BP announced Wednesday, May 12 that it is seriously considering inserting a tube into the leaky Deepwater Horizon riser on the seabed, as a means of siphoning the oil coming out of that riser up to a vessel on the surface. Click here for a graphic of the proposed operation. This procedure could, we are told, occur as early as late Thursday.
For the record, I suggested a similar procedure to Unified Command ( which includes BP ) and NOAA on April 29, and to the BP Crisis Centre in Houston on May 1. My proposal was described as attaching a hose to the riser, whereas BP describes theirs as inserting a tube into the riser, but for all intents and purposes the two methods are the same. Prior to that, on April 25, I suggested to Unified Command that one of the leaks in the riser be capped, something that was indeed accomplished over a week later. The big question in both cases is: why did it take them so long? What the heck were they waiting for?
Let's hope this new plan works!
Your idea did not come from Wild Well Control... You know the old view "Not invented here", plus that if they used your idea, perhaps they would get a fraction less profit as well as having to share the glory with someone external.
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