What if the BP gusher can't be stopped?

[Cliche Guevara]

What if the best they can do is contain it a bit, but not stop it?

...Because it could get a lot worse yet, according to this article.

Is the BP gusher unstoppable? http://www.informationclearinghouse....ticle25755.htm

"To those of us outside the real inside loop, yet still fairly knowledgeable, [the failure of Top Kill] was a major confirmation of what many feared. That the system below the sea floor has serious failures of varying magnitude in the complicated chain, and it is breaking down and it will continue to.

"What does this mean?

"It means they will never cap the gusher after the wellhead. They cannot...the more they try and restrict the oil gushing out the bop?...the more it will transfer to the leaks below. Just like a leaky garden hose with a nozzle on it. When you open up the nozzle?...it doesn't leak so bad, you close the nozzle?...it leaks real bad, same dynamics. It is why they sawed the riser off...or tried to anyway...but they clipped it off, to relieve pressure on the leaks "down hole". I'm sure there was a bit of panic time after they crimp/pinched off the large riser pipe and the Diamond wire saw got stuck and failed...because that crimp diverted pressure and flow to the rupture down below.

"Contrary to what most of us would think as logical to stop the oil mess, actually opening up the gushing well and making it gush more became direction BP took after confirming that there was a leak. In fact if you note their actions, that should become clear. They have shifted from stopping or restricting the gusher to opening it up and catching it. This only makes sense if they want to relieve pressure at the leak hidden down below the seabed.....and that sort of leak is one of the most dangerous and potentially damaging kind of leak there could be. It is also inaccessible which compounds our problems. There is no way to stop that leak from above, all they can do is relieve the pressure on it and the only way to do that right now is to open up the nozzle above and gush more oil into the gulf and hopefully catch it, which they have done, they just neglected to tell us why

The link in the article to the original info source is full of additional links and information. How close to the truth it all is, I don't know. It's pretty darned dire if this guy is accurate in his assessment, that fo'shur.

[ZEZOZE]

it won't be stopped.

the end is nigh.

[California Tanker]

The relief wells do seem to be the best long-term answer.

NTM

[Dingfod]

If it cannot be stopped, it flows until either the well is depleted to equalization with the pressure at the bottom of the water, or it erodes the well bore to the point that it caves in on itself, sealing itself off. In the case of that 1910 well blowout, that took 17 months. Oddly enough, that is about the length of time the Iceland's Eyjafjallajokullvolcano erupted in 1821-23.

[Sauron]

Originally Posted by Dingfod

If it cannot be stopped, it flows until either the well is depleted to equalization with the pressure at the bottom of the water, or it erodes the well bore to the point that it caves in on itself, sealing itself off. In the case of that 1910 well blowout, that took 17 months. Oddly enough, that is about the length of time the Iceland's Eyjafjallajokullvolcano erupted in 1821-23.

And oddly enough, the gestation period of a sperm whale is around 17 months. And sperm whales were hunted for their................OIL.

That's right, HUNTED.
BY THE BRITISH.

Coincidence?

I
THINK
NOT

[Stormlight]

It could be so simple: Don't feed the Troll oil well. Just ignore it and it will get bored and stop in a day or two.

[Dingfod]

Re: Beck: Why didn't I use a chalkboard? Sheesh, the good ideas are all taken already.