In this podcast of a radio interview with Al Gardner and Stacey Simms, broadcast on WBT, Charlotte, NC on Monday, May 17, 2010, for the first time on the public airwaves Dr. Gerald Graham, President of Worldocean Consulting Ltd, stakes his claim to a variation of BP's riser insertion tube idea for staunching the flow of oil from its Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dr. Graham suggested to BP and others members of Unified Command as early as April 29, 2010 that a 5000 foot hose be attached to the leaky riser, and oil siphoned off to a waiting vessel on the surface. Over two weeks later, they managed to do just that, refining his original idea into a workable technique that before it was withdrawn May 25 after eight days of operation, reportedly prevented 22,000 barrels of oil from entering the marine environment.
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It seems that British Petroleum (BP) & Unified Command could have saved perhaps as much as 2,5000,000 gallons crude oil/day gushing out into the ocean if they had immediately implemented Dr. Gerald Graham’s ingenious idea of a hose (pipe) to siphon the oil from the riser to waiting tankers. Perhaps a more appropriate name for BP would be Best Procrastinator (BP) or Best Polluter (BP). I hope they at least acknowledge your resourceful idea. Congratulations World Ocean Consulting on your brilliant idea!!!!
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