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Guest Post: White House Covers Up Menacing Oil "Blob"
White House Covers Up Menacing Oil "Blob", Submitted by www.OilPrice.com
In an exclusive for Oilprice.com, the Wayne Madsen Report (WMR) has learned from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sources that U.S. Navy submarines deployed to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast have detected what amounts to a frozen oil blob from the oil geyser at the destroyed Deep Horizon off-shore oil rig south of Louisiana. The Navy submarines have trained video cameras on the moving blob, which remains frozen at depths of between 3,000 to 4,000 feet. Because the oil blob is heavier than water, it remains frozen at current depths.
FEMA and Corps of Engineers employees are upset that the White House and the Pentagon remain tight-lipped and in cover-up mode about the images of the massive and fast-moving frozen coagulated oil blob that is being imaged by Navy submarines that are tracking its movement. The sources point out that BP and the White House conspired to withhold videos from BP-contracted submersibles that showed the oil geyser that was spewing oil from the chasm underneath the datum of the Deep Horizon at rates far exceeding originally reported amounts. We have learned that it was largely WMR's scoop on the existence of the BP videos that forced the company and its White House patrons to finally agree to the release of the video footage.
The White House is officially stating that it does not know where the officially reported 10 miles long by 3 miles wide "plume" is actually located or in what direction it is heading. However, WMR's sources claim the White House is getting real-time reports from Navy submarines as to the blob's location. We have learned that the blob is transiting the Florida Straits between Florida and Cuba, propelled by the Gulf's Loop Current, and that parts of it that is encountering warmer waters are breaking off into smaller tar balls that are now washing ashore in the environmentally-sensitive Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas.
Corps of Engineers and FEMA officials are also livid about the cover-up of the extent of the oil damage being promulgated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its marine research vessel in the Gulf, RV Pelican. NOAA stands accused by the aforementioned agencies of acting as a virtual public relations arm for BP. NOAA is a component of the business-oriented Department of Commerce.
Similarly, the Coast Guard, which takes its orders from the cover-up operatives at the Homeland Security Department, is denying the tar balls washing up on the Florida Keys are from the oil mass. WMR has been told the Coast Guard is lying in order to protect the Obama administration, which has thoroughly failed in its response to the disaster. The White House's only concern is trying to limit political damage to its image in the electorally-important state of Florida while the Pentagon has spent between $25 and $30 billion on oil spill operations in the Gulf and the Atlantic to date.
WMR sources also report that the oil mass has resulted in dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico that have cut off oxygen and killed massive numbers of marine creatures and plant life. Seafood wholesalers from the Gulf Coast to New Jersey and New York have been told that the supply of shrimp, oysters, and other seafood from the Gulf is severely in short supply and that they can expect a possible total cut-off as the situation worsens. The shortage will also affect the supply of seafood, especially shrimp, to national seafood restaurant chains like Red Lobster and Long John Silver's.
There is also evidence that BP, Halliburton, and Transocean sank a drill to a depth of 35,000 feet at the Deep Horizon site some six months ago without the required permits from the federal government. WMR has learned from U.S. government sources that the drilling at 35,000 feet caused a major catastrophic event that required the firms' oil rig personnel to quickly pull up the drill and close the drill hole.
However, the Deep Horizon re-sank the drill some six months after the unspecified "catastrophe," resulting in another, more destructive chain of events following the explosion that destroyed the rig, killing eleven workers. When the Deep Horizon blew up, WMR has been told it also "blew down," cracking the the sub-seabed pipe that may have been re-drilled to a depth of between 25,000 to 30,000 feet, again, without a government permit.
Government sources also report that BP is intent on recovering as much oil as possible from the undersea geyser rather than simply plugging and capping the well, which would then place it off-limits to further drilling. The Corps of Engineers reports that BP is playing a game with Obama, convincing him of the feasibility of "shooting junk" into the subterranean pipe, which would stop up the pipe with a manufactured chemical compound called "MUD." However, WMR has been informed that BP actually intends to shoot cement into the pipe in an attempt to cap the well with the later intention of digging a trench for side drilling from the pipe to recover as much oil as possible. The technology that would be employed by BP is the same technology that was used by Kuwait to conduct slant drilling of Iraq's Rumallah oil field -- an event that helped trigger Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
Corps of Engineers and FEMA sources also give a failing grade to both Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who stands accused of being woefully incompetent in handling the disaster, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Government sources say both secretaries should immediately step down or be fired.
Source: http://oilprice.com/Environment/Oil-Spills/White-House-Covers-Up-Menacing-Oil-Blob.html
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saw this on oildrum (I think). It's a theme that keeps bubbling up. We're so desperate, we are pushing the limits and exposing risks we've never dealt with.
Modern governments exist solely for the purpose of putting on a brave international face while covering up domestic problems. Can anyone name one gov't that has not acted this way?
Why are they drilling in 1mile deep water in the first place?
could it be that our GOVERNMENT won't let anyone drill on land or in shallow water? or the "not in my back yard" contingent?
Or could it be that all the oil on land that our government could lease out has been drilled and pumped and there isn't any left untapped?
No? Oh then never mind.
nimby now stands for 'nuke in my backyard', at least for gulf coast residents....
"Why are they drilling in 1mile deep water in the first place?" Probably the same reason we're attacking ourselves in big cities. Apparently we need this shit really bad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOOzfmhhxsc
Now, how many of you besides me actually remember this fim.
I do. I was thinking the same thing during all this discussion.
HA, I was about 5 years old when it came out, watched it on the afternoon "Big Show", it's the first movie that I can remember, I guess because it scared the LIVING SHIT out of me.
what we have here is a failure to coagulate...undersea volcano of oil+ hurricane season= cover up? these guys really need to come clean before people find Maiden Lane in the food chain.
I call bullshit on this "article". It's all well and good to question the motives of corporations and government, but this is pure conspiratorial drivel.
The freezing point of crude oil is complex (it's a mixture of numerous molecules, not a homogeneous material), but it is below -40C to -50C. Ocean temps at depth are about 2C. Hydrocarbons don't even become viscous at that temp. If that wasn't true, your car wouldn't work in winter! Even if it were to freeze, crude oil would still float as its specific density is significantly less than sea water regardless of phase.
Politicians are in CYA mode, but that isn't a conspiracy, per se.
"BP is intent on recovering as much oil as possible"? Duh! They are in the oil business. Send me $10 a month for a newsletter subscription, and I'll provide you that sort of deep insight.
This accident will certainly claim its share of political victims, it will likely do a lot of environmental damage, and it will have a negative impact on deep sea oil exploration, BUT grand conspiracy? Please, is this the same White House that got rolled by NK and Iran the same week? These guys can barely tie their shoes in the morning.
I'm not sure. They are doing some "interesting" chemistry out there. Methane hydrates, oil, mud, dispersants, maybe (probably) other things they haven't even told us about. Could be a real witch's brew congealing out there.
If someone told me the entire mess was a new form of polymer that might even have commercial uses, well I'd not even blink. Nylon was an accident. We can call this one "Spillon" and get a patent.
We should have a way of flagging a post as "Not Junk". Why should the pussies have the ability of "junking" a post with out spainin why? Then I wouldnt have had to waste all this time , I could have just flaged this post as "Non-junk". Spillion. Thank you for your support.
Can I place a derivative bet on the entire Gulf Coast?
you can start by shorting water front real estate
http://www.previewnaples.com/port-royal.php
The chemicals they are mixing with the oil to make it sink are probably responsible for this. A whole bunch of crap that is slightly negative boyency mixed with positive boyency crap could make a neutral blob that kind of sits there under the surface and goes along with the currents.
Its funny to me to see people hating on "conspiracy" when we are all Trolling the message boards on a financial conspiracy site. Think about it...not too many years ago anyone who talked about banking conspiracy was crazy.
Scientists find Underwater Huge Plumes of Oil in Gulf
Oil cruise finds deep-sea plume Nature.com - Mark Schrope - May 18, 2010 Nature reports from the research ship Pelican as scientists map the hidden extent of the Deepwater disaster. Researchers including (left to right) Matt Lowe ...Scientists Find Huge Oil Plumes In Gulf NPR - May 16, 2010 Working on a research vessel called the Pelican, scientists have found enormous plumes of oil in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Warnings of giant Gulf oil leak 'underwater plumes' Channel 4 News - Julian Rush - 9 hours ago Scientists have found huge underwater plumes of what they think is oil in the Gulf of Mexico, which may be evidence far more oil is leaking ...
Scientist: undersea oil indicated from leak is a mystery Mississippi Press (blog) - Harlan Kirgan - 10 hours ago BILOXI, Miss. -- More study is needed to determine how much oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak remains submerged in the depths of the Gulf ...
Government to Oil Plume Discovery Team: Shut Up Firedoglake (blog) - Jim White - May 18, 2010 Over the weekend, a research crew from the University of Southern Mississippi found evidence that there are 3 to 5 plumes… About 5 miles wide, 10 miles long ...
http://bit.ly/bUOeeg
Wayne Madsen is a 9/11 truther. (google it). I suggest zerohedge find more credible sources for reporting on oil.
that's weird, the BBC reported that you posted this 15 minutes before it happened. I looked back to check, but they had pulled the tape.
LOL tooshay DJ
Have you got a problem with truth?
Simple numbers:
5,000 bbl/d = $345,000/day
Cost to rent Deepwater Horizon $486,000/day
There is no way they would casing the well bore, if it was only going to produce 5,000 bbl/d. After you pay for the rig, personnel and operational costs: diesel to run generator, water and food for the crew, transportation to shore not to mention insurance, and interest payments. This well is putting out WAY MORE than 5,000 bbl/d. Their break even is somewhere around 33,000 bbl/d and with necessary profit and known opportunity costs (what similar wells are producing), 100,000 bbl/d is not out of the question. Remember this is a new well, so it is producing at its maximum flow rate right now. I know the expenses are more complicated than this, but still, the flow is way more than 5,000 bbl/d.
The reason some of the oil is not rising is because oil is compressible, and water is not. So at extreme depths, oil is compressed, and therefore more dense than at sea level. The depth where it has neutral buoyancy depends on the composition of the oil, temperature and and salinity of the water. No mystery.
BTW: Deep water tend towards a constant temerpature of 39.6F (also depending on salinity), so nothing is "frozen". I believe he was referring to neutral buoyancy.
this article, like the vast majority of comments posted, is factually incorrect on nearly every point. ZH should pull it from the site
Could you enlighten us with some correct information? I'd be particularly interested, since I live in New Orleans and I can tell you that the situation is much worse than is being reported in most of the media.
Everything you just said is wrong. Just thought you'd like to know.
Anyone live in the Keys? Are the tar balls hitting the Keys yet?
They wouldn't tell anyone. They'd dig holes and store it up as roof patching for the next hurricane.
+1
Some perspective:
Book Summary of Davey And The GOM Giant Oil Monster James Bud Bottoms, authors of the Kid Ethics series of childrens books, has now written and illustrated Davey and the GOM (Giant Oil Monster). The idea for this book came about after January 28, 1969 when an oil well blew out on a drilling platform in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Guess we should trust all these guys about climate change too huh. Same fools, different game.
If they'll act like this about an oil blob for BP
What will they do for cap and trade for the queen's monarchy?
Of course both parties do this crap, and both paries suck the royal's cock.
So next time you hear about data tampering between NOAA or other gov't entities weather data (like removing the buoys that report colder temperatures from the data), you'll understand it isn't so far-fetched, and won't be the first time.
We need real patriots in office, not O-bummer nor any republican shill (which pretty much takes care of 99 percent of them).
Remember this when gov't entities such as NOAA try to claim their crap doesn't stink when it comes to among many other things (climate change...global warming).
RichardENixon -- rather than re-iterate please see comments above by Broken Trades. He gives a a very good summary of the problems with this post
EURUSD buying support is still evident.
Daily chart is now extremely oversold, will post a chart soon.
http://stockmarket618.wordpress.com
http://www.zerohedge.com/forum/latest-market-outlook-1
OilPrice.com is a scam website, Madsen is a verified moron peddling crap to even stupider morons.
Does The Tylers think so little of their readership as to repeddle this total fecking crap on to a Finance/Economics related blog?
Either Get your act together and stop posting this trash, or lose the voices in the comment sections that keep this place lively.
I think an idea about the credibility of the "Wayne Madsen Report" can be had by looking at their books page:
http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/categories/20070602
This statement alone made me suspect that they were BS artists:
"the Pentagon has spent between $25 and $30 billion on oil spill operations in the Gulf and the Atlantic to date"
Most of their web page convinces me that they are.