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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Triffin who wrote (4914)	10/23/2006 8:00:55 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24212

I have been slowly reducing the cost of heating to this place, last year it was 2500$ three years ago it was 4000$, as oil goes up my costs steadily go down. So I wondered about the heat in the pipes as my floors always seem cold.

To: Triffin who wrote (4914)	2/17/2007 10:54:35 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24212

From: Khebab 2/2/2007 5:28:38 PM Read Replies (1) of 1172 The Rapid Collapse of Cantarell by the Numbers theoildrum.com The Bottom Line: Since 2004 (peak year): 1. Mexican gasoline prices have increased by 20%. 2. oil production has dropped by 11%. 3. oil rig count has decreased by 20%. 4. Cantarell's production has dropped by 30%. 5. domestic oil demand has increased by 2.5%. By 2012: 1. oil production may drop by 30%. 2. Cantarell's production may drop by 80%. 3. domestic oil demand may increase by 10%. Message 23248194

To: Triffin who wrote (4914)	5/26/2010 11:13:17 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24212

wakey wakey :>) Damn, Triff,have we been getting trolls there, or what? I'll be glad when this is over, and they can all get back to burning oil again. == Triffin on May 26, 2010 - 9:31am I really, really, hope that the Top Kill works .. But, if it doesn't, and the primary leak/spill is at the BOP, then I'd think the next effort would be to capture the flow as best as possible while the RWs are being drilled .. The idea that I've been noodling around is as follows: Lower a large diameter concrete or steel tube with open ends of sufficient diameter to encircle the entire BOP .. I'm thinking something 16-20' diameter and 40-60' long or long enough that once it has settled into the seabed that the top of the "tube" is higher than the BOP .. A sort of chimney if you will .. Then lower something like the "top hat" device or inverted funnel with a riser of sufficient diameter to avoid hydrate formation; onto the top of the previously placed large diameter tube .. I'm not sure that the two pieces would have to even make a complete seal with one another .. The idea is to capture the bulk of the flow from the BOP until the RWs can be completed .. ROCKMAN .. Is this at all feasible ?? Triff ..