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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (10667)	5/26/2010 11:05:08 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24213

x on May 26, 2010 - 6:31pm Oil Guru Matthew Simmons: It Could Be 24 Years Before The Deepwater Gusher Ends businessinsider.com. newdood on May 26, 2010 - 6:49pm oh GAWD!! and he suggests that a potential solution is to "drop a bomb down the bore" of the well. Thankfully, this potential "solution" - which would have disastrous consequences if it actually came to pass - would run into some solid steel obstructions ranging from the kinked riser through the partially-actuated BOP shear rams and then progressing to the 6 5/8" dia drill pipe down-hole if they ever TRIED it. Wow - if that's a representative sampling of the information available on the mainstream media, I'll stay right here, thank you. shelburn on May 26, 2010 - 8:17pm I watched a bit at the beginning and saw that the leakage at the kink increase so they were pumping. Case of "no news" means "no bad news" - nothing has failed yet, all the hoses holding, valves working, BOP didn't blow off. BP just said they have been up to 65 bbl/min which is over 93,000 bpd and if you take a wild guess that the leakage doubled from 20,000 bpd to 40,000 bpd that seems to indicate they are getting a lot going down the hole. Lots of hurry up and wait now. So I went to surf through the MSM and some internet and came away thoroughly depressed. The level of misinformation and pure BS is incredible. Then caught as piece with Matt Simmons. I have had great admiration for Matt since the early 1980s as one of the best - no the best - analytical minds and data crunchers in the industry. He was the one who turned me on the Peak Oil and the TOD. That interview just broke my heart. Think I'll just get drunk and tomorrow morning may have some better info on the top kill. Nat Geographic is showing something called "Delta Diver" showing Gulf of Mexico divers. Actually pretty realistic if you turn the narration off. If I had ever known how dangerous it would be I'd have never gone there.