Gulf Of Mexico Seabed Shows No Improvement Year After Oil Spill

[sce56]

Run time: 02:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F80Nl76g2qU   Posted on YouTube: September 01, 2011 By YouTube Member: PigMine3 Views on YouTube: 326   Posted on DU: September 02, 2011 By DU Member: sce56 Views on DU: 1859

 
August 31, 2011 - CNN's Colleen McEdwards interviews a scientist who is studying the Gulf oil spill's impact on basic life.
This does not say when they last went down there only that they were could this be an attempt by CNN to distract from the recent reported oil leaks?
"We sampled in Sept 2010 Dec 2010 now we'll be back out this fall"

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Amazing how that disaster has just disappeared from the news.

[sce56]

3. Exactly what I posted the other day!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1855121

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Ohh..I missed that...good post, too!!!

[jaxx]

2. The video shows a depth of 1777 feet.

The floor where the leak was is over 4900 feet. Very deceptive.

[sce56]

4. Great Catch I was just looking for a date stamp! n/t

[jaxx]

5. I didn't see any date stamp on the video.

You could tell it was heavily spliced.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. Where do you see 'feet'?

Try meters.

[sce56]

10. Ok try this

One point in video shows 1863
1863M = 6112Ft.
1775M = 5823Ft.
That is a lot deeper than the actual well head!


The well head was From Wiki "At the time of the explosion, it was drilling an exploratory well at a water depth of approximately 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in the Macondo Prospect"

So if they were at meters on the screen then they are not at the reported 5067' the drilling depth at the Macondo well had reached a total depth of 18,360 feet, with the previous casing shoe at 17,168 feet. The annulus or drill hole was eight and a half inches in diameter, with the Rotary Kelly Bushing (RKB) to Mud line 5,067 feet.

That video level info is misleading at best.

[AtheistCrusader]

11. They said 'NEAR' the well.

Which could indeed be 'downhill' from the wellhead. It certainly isn't the highest point in the macondo prospect.

[jaxx]

15. I didn't see the M, only depth which was always shown in feet.

Also the video says near the rig site.

[AtheistCrusader]

16. Is the temp in farenheit or celcius?

Another way to ask this question is, is the HUD configured for metric or standard?

[jaxx]

18. I'm not sure that is temperature.

I just know the BP ROVs used depth in feet. I'd have to watch some videos again to try to refresh my memory on what the other stuff was. Sorry.

[AtheistCrusader]

19. Looks like it's configured for

depth, temp, and salinity.

This doesn't appear to be anything like the BP ROV's. I wouldn't be surprised if the team working on this had to beg borrow or steal the device from another country. The same scientist giving the interview, was on the Alvin, many months ago, inspecting as close as they could get, given the boundaries the coast guard established around the Deepwater Horizon disaster site.

If it belongs to some science institute, I would assume it's metric through and through.

One place I would be looking, if I was on that team, is ocean floor below the level of wellhead 252, as the oil is pooling, and has been sinking. The wellhead was not the deepest feature in the Macondo field. There are deeper features, not far from the wellhead.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

21. I'm guessing that it has to be C.

The temperature conversion and depth conversion are both just what the readings would be in that part of the Gulf.

~~40F and 5-6,000 feet near the well area.

Call me cynical, but I still think that this is going to end up far worse than BP and our government would have us believe.

[sce56]

6. They also state the first video of its kind? ABC showed Video twice at least last year!

Posted Fri Dec-03-10 04:23 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x573446

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/submarine-scours-bottom-gulf-12302919

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/bp-spill-oil-found-bottom-gulf-11618885

[AtheistCrusader]

13. ALVIN only went down one mile

and was prevented from going near the well itself.

(Plus their video sucked, this is all nice shiny HD, if that matters.)

Edit: Your second link is actually the same research team, Samantha Joye.

[sce56]

7. Another video linked on YouTube.

I did not see this last year but had heard of the toxic rain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEOB8UwaaXk&NR=1

Crops being destroyed by something even birds on the farms dying!

[Altoid_Cyclist]

8. I don't know if this is a stupid question but,

If the temperature is in celsius, is there any chance that the depth would be metric also?

That would be just about the right depth for the spill area.

[TheWraith]

12. The sea floor is going to be the last thing to recover.

Due to the depth, the temperature is far colder there than at the surface. That means fewer bacteria thrive there, bacteria which play a crucial role in breaking down the oil. Whereas the effective life of oil on the surface might be measured in weeks, this stuff is effectively sitting in a refrigerator.

Also, the stuff most likely to be clinging to the seafloor is the material with the heaviest components--less what you would normally think of as oil than a kind of heavy tar. That's why it doesn't float, and it's another reason it'll be harder for it to break down.

[Generic Other]

17. Depressing

And BP denies all further responsibility.

[AtheistCrusader]

20. Yep.

BP, Coast Guard Find No Sheen near Macondo

Type: Status Update

Aug. 2011 - BP has confirmed through a visual wellhead assessment that the Macondo well is not releasing oil. Additionally, the company concluded a visual inspection of the Macondo relief well confirming the same result. The investigation was prompted due to press reports stating that sheens of oil observed in the vicinity were from the Macondo well. Multiple surveys conducted of the area has found no evidence of oil sheens in the Macondo vicinity, reiterated the company. The Macondo field is located on Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico in a water depth of 4,993 feet (1,522 meters).

http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=110539


Well, I guess it just fell out of the fucking sky then. Nice to see the Coast Guard is onboard with BP's claims. That's VERY reassuring.

:sarcasm:, just in case.

[sce56]

22. Toons tell the tale