In one post you say, "for someone who pretends to know about the gulf" and in the next you're calling me a pinhead. You know, you don't increase your credibility here when you attack one of a handful of posters on this entire forum who've lived this life for 40+ years. You make yourself look bad, trust me on this one.
Namecalling is a method used by those who know they've been beat. And we all know you've been beat, hun.
LOL yea, every time you open your mouth stupidity spews forward. Some of it is so stupid you can't even find links to rebut it.
Overseas there are DOZENS of these wells in place, as deep or deeper than this, and they're kickin' along just fine. Do your own damn research on this. I ain't ya bitch.
Deepwater Horizon Drills World's Deepest Oil & Gas Well
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) announced that its ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rig Deepwater Horizon recently drilled the deepest oil and gas well ever while working for BP and its co-owners on the Tiber well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Working with BP, the Transocean crews on the Deepwater Horizon drilled the well to 35,050 vertical depth and 35,055 feet measured depth (MD), or more than six miles, while operating in 4,130 feet of water.
"This impressive well depth record reflects the intensive planning and focus on effective operations by BP and the drilling crews of the Deepwater Horizon," said Robert L. Long, Transocean Ltd.'s Chief Executive Officer. "Congratulations to everyone involved."
These achievements are the latest in Transocean's history of world and other records dating back to the 1950s. In 2005, the ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Spirit set the record for the longest Gulf of Mexico oil and gas well at 34,189 feet, MD. Most recently, the Transocean jackup GSF Rig 127 drilled the industry’s longest extended-reach well in 2008 while working for Maersk Oil Qatar AS at 40,320 feet MD with a 35,770-foot horizontal section. The well was drilled offshore Qatar in 36 days and was incident-free.
Transocean also holds the current world water-depth record of operating in 10,011 feet of water set while working for Chevron in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
BP drills oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico
Published: Sep 2, 2009
HOUSTON -- BP says it has drilled a “giant” oil discovery on the Tiber prospect in Keathley Canyon block 102 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Transocean’s using semisub Deepwater Horizon. The well, in 4,132 ft (1,259 m) of water, struck oil in multiple lower tertiary reservoirs, BP reports. It was drilled to a total depth of approximately 35,055 ft (10,685 m), making it the deepest well ever drilled by the oil and gas industry.
Offshore magazine, first published in 1954, is a monthly publication recognized as the worldwide leader for covering the key issues and trends relative to offshore technology, oil and gas E&P operations. It is the world's most highly respected magazine dedicated entirely to the offshore industry, and enjoys the highest and most widely read circulation in its class. Since 1910, The PennWell Petroleum Group has been the industry leader for coverage of and service to the worldwide petroleum industry. Its foundation magazines are Oil & Gas Journal, Offshore, Oil, Gas & Petrochem Equipment, Oil & Gas Financial Journal, LNG Observer and The Petroleum Buyers Guide. The group also produces targeted e-Newsletters, hosts global conferences and exhibitions, seminars and forums, directories and technical books, print and electronic databases, surveys and maps.
And I found this:
ExxonMobile Complete Drilling of Deepest Well in the World
Granted it's not in Europe as I originally thought, but deepwater horizon isn't the deepest. It may not be in 5000' of water, but its deeper than DWH.
The multiphase Sakhalin-1 Project includes the Chayvo field which is located 5 to 7 miles (8 to 11 kilometers) offshore. The Z-11 was drilled to the Chayvo reservoir from the Yastreb rig, the world's largest land-based drilling rig.
there are DOZENS of these wells in place, as deep or deeper than this,
Not sure that's true, but again the point is that it is meaningless. The trouble before us is off shore drilling. And that is the issue before us. If this mistake can happen again, and evidence has been presented that it does happen, then Obama has reason to hold on it, right?
No, you said it was the deepest ever drilled.
The dangers don't magically disappear when you go into water hun.
And I am done with you. It's like arguing with a brick. I am pulling myself out of this thread before one of us gets banned.
Did Obama shut down mining, for the good of the people in coal country?
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