blown the hell out of that pipe. Now your grand children will feel the effects of this. I hope they will not try to explain it away like you.
Bstnbandthecrs 1 year ago
uh, I saw no attempt to "explain it away" what video were you watching? I saw a few well thought out attempts at accomplishing what BP has been unable too, seal the well and capture ALL escaping oil. If you think dropping a bunker buster will solve it, I can assure you, even if dropped from the edge of space, it could never develop enough inertia to penetrate 1 mile of ocean depth with much force. And I fail to see how in the world blowing a bigger hole will seal a smaller one.
ohitsjudas 1 year ago
Russian science editor Vladimir Lagowski writes that the probability a nuke detonated a mile under the gulf would seal the Deepwater Horizon leak is perhaps 20 percent: "Americans could take a chance." Note: nukes at depth far more formidable than bunker buster. So much for your "blow the shit out of it" theory. These theories based on knowledge aquired in regard to "all" the forces at play. Sorry you feel the need to insult others for their opinions, just shows what you're working with...
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ohitsjudas 1 year ago
Good work. Thank you.
catfishmudflap 1 year ago
here, you'll understand the complexity to obtain a real solution (add the three w before and dot com) :
offshore-mag/index/article-display/6611276898/articles/offshore/volume-70/Issue_3/drilling-__completion/Ultra_high-pressure_risers_for_deepwater_drilling.html
SolutionForBpOilSpil 1 year ago
I believe BP wants this oil spill capped because they want to salvage their reputation but they obviously don't have the tools to cap the well. There will be cataclysmic repercussions regardless of when it is capped, they've been lying since day 1 about how much oil has really been released. The damage is done.
PegCity008 1 year ago
If all else fails, I have another interesting thought. Let the pentagon fix it. This is a serious proposal, though it probably sounds dumb. Ok I suggest they place some kind of a nuke next to the well, then... Boom! The explosion should seal the hole and fuse the locality in a solid mass. They could drill a hole next to it a hundred feet or so to put the bomb in. (Deep enough to contain the explosion) Cement it in. dump a bunch of sand or some other fuseable material on it too.
Citizen1Media 1 year ago
@Citizen1Media - yeah blow shit up, usually works for America...Doh!
darrenkis 1 year ago