Video - Oil leaking from the seafloor

[Jittles]

Is this surprising at this point?

http://video.godlikeproductions.com/video/ROV_films_oil_leak_coming_from_rock_cracks_on_seafloor

 

[dammitgibs]

Unless I'm retarded the GPS coordinates are nowhere near the spill:
http://www.weatherforyou.com/wxinfo/hw3/hw3.php?forecast=buoy&stationid=42872

Here's a live feed, coordinates don't jive at all with the video
http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_int...G/local_assets/html/Viking_Poseidon_ROV2.html

 

[Danube]

What's surprising is how clear the water looks

 

[dmcowen674]

A MOAB or small Nuke is only answer.

 

[Miramonti]

It's time to nuke this bad boy.

 

[CLite]

This is standard for the Gulf of Mexico, the high pressure oil reserves naturally find paths to seep through the ocean floor. There aren’t any hard numbers but I think it's on the order of an Exxon Valdez a year, distributed throughout the entire gulf it actually isn't much at all.

Not just in the Gulf of Mexico but any offshore sites with lots of oil reserves will naturally seep.

 

[Nemesis 1]

As of about 3 weeks ago there are 2 fractures that are from this well. Because of pressure they will become larger and larger. Once the well normalize see water will get into the well create steam and push earth up along with all the oil in this pocket than it will fall inward .

 

[Udgnim]

oil seeping from the seafloor is a natural occurrence

 

[peonyu]

Im just wondering when the next estimate for the leak is going to be announced. Last night the Feds said 2.5 million gallons a day have been leaking...Quite a huge leap from thier first estimate of 15000 gallons a day! And this is thier 4th or 5th re-estimate. Anyone want to take bets on 4 million a day?

 

[WHAMPOM]

Is this surprising at this point?

http://video.godlikeproductions.com/video/ROV_films_oil_leak_coming_from_rock_cracks_on_seafloor

The Gulf has many oil seeps, actually part of the food chain, oil eating bacteria feeding bigger organisms feeding fishes ate by man.

 

[Patranus]

Unless I'm retarded the GPS coordinates are nowhere near the spill

This is just oil seeping (naturally) out of rocks.

Happens every day, 365 days a year.

Somewhere around 150,000 metric tons of oil *naturally* seeps out of the ground each year.

 

[drebo]

The oil is down there and it's going to go somewhere...UP is just as good a direction as any.

 

[Jittles]

Learn something new every day. I should have checked the gps coords...

 

[Specop 007]

This is just oil seeping (naturally) out of rocks.

Happens every day, 365 days a year.

Somewhere around 150,000 metric tons of oil *naturally* seeps out of the ground each year.

Yep, this.

 

[NeoV]

first of all - estimates of 'natural' seepage are just that - guesses

also - the natural seepage doesn't come shooting out of the sea floor like the current leak situation

nothing to see here

 

[ElFenix]

Unless I'm retarded the GPS coordinates are nowhere near the spill:
http://www.weatherforyou.com/wxinfo/hw3/hw3.php?forecast=buoy&stationid=42872

Here's a live feed, coordinates don't jive at all with the video
http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_int...G/local_assets/html/Viking_Poseidon_ROV2.html

other than the 1 on the front of each string they're pretty close.

 

[Kadarin]

A MOAB or small Nuke is only answer.

I'm just sort of wondering how a MOAB is supposed to work when lit off on the sea floor...