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138 comments on Jack-2 and the Lower Tertiary of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

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TN Granny on September 11, 2006 - 10:37am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
Excellent post Dave! I believe that a lot of the Peak Oil bashing going on is an attempt to squash the growing unease of the masses who recognize that something is wrong even if they do not know what exactly. We can keep trying to spread the word that this is, at best, a small reprieve that does nothing to change the long term picture.
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CreoleGenius on September 11, 2006 - 10:43am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
We noticed that here have been 2 earthquakes in the GOM
(one today greater than 5.8 Richter) in the past 4 months.
These are highly unusual and impossible for operations
to plan against.
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plucky underdog on September 11, 2006 - 9:05pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
The GoM is a big place, Magnitude 6 earthquakes happen almost everywhere almost all the time on the timescale of oilfield operations, you don't use rigid structures in deepwater, pipelines are routinely engineered for earthquake tolerance, and tsunamis are imperceptible in water depths of more than a few hundred feet.

Next question?

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dipchip on September 12, 2006 - 8:24am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Yes But:
There is a pressure wave that extends from the sea floor to the surface moving at 500 MPH that is no doubt not perpendicular to the sea surface. If it displaces the ocean water by 6 inches what effect does it have on a mile of drill string or production type tubing? Does the string ring or resonate at some freq and snap at the ocean floor or at the surface or some were between? I agree it is imperceptible on the surface do to inertia and the mass of the vessel.
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Kevembuangga on September 12, 2006 - 7:22am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
an attempt to squash the growing unease of the masses who recognize that something is wrong even if they do not know what exactly.

My guess too, the "masses" are dumb but powerful, if they turn to fury before the stage is appropriately set fot their taming or culling, things will get UGLY for TPTB, beside everybody else...

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Samsara on September 12, 2006 - 8:25am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Actually,  It is the thing that the Admin et al, are terrified of.  

Americans In The Streets.   Since the 60's & 70's with demonstrations and all.  What you see on how the "Message" is handled in the MSM was learned during Watergate, Vietnam war demos etc.  

Hmm.  Who was there to learn the lessons?  Cheney, Rumsfeld, and their staffs.

The Message will be managed, the populace will be lulled.

Anything and everything NOT to have the masses being angry and in the streets.

They will do EVERYTHING to displace the hoi poli's aggression to "Someone" else and NOT them.

Commies, Islamfacists, Terrorists, Evildoers... Someone Anyone, but NOT TPTB.

John

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