G,
I don't think a nuke is desirable or necessary. If you want a bigger
explosion than a shaped charge then a bunker buster or two would do the trick.
A nuke would spew radiation in the ocean and in our atmosphere.... not a good
scenario on top of what is already occuring.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Garrick
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Mother of all gushers could kill Earth's oceans
Hi
I'm no engineer but I think a very small nuke is what you need to to collapse
the well from a hole bored side by side with the gusher hole. Drill down a few
hundred feet and detonate. I doubt 3-4 lbs of conventional explosives will do
it unless inserted directly down the well which sounds impossible to me. This
is a very high pressure well. I could swear I read was drilled through basalt
to get to the oil but can find nothing on the internet about basalt
I want that nuke to cap that well by destroying it. If that oil reservoir is
tapped again BP will have to drill a new hole....Hey it's doing that anyway
right now. Two of them
g
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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Bob Banever <bbane...@earthlink.net> wrote:
G,
Why a nuke? Another engineer suggested a small (3 - 4 lbs) shaped
charge would be enough to collapse the well. You have to be careful not to
damage the rock casement of the well itself. That's the problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: Garrick
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Mother of all gushers could kill Earth's oceans
There are natural oil seeps off the California coast. Think LaBrea tar
pits....oil and tar close to the surface. Santa Barbara off shore has many
seeps. The natural seeps don't put out so much these days because the oil
drilling has relieved the pressure
About ten days ago on a forum an old guy said he saw tarballs washing up
on Southern California beaches in the 1940s...before any offshore drilling off
the California coast
BP head on TV said last night it is now an industry wide effort to get
the best people and best brains together to neutralize this gusher. I would not
bet against these people. An entire industry's future is at stake. In other
words they have very stronmg incentives (monetary and otherwise) to cap this
well
Me..... I would consider drilling a hole right next to the well 500 ft
down and detonate a small nuke
g
