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to Heavensoon
BP
Has Opened The Gates Of Hell Some
geologists say that BP's arrogance has
set off
a series of events that may be
irreversible.
There are some that think that BP has
drilled
into an deep-core oil volcano that
cannot be
stopped, regardless of the horizontal
drills
the company claims will stop the oil
plume in
August... I don't know if you've
stopped to
contemplate what BP was trying to
do... The
well itself started 5,000 feet below
the
surface. That's the depth of the Grand
Canyon
from the rim. And then the company
attempted
to drill more than 30,000 feet below
that —
Mt. Everest would give 972 feet to
spare.
Furthermore, the company sought oil in
a
dangerous area of the seabed. It was
unstable
and many think BP sought it out
because
seismic data showed huge pools of
methane gas
— the very gas that blew the top off
Deepwater Horizon and killed 11
people. More
than a year ago, geologists criticized
Transocean for putting their
exploratory rig
directly over a massive underground
reservoir
of methane. According to the New
York
Times , BP's internal "documents
show that in March, after several
weeks of
problems on the rig, BP was struggling
with a
loss of 'well control.' And as far
back as 11
months ago, it was concerned about the
well
casing and the blowout preventer." The
problem is that this methane, located
deep in
the bowels of the earth, is under
tremendous
pressure... Some speculate as much as
100,000
psi — far too much for current
technology to
contain. The shutoff vales and safety
measures
were built for only 1,000 psi. It was
an
accident waiting to happen... And
there are
many that say it could get worse —
much
worse.