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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Angry James Carville Blasts Obama's Response to BP Oil Spill
FURTHER TO INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY SENT BY ME IN RESPONDING TO A TELEPHONE CALL FROM BP, I FOUND OUT THAT I WAS MERELY SPEAKING TO A 'CALL ANSWERING SERVICE' WHO AGAIN REQUESTED THAT I SUPPLY THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE METHOD TO STOP THE HORIZON PROJECT OIL LEAK IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THEY HAD NO ACCESS WHATSOEVER TO ANY ENGINEERING MEMBER OR RESPONSIBLE PERSON AT BP. NEITHER COULD THEY CONFIRM WHETHER PREVIOUS TELEPHONE CALL INFORMATION HAD BEEN SUBMITTED. THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY FRUITLESS AND A WASTE OF TIME. ALL THE INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED BY TELEPHONE IS CONTAINED BELOW.
RE: OIL SPILL ON THE HORIZON PROJECT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS SPILL SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED WITHIN ONE TO MAXIMUM OF TWO WEEKS. SIMPLE METHOD WOULD HAVE BEEN TO DISCONNECT THE FLANGE AT THE TOP OF THE BLOWOUT PROTECTOR AND INSTALL QUICK SHUT BALL VALVE OR BLOCK VALVE IN THE OPEN POSITION TO FACILITATE NONE PRESSURIZATION DURING INSTALLATION. AFTER THE VALVE IS IN PLACE IT COULD BE CLOSED OFF TO STOP THE LEAK COMPLETELY. THIS WOULD THEN ALLOW FOR A SECOND BLOWOUT PROTECTOR TO BE INSTALLED. NORMALCY OF WELL OPERATIONS COULD HAVE BEEN RESUMED OR THE SYSTEM COULD HAVE BEEN BLIND FLANGED OFF AND ENCASED IN A CEMENT HOUSING IF NO LONGER REQUIRED. METHANOL INJECTION POINTS COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON THE SYSTEM TO ALLEVIATE THE FORMATION OF HYDRATES IF THIS PRESENTED A PROBLEM. FAILING THIS, BP SHOULD HAVE INVESTIGATED THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING A PIPING CLAMP OVER THE LEAKING SECTION. BP WAS CONTACTED BY ME ON 5 TIMES AND A SECRETARIAL PERSON TOOK THE CALLS AND INQUIRED IF I WANTED TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. SO FAR I HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. HAVING OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF REFINERY OPERATIONS INCLUDING OIL CONTAINMENT AND RECOVERY, WITH THE USE OF SKIMMERS, BOOMING, ETC., I AM AMAZED AT THE INCOMPETENCE EXHIBITED BY THE CHIEFS OF BP. WERE THEY NOT AWARE THAT THE KILL METHOD WAS DOOMED TO FAILURE FROM THE START AS THE FLOW WOULD FOLLOW THE LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE WHICH WAS AT LEAKING AREAS ON THE RISER. SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTS ON THE DENSITY OF THE CRUDE OIL COMING FROM THIS WELL. FROM WHAT HAS BEEN DEPICTED BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE, THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS OIL TO REACH THE GULF STREAM IS VERY HIGH AND ONCE IT IS IN THIS AREA, TRAVELING ALONG THE U,S. EASTERN SEABOARD, THE RISK OF DESTRUCTION TO MARINE LIFE IN THE SARGASSO SEA, WHICH IS HEMMED IN BY THE NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT, IS ESCALATED. PARADOXICALLY, THE GULF STREAM ENDS UP IN THE BRITISH ISLES, HOMELAND OF BP AND COULD CONTAMINATE OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HAVING USED COREXIT EXTENSIVELY IN A REFINERY, I HAVE BEEN WITNESS TO THE DEVASTATION OF FISH AND OTHER MARINE LIFE. THE MANUFACTURERS MUST HAVE A C OF A AND THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. I HAVE ADVISED CNN ON TWO OCCASIONS VIA BLOGS AND ALSO LEFT A TELEPHONE MESSAGE AT MMS 1-202-208-3985 ON MAY 22ND FOR THEM TO CONTACT ME. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE BEING BAMBOOZLED BY BP AND I AM SURPRISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES OVERLOOKING THE SITUATION HAVE NOT COME TO THIS CONCLUSION YET. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RE-EVALUATE THIS SITUATION AND SEE IF THE ADVICE I AM GIVING IS FEASIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
FURTHER TO INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY SENT BY ME IN RESPONDING TO A TELEPHONE CALL FROM BP, I FOUND OUT THAT I WAS MERELY SPEAKING TO A 'CALL ANSWERING SERVICE' WHO AGAIN REQUESTED THAT I SUPPLY THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE METHOD TO STOP THE HORIZON PROJECT OIL LEAK IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THEY HAD NO ACCESS WHATSOEVER TO ANY ENGINEERING MEMBER OR RESPONSIBLE PERSON AT BP. NEITHER COULD THEY CONFIRM WHETHER PREVIOUS TELEPHONE CALL INFORMATION HAD BEEN SUBMITTED. THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY FRUITLESS AND A WASTE OF TIME. ALL THE INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED BY TELEPHONE IS CONTAINED BELOW.
ReplyDeleteRE: OIL SPILL ON THE HORIZON PROJECT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS SPILL SHOULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED WITHIN ONE TO MAXIMUM OF TWO WEEKS. SIMPLE METHOD WOULD HAVE BEEN TO DISCONNECT THE FLANGE AT THE TOP OF THE BLOWOUT PROTECTOR AND INSTALL QUICK SHUT BALL VALVE OR BLOCK VALVE IN THE OPEN POSITION TO FACILITATE NONE PRESSURIZATION DURING INSTALLATION. AFTER THE VALVE IS IN PLACE IT COULD BE CLOSED OFF TO STOP THE LEAK COMPLETELY. THIS WOULD THEN ALLOW FOR A SECOND BLOWOUT PROTECTOR TO BE INSTALLED. NORMALCY OF WELL OPERATIONS COULD HAVE BEEN RESUMED OR THE SYSTEM COULD HAVE BEEN BLIND FLANGED OFF AND ENCASED IN A CEMENT HOUSING IF NO LONGER REQUIRED. METHANOL INJECTION POINTS COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON THE SYSTEM TO ALLEVIATE THE FORMATION OF HYDRATES IF THIS PRESENTED A PROBLEM. FAILING THIS, BP SHOULD HAVE INVESTIGATED THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING A PIPING CLAMP OVER THE LEAKING SECTION. BP WAS CONTACTED BY ME ON 5 TIMES AND A SECRETARIAL PERSON TOOK THE CALLS AND INQUIRED IF I WANTED TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. SO FAR I HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. HAVING OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF REFINERY OPERATIONS INCLUDING OIL CONTAINMENT AND RECOVERY, WITH THE USE OF SKIMMERS, BOOMING, ETC., I AM AMAZED AT THE INCOMPETENCE EXHIBITED BY THE CHIEFS OF BP. WERE THEY NOT AWARE THAT THE KILL METHOD WAS DOOMED TO FAILURE FROM THE START AS THE FLOW WOULD FOLLOW THE LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE WHICH WAS AT LEAKING AREAS ON THE RISER. SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTS ON THE DENSITY OF THE CRUDE OIL COMING FROM THIS WELL. FROM WHAT HAS BEEN DEPICTED BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE, THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS OIL TO REACH THE GULF STREAM IS VERY HIGH AND ONCE IT IS IN THIS AREA, TRAVELING ALONG THE U,S. EASTERN SEABOARD, THE RISK OF DESTRUCTION TO MARINE LIFE IN THE SARGASSO SEA, WHICH IS HEMMED IN BY THE NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT, IS ESCALATED. PARADOXICALLY, THE GULF STREAM ENDS UP IN THE BRITISH ISLES, HOMELAND OF BP AND COULD CONTAMINATE OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HAVING USED COREXIT EXTENSIVELY IN A REFINERY, I HAVE BEEN WITNESS TO THE DEVASTATION OF FISH AND OTHER MARINE LIFE. THE MANUFACTURERS MUST HAVE A C OF A AND THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. I HAVE ADVISED CNN ON TWO OCCASIONS VIA BLOGS AND ALSO LEFT A TELEPHONE MESSAGE AT MMS 1-202-208-3985 ON MAY 22ND FOR THEM TO CONTACT ME. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE BEING BAMBOOZLED BY BP AND I AM SURPRISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES OVERLOOKING THE SITUATION HAVE NOT COME TO THIS CONCLUSION YET. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RE-EVALUATE THIS SITUATION AND SEE IF THE ADVICE I AM GIVING IS FEASIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.