Environment Archive

Fix the BP Oil Spill Idea-of-the-Day (#6)

June 9th, 2010. By AbiK

The desire to fix the BP Oil Spill has sparked a lot of creativity in folks—not only in the ideas themselves, but in how they’re presented. This guy, who goes by MrCarneytom over at youtube, sent this video clip over to LawyersAndSettlements.com as well. He refers to it as sort of like a “poor boy’s gate valve”–one in which a titanium plate is used to secure the flange—his diagrams explain it best—check them out in his video…

Idea-of-the-Day to Fix the BP Oil Spill (#6)

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Thanks MrCarneytom!           

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Fix the BP Oil Spill Idea-of-the-Day (#5)

June 8th, 2010. By AbiK

This idea to fix the BP Oil Spill is from Simon K. Clearly Simon’s been following the updates from the Gulf on the efficacy (or lack thereof) of the containment efforts. He also appears to have a direct line to President Obama, though, he is still awaiting a response from the President. Here’s Simon’s idea:

Idea-of-the-Day to Fix the BP Oil Spill (#5)

“BP should seal the well permanently by lowering down the pipe a large concrete plug to stop the flow of oil. The concrete plug has a loop on the top to lower it by a line into the well to block the flow of oil and gas. BP has taken the wrong path by trying to take the leaking oil by piping it to the service with improvised caps which have failed. The present cap is only recovering 10% of the oil and the remaining oil is still leaking into the Gulf of Mexico. The have posponed plugging the well with failed improvised techniques like plumping mud and using a cover over the top of the leak in order to find some technique in the future to recover the leaking oil. I have written to President Obama to request that their oil recovery attempts cease and to once and for all place a circular and long concrete plug weighing over a ton down into the well hole to seal the hole permanently. I have written to President Obama with more detailed instructions on how the plug will seal the well hole. I am waiting to receive a reply to my letter to President Obama with instructions how to lower the plug into the hole to stop the leak. I do not know if President Obama has read my letter. I do not know if the President is able to communicate with BP that the well leak must be sealed and not to be used as a resource. I want to sue BP because they have not made an attempt to seal the well.”

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Thanks Simon!                       

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Fix the BP Oil Spill Idea-of-the-Day (#4)

June 7th, 2010. By AbiK

This idea to fix the BP Oil Spill is from Nate G, who emailed our editor. Sounds like a lot of work, but hey, we’re almost at day 50 here post-spill with the Coast Guard now saying, “It may take years to clean up” (was anyone thinking otherwise?).

Idea-of-the-Day to Fix the BP Oil Spill (#4)

“Hey Nancy, I’m a commercial contractor in Utah and this would be the simplest way I can think of to contain the spill.  BP could purchase an old ship, strip it down to just the hull.  Weld the devices valves and ports for hose linkage to the bottom of the hull.  Tow the enormous cap out to the site.  Submerse it over the cap and invert it over the leak.  It could be tamped down to seal to the ocean floor.  This allows for a number of attachments and the water could be filtered out on the surface or on land by BP’s facilities. -Nate”

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Thanks Nate!                            

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Fix the BP Oil Spill Idea-of-the-Day (#3)

June 4th, 2010. By AbiK

This one’s from Dean V. Timely advice given what’s been happening with the BP Oil Spill and efforts to stop the leak. Seems Dean has experience in all-things-pipe given his experience with lawn sprinkler systems. Here’s what he has to say—and it seems to make sense (fwiw, friends of mine have said similar).

Idea-of-the-Day to Fix the BP Oil Spill (#3)

“This is Dean V., do not cut the pipe. You must crimp it closed. Crimp it closed, it will work. I am a under ground lawn sprinkler man for 30 years.”

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Thanks Dean!

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Fix the BP Oil Spill Idea-of-the-Day (#2)

June 3rd, 2010. By AbiK

Mike C. wrote in with our Fix the BP Oil Spill Idea-of-the-Day. He’s been thinking along the lines of angioplasty, which seems to be a popular idea. Here’s what he says:

Idea-of-the-Day to Fix the BP Oil Spill (#2)

“Insert a long tube with a heavy duty rubber balloon in the inside of the hose releasing the oil. Then insert it like doctors do with angoplatic for heart patients, but leave the balloon. If it still leaks insert another, then another untill it’s clogged up?”

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Thanks Mike!

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