Don't be nieve-The guy said "probably" not related...And I'm sure he's driving a new Cadilac tonight courtesy of BP for using that particular word..It's all related!
He also said this-
The Washington Post has quite a bit more, including a letter to BP from incident commander Adm. Thad Allen, indicating that the government has detected well seepage and “undetermined anomalies at the well head.”

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/07/19/ ... l-seepage/

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Yep. As a scientist I am neive about my profession. The word probably was used to save politicl faith for Obama. See, once our government got involved science weent out the door. Kinda a lot like your proclimations. You still owe me not matter how you want to twist information to suit your needs. I expect at least a beer when I get home... and not one of those cheep American beers either. A microbrew ale or pilner will do. Thanks VL.

Just released- 22 seconds in- "There is an issue of causeality here regarding the "seepage". And the cap is now "leaking"

I told you so.

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What part of this video did you not understand? Leakage from the cap? That has nothing to do with well integrity, the fundamental question for which the testing is taking place. Seepage from more than a mile away is hardly anything you "told" anyone about and the reason for the seepage is unclear. Even our government who is trying their dambdest to make political hay can't extablish a cause related to the well, try as they might.

As their board of scientists know, a mile plus distance is way out of line with failed well bore integrity. Secondly, pressure build up is very slow, but steady. This too is not consistent with seepage from the well. Pressure would stall out well below the reservoir threshold if seepage were the case. You still owe me a beer.

Wrong, the lack of pressure indicates a leak below the well head- It's seeping outward and eventually a mile downfield found a path through the rock to the surface. Most of this stuff is just common sense. You probaly have no idea just how big the Gulf is- To think that this seepage a mere mile away from Deep Horizon is not related is just foohardy at least, criminaly insane at best. I mean c'mon man, quit spewing the company line.

It's related, Clearly!

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I understood that "There is an issue of causeality here regarding the "seepage". If you own stock in BP and don't want to adress the issue, fine- I'm here to serrve the community, not serve up company propaganda.

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VL, if you had any clue about what you were talking about, I'd argue with you. For now all I was trying to do is have an itelligent discussion (BIG HINT) not someone insisting that they are right by being a broken record. Do you know what that is or even means?

BTW, I worked in the Gulf for Shell for no less than 6 years, so I'm a bit more of an expert on it than you may want to imagine much less acknowledge. I doubt you even know what "the mud pile" means. In fact, I wonder if you have even been to the Gulf of Mexico.

I do not own BP stock and even if I did, integrity is my God and it would not allow me to ignore solid data that pointed to well integrity problems. I'm more interested in taming this monster and providing insight to intelligent laymen rather than in promoting myself (hint). If you did a little more research you would know that the seep in question is close to another well that is shut in and likely either related to it or a natural seep in itself. The fact the well cap has held and there is a steady pressure build up albite slowly points to no well leakage problems. FYI Were there a rubpture somewhere or a new failure developed in Deep Horizon, then there would be a sudden pressure drop.

From here on, I propose to continue to disseminate insights from the oilfield sector without being sidetracked by banal inuendos.

Just like you said in this thread- Sometimes regular people know more than the experts.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=477&start=8

BTW- I'm 6 for 6 in my predictions and youre still 0-0....Oh and I own a beachfront Condo on Estero Island,

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VL you are 0-0 on Oil is "heavier" than water.

Rock Doc, your inputs are appreciated, thanks.

Nice post Rockdoc.

I don't know anything about the technical aspects of oil drilling, so I keep out of most of the technical discussion.

I hope the cap works, but if it doesn't, it at least sounds like they are close to drilling a relief well which could be the final solution. Any reports on how soon this might happen? Also, I hear there is the option to tap a pipe into the cap and fill tankers on the surface with oil. But that would release even more oil while they tap the cap. Do you have an opinion on that option?