So when will the oil spill reach the DR :(

i think the gulfstream betweem florida and cuba will take it all up the east coast of the U.S. and on over to europe........DR should be OK, but, i've heard that certain parties have already traveled to cuba to prepare them "just in case".......

5,000 barrels a day my ass...

The battery acid and lead from Haina will neutralize the oil on the half way here. If not, I'll boycott BP by shopping at Texaco. ; )

TheHun said:

The battery acid and lead from Haina will neutralize the oil on the half way here. If not, I'll boycott BP by shopping at Texaco. ; )

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What company does BP supply here in the DR?

I don't think the currents will bring it to the DR directly. The currents on both sides go to the gulf of Florida and then north. It's the entire gulf coast and possibly the coast of the Carolinas that could be affected. What could be affected are sealife that travel from the affected areas into Caribbean waters.

There is probably more oil spilled every day from the tens of thousands of old cars and trucks in the D.R. than would ever reach here from that oil spill, you just don't notice it because of the tons of garbage that it mixes with.

RacerX said:

5,000 barrels a day my ass...

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Looks like 500,000 if you watch the BP provided camera. Interviewed a lady today via phone whose husband is a shrimper in Terrebonne Parrish. BP has not paid them yet for laying oil booms, and their 2 weeks behind in paperwork. BP is not paying claims and asking for more documentation than the IRS. The folks are nervous. Grand Isle Beach is closed and the hotels have oil spill workers not tourists....

BP says the earliest for a permenant fix is August if we have no disruptions (hurricanes) in the Gulf. The top shot will be temporary if it works.

My blog is current with BP spill related info...normally I'd be preaching hurricane preparedness. If you want to keep in the loop, PM me for my BLOG URL or if you want to link up on Facebook for oil spill info

This WILL NOT be a DR oil event, but the Florida Keys is holding classes and attorneys are visiting....and BP has opened a couple of offices for "claims"..

By the way, BP earns $93million USD per day...so far they've spent the equivalent of 9 days work on the spill....BOYCOTT BP

No!! Rand Paul says Obama is being to tough on BP. Let's help those "poor" souls, if not we are in risk of being labeled as "anti-businesses" and "socialist"!!!

This may end up as the biggest oil spill ever as there is no viable solution to seal that leak in sight.

And there is more wrong: http://www.alternet.org/water/14693...fective_dispersants_in_the_gulf__?page=entire

Daniel10 said:

And there is more wrong: Why Aren't We Using the Safest and Most Effective Dispersants in the Gulf? | Water | AlterNet

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BP has the U.S. government (and the world) over a barrel. They out and out refused to change dispersents! Nobody except Big Oil has the technology to work at thse depths in hand. BP refuses to allow independent scientists on the site, or accept help from outside sources.

The thoughts from the fishermen of LA are that BP wants to keep the oil and the dead marine life subsurface, hidden from view of most "humans" who don't research anything. They just watch the news and "accept" what they see and hear. IMHO, this spill will kill a good portion of what was in the Gulf to breed and interrupt the breeding cycle for years to come.

Thanks BRITISH Petroleum, thanks to the BRIT Tony Hayward, BP's CEO in America who never mentions the 11 dead or the others on the rig who jumped for their lives....they've been told by BP to seek legal assistance and go after Transocean and Halliburton for damages...

BOYCOTT BP, Castrol, ARCO, am/pm stores, Wild Bean Cafe, Safeway gas, ARAL (Germany)

...and for the record, Obama is "anti-business and socialist"...he allowed this thing to flow for 8 days...Obama will USE the incident to push his Cap and Trade Bill to "protect the environment"...it's really just another TAX. His right-hand man and co-conspirator is Rahm Imanuel who believes, "never waste a disaster" for political gain.

Are you aware the U.S. had 16 cities flood since January? Nashville, TN has $1.5billion in damages and FEMA announced it had no money to assist in rebuilding, as they are awaiting funds to make it thru September. The U.S. house-of-cards has collapsed and may take Europe with it...watch the markets today.

This may or may not be DR related but I?m posting it anyway. There?s no quick fix to this disaster, keep praying but it?s not going to help, drilling a relief well will take a couple of months if everything goes fine. BP own the well and the oil that?s flowing out of it, they made all important calls from start till end. The well was done and ready to be temporary plugged and abandoned (left alone for a while) until it was going to be converted to a producer. BP had 100% control of the well until someone made decision to displace 5,000 ft vertical depth (surface to seabed) of drilling fluid to seawater and pull the riser. Now, what does that mean?!? Heavy drilling fluid replaced by light seawater over 5,000 ft vertical depth and you?re reducing the hydrostatic pressure in the well. Why would they do that?? To disconnect and pull the riser, get the rig off location ASAP and start another well. The price for the rig was around USD 500,000 a day, move on no messing around. It?s known in the industry that this was done. The rest of the stuff in the news about malfunctioning BOP, poor cement job etc. etc. is secondary.

BP has the ultimate responsibility for the entire operation, the number one deepwater player on the planet, let them clean up their own mess. Unfortunately the impact on the environment can not be fixed just by taking someone to court, or pay a million dollar (or whatever size) compensation.

This disaster shows how the industry is operating, I?m not surprised it happened, it could have been one of the other players. Technology exist to drill 40,000 ft wells in 12,000 ft water, but with zero contingency plan. Will this disaster change the industry? Yes, for sure.


So how do I know all this?? 20 years on rigs, plus my engineering. I?ve worked, as a contractor, for Exxon, BP, Statoil, Shell plus a bunch of other companies and I?m still alive. Lucky I guess.

All I?ve posted here are publicly known facts, no one will bother taking DR1 to court. Lawyers in Houston have bigger fish to catch these days.

And BTW there were still ongoing law suits after Exxon Valdez in 2007, the accident happened in 1989.

Nationalize BP. That'll learn them.

M.A.R. said:

tht, so you don't think the idea of plugging the hole with cement and other stuff will work? can it make it worse?

Why can't they attach a pipe like they said they do, and guide the oil out to the surface?

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I believe they've installed a pipe in the broken riser and recovering some of the flow, but not even near all of it. And how do they know it's flowing 5,000 barrel a day? Hard to get a good estimate just by looking at the video. One problem here is that it's 5,000 ft below the surface. Hard to do anything, deepwater currents etc.

M.A.R. said:

tht, so you don't think the idea of plugging the hole with cement and other stuff will work? can it make it worse?

Why can't they attach a pipe like they said they do, and guide the oil out to the surface?

I think this thread is DR related 'cause this is an environmental disaster that will affect everyone.

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Good advice:

BP: 2,000 barrels a day now captured from oil leak - Environment- msnbc.com

This thread was wandered far from the possible impact and implications for the DR. If you are going to spend all the time discussing BP and how best to plug the hole, I'll close the thread.

Just remove my post.

tht said:

I believe they've installed a pipe in the broken riser and recovering some of the flow, but not even near all of it. And how do they know it's flowing 5,000 barrel a day? Hard to get a good estimate just by looking at the video. One problem here is that it's 5,000 ft below the surface. Hard to do anything, deepwater currents etc.

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At first BP was reporting a 2,000 bbl/day leak, then 5,000, and government sources are estimation 8,000 which means it's probably closer to 12,000. This will make the :Exxon Valdez" disaster look like a fender bender by comparison to this train wreck. The leak alone is months away from being solved. The cleanup and recovery will take decades. They've got oil on the surface going one way, oil at the bottom of the gulf going another and no clue how to stop either.

How was this allowed to happen in America? The same way it would have been allowed to happen in the DR:

Report: Drilling regulators took industry gifts - Gulf oil spill- msnbc.com