The oil spill live feed is coming from an internet-connected camera - though one much more water-proof than this. Image from Flickr.
The BP oil spill has been pumping oil into the ocean for more than a month. Just a few days ago, BP released the oil spill live feed at the request of Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts. The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is co-hosting the oil spill live feed.
Oil spill live feed goes down
Almost immediately after the oil spill live feed was put on the web, it experienced incredibly heavy traffic. On both the committee website and BP website, the oil spill live feed went down multiple times. Since then, though, the feed appears to be fairly reliable. The Spillcam website is maintaining an all-day-every-day feed of the oil spill.
Why the oil spill live feed?
The oil spill live feed was made public after repeated requests to British Petroleum. BP has not been able to provide consistent or definitive answers about how much oil is spilling into the ocean. Credit repair for this beleaguered company will most likely take years – and for good reason. The oil spill live feed has been made public not only in the name of public information, but in the name of possible solutions.
The range of the oil spill
The BP oil spill live feed shows the hundreds of thousands of raw crude oil spilling into the ocean every day. Scientists are analyzing not only the live feed, but the oil that is starting to show up on the coast of the United States. The Loop Current of the Gulf Stream is starting to pick up the oil, and it has the potential to take it as far away as Cuba, the Bahamas, the Eastern Seaboard or farther. While BP has claimed partial responsibility for the spill, Haliburton, Transocean and others have refused to take part of the responsibility for the spill.
No matter who ultimately is responsible, the oil spill live feed is providing a view into the impact of the BP oil spill. The cleanup of this environmental disaster is sure to take years, if not decades.
From: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor.
7 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico
To day is 68th day, since the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. Oil keeps gushing from the leaking well into the Gulf of Mexico. The amount of spilled oil now is around 300 000 000 gallons.
BP significantly reduces this rate motivated by the fact that the daily capturing 15-20 thousand barrels of oil.
I have repeatedly explained, no matter how much oil BP capturing from the Cap, because the pump creates inside the Cap additional negative pressure which immediately compensated by the pressure in the petroleum layer and accompanied by an additional release of oil, correlated with this negative pressure.
So, the amount of gushing oil unchanged or unaltered is about 90-120 thousand barrels per day.
There are many people like myself, who would like to give alternative methods to BP and the government but lack the contacts to meet the right people. BP lacks thinking “outside of the box” and continues to solve its problems to the “best” of their knowledge.
Using my know-how and liquid nitrogen oil freezing equipment we can shut the well during the nearest 3 weeks.
Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor.
http://mindshaftgap.blogspot.com/2010/05/stopping…
Constantine, where are you a professor?
From: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD,Professor.
This letter was mailed to The President of United States of America
Dear Mr. President:
BP announced that work has begun to drill a relief well to intercept and isolate the oil well that is spilling oil in the US Gulf of Mexico. The drilling began on Sunday May 2 and is estimated to take some three months. "This is another key step in our work to permanently stop the loss of oil from the well," said BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward.
BP is drilling relief wells near the spill, to reduce the pressure at the site of the spill. But those new wells won’t be completed until the end of August. I strongly contend that a new well will not affect the amount of oil coming out of the first well. BP simply is fooling you, Mr. President, and the American people.
For the proof of my postulate I ask you, to use a 2 Lt. soda bottle and two push pins. Plug these push pins in a bottle of soda at a height of 1 inch from the bottom of the bottle and at a distance of 2 inches from each other. Then pull out the first push pin, after being convinced that soda escapes from the opening you will take out the second push pin. Having done this operation, Mr. President, you will see that the jet of a liquid from the first aperture absolutely does not decrease. This means that BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward is simply fooling all of us.
BP has its own interest and does not care how much more oil will spill for the next 3 months in the Gulf of Mexico. That is why BP refuses to apply my know-how and use my methods for freezing the oil with liquid nitrogen. In my opinion, this unique solution to reduce scales of ecological accidents in the Mexican Gulf is to immediately start downloading liquid nitrogen into the oil well’s breakthroughs. The low temperature will increase the viscosity of oil and may even freeze it. The freezing will slow down the speed of emission of oil and make it easier to facilitate the collection of oil in the off shore sector.
I anxiously wait for your response to my letter. My goal is to help the environment and the future generation to enjoy cleaner oceans and waters. Thank you for your time and God Bless.
Sincerely,
Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor.
To: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor
From: Oil Well planner (37 years experience)
Hogwash! Liquid nitrogen will make it worse.
Do you know that liquid nitrogen is used to INCREASE oil well production by fracturing the formation and thus increasing the channels the oil can flow through in the rock?
Google it and you will learn something.
I guess that PHD don't mean too much huh?
1. From: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor
BP loses control of the situation
Several unsuccessful attempts to stop the leak oil from wells in the Gulf of Mexico showed technological failures of BP.
I already wrote about the fallacy of previous projects; now turn to explain BP Staff errors admitted in project” Cap”.
The fact is that in point of release oil from wells, exists the dynamic equilibrium between pressure in oil layer and pressure by rendered water column above wells
When BP tries to pump oil into the tanker, it creates additional (negative) pressure which immediately causes an additional emission of oil. (You can see that in underwater pictures that show the oil being released under the “Cap”.
More that 50 days BP can’t stop ecological catastrophe .
I continue to argue, that the unique solution to stop Gulf of Mexico oil spouting is to
immediately start downloading liquid nitrogen into the oil well’s breakthroughs.
The low temperature will increase the viscosity of oil and may even freeze it.
The freezing will slow down the speed of emission of oil and make it easier to facilitate the collection of oil in the off shore sector.Y doesn’t understand, why BP is not resolving the problem, for example, using my know-how and equipment for freezing the oil with liquid nitrogen?
Constantine Balakiryan Concept for oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor says “I have developed a concept to reduce the ecological catastrophe of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.”
In my opinion, the unique solution to reduce scales of ecological accident in Mexican Gulf is to immediately start downloading liquid nitrogen into the oil well’s breakthroughs.
The low temperature will increase the viscosity of oil and may even freeze it. The freezing will slow down the speed of emission of oil and make it easier to facilitate the collection of oil in the off shore sector.
BP has tried cement, mud and a dome to contain the oil spill. The “Top Kill” and "Cap" concepts have not worked and will not work, they are dead concepts.
So, BP wasted time? The new plans of the BP only exacerbate the ecological situation.
What is the real reason they aren’t resolving the problem, for example, using my know-how and equipment for freezing the oil with liquid nitrogen?
HAVE POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO OIL LEAK SELF SEALING LOCKING CAP NEED INFO ID PIPE OD PIPE INORDER TO FABRICATE RAM. (MUST EXPLAIN CONTEX OF DEVICE NOT CURRENTLY KNOWN)UNABLE TO CONTACT B P HOPE SOMEONE WOULD AT LEAST LISTEN CONTACT VIA E-MAIL
Now, now, we should have put the American tax payers' money into hydrogen fuel technologies and Electric Vehicles instead of the auto industry and the banks!!!
BP testing President Obama’s patience
Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor
The 43rd day is growing huge oil slick on the surface of the Mexican Gulf, with the dimensions exceeding the territory of many countries and many States.
How long this can be continued?
Does BP have sufficient technological resources to close the damned holes?
They certainly do.
Then, what is the real reason they aren’t resolving the problem, for example, using my know-how and equipment for freezing the oil with liquid nitrogen?
The point is that blocking well BP will lose the"frosting on the cake”.
That's why BP proposed a new project "B," which assumes not only drilling new wells, but also construction a new platform.
For this escapade BP requests another 60-90 days.
It is easy to imagine what kind ecological disaster awaits US, if plan «B” is approved.
Very important to consider that the hurricane season is started, so the first hurricane sends in hell, all these shielding floats and oil will gush out to the territory not only the coastal states of the Mexican Gulf.
It is time to act.
Tomorrow will be too late.
From: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor
I have developed a concept to reduce the ecological catastrophe of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
In my opinion, the unique solution to reduce scales of ecological accident in Mexican
Gulf is to immediately start downloading liquid nitrogen into the oil well’s breakthroughs.
The low temperature will increase the viscosity of oil and may even freeze it.
The freezing will slow down the speed of emission of oil and make it easier to facilitate the collection of oil in the off shore sector.
BP has tried cement, mud and a dome to contain the oil spill. The “Top Kill” concept has not worked and will not work, it is dead concept.
So, BP wasted time with “top kill”?
And a new plan “B” of the BP only exacerbates the ecological situation.
I can offer “Know-How”If you would like to discuss this concept with me please contact me:
Constantine Balakiryan
4721 N. 40-th STR.
Phoenix, AZ Phoenix
Phone: 602-618-4222
Our generation is more empowered with tools like twitter, workstreamer, facebook, and blogs like this one to get near real-time information about companies and this kind of activity. (Full disclosure: I work for one of the aforementioned companies). BP's effort to provide a live feed of the oil gushing out of the ground provides the same kind of value as does rubbernecking a heinous car crash. It's only morbidly entertaining.
BP and all oil companies need to acknowledge they have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure safety in these matters. This kind of tragedy not only destroys our environment but it unfortunately provides fodder for the environmentalists who cite this very type of event as the reason not to drill for oil off our coasts.
BOTTOM LINE: The profit margins of oil companies are artificially inflated because they're not making the necessary investments (and absorbing the cost) for ensuring fail-safe systems. This kind of disaster should fall under the category of crimes against humanity and appropriate charges should be filed against top executives. Their gross irresponsibility undermines the safety and value that drilling can provide.
The next time an oil or nuclear energy executive tells you that modern technology has made things much safer nowadays, ask him if modern technology can overcome
1. human error
2. poor decision making
3. equipment failure
According to the chief engineer on the Deep Water Horizon all three factors played a part in causing the disaster.
SAFE TECHNOLOGY will not save us from disaster. If your seat belt isn't working properly or you fail to wear your motorcycle helmet, you are courting disaster.
There are so many less enviornmentally damaging , cleaner and safer forms of energy like wind and solar that we need to turn our attention to.
There are a lot faster and easier ways to reduce our dependence on oil like conservation and improving fuel efficiency.
Punching a hole in the bottom of the ocean to suck up oil that has been trapped for millions of years under a protective bedrock is dangerous to man and our environment.
If we want energy independence for the next 1000 years we need to choose a energy source that is
1. cheap
2. abundant
3. environmentally safe and clean
4. universally available to everyone
Drilling at the bottom of the sea does not meet a single one of these criteria