# Deepwater Horizon - Transocean Oil Rig Fire 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Offshore\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343 "2010-06-30T14:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![peakoilerrrr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@peakoilerrrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/peakoilerrrr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/21 "2010-07-01T06:00:19Z")
Holy Chu! Recall the 2-pipe anomaly? It’s back [from LATimes 6-29]… … "The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated [B]imaging equipment [/B]detected not one but [B]two drill pipes, side by side[/B], inside the wreckage of the well’s blowout preventer on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. [B]BP officials said it was impossible[/B]. The Deepwater Horizon rig, which drilled the well, used a single pipe, connected in segments, to bore 13,000 feet below the ocean floor. But when workers cut into the wreckage to install a containment cap this month, sure enough, they found two pipes. … > **[Second pipe may have crippled BP well's defense mechanism](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/29/news/sc-dc-oil-spill-pipes-20100626)** > > The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated imaging equipment detected not... This 2-pipe anomaly in sheared BOP/riser demands confirmation as either true or false. Did BP save lots of time/$ by not removing some unwanted pipe-thingy? ---
**Author:** ![JeffTex029](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e495f1/32.png) [@JeffTex029](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/JeffTex029)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/22 "2010-07-01T06:09:57Z")
Has the forum gone south again. Every time I try to go to the next thread, I end up on June 16th of “Opinion of 0bama’s speech”. ---
**Author:** ![peakoilerrrr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@peakoilerrrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/peakoilerrrr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/23 "2010-07-01T06:14:19Z")
Holy Chu! Recall the 2-pipe anomaly? It’s back [from LATimes 6-29]… … "The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated [B]imaging equipment [/B]detected not one but [B]two drill pipes, side by side[/B], inside the wreckage of the well’s blowout preventer on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. [B]BP officials said it was impossible[/B]. The Deepwater Horizon rig, which drilled the well, used a single pipe, connected in segments, to bore 13,000 feet below the ocean floor. But when workers cut into the wreckage to install a containment cap this month, sure enough, they found two pipes. … This 2-pipe anomaly in sheared BOP/riser demands confirmation as either true or false. Did BP save lots of time/$ by not removing some unwanted pipe-thingy? ---
**Author:** ![peakoilerrrr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@peakoilerrrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/peakoilerrrr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/24 "2010-07-01T06:29:09Z")
Holy Chu! Recall the 2-pipe anomaly? It’s back [from LATimes 6-29]… … "The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated [B]imaging equipment [/B]detected not one but [B]two drill pipes, side by side[/B], inside the wreckage of the well’s blowout preventer on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. [B]BP officials said it was impossible[/B]. The Deepwater Horizon rig, which drilled the well, used a single pipe, connected in segments, to bore 13,000 feet below the ocean floor. But when workers cut into the wreckage to install a containment cap this month, sure enough, they found two pipes. … > **[Second pipe may have crippled BP well's defense mechanism](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/29/news/sc-dc-oil-spill-pipes-20100626)** > > The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated imaging equipment detected not... This 2-pipe anomaly in sheared BOP/riser demands confirmation as either true or false. Did BP save lots of time/$ by not removing some unwanted pipe-thingy? ---
**Author:** ![Cynthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Cynthia](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Cynthia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/25 "2010-07-01T07:22:52Z")
Hey everybody. Here you are! ---
**Author:** ![peakoilerrrr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@peakoilerrrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/peakoilerrrr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/26 "2010-07-01T07:29:17Z")
Holy Chu! Recall the 2-pipe anomaly? It’s back [from LATimes 6-29]… … "The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated [B]imaging equipment [/B]detected not one but [B]two drill pipes, side by side[/B], inside the wreckage of the well’s blowout preventer on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. [B]BP officials said it was impossible[/B]. The Deepwater Horizon rig, which drilled the well, used a single pipe, connected in segments, to bore 13,000 feet below the ocean floor. But when workers cut into the wreckage to install a containment cap this month, sure enough, they found two pipes. … > **[Second pipe may have crippled BP well's defense mechanism](http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/29/news/sc-dc-oil-spill-pipes-20100626)** > > The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated imaging equipment detected not... This 2-pipe anomaly in sheared BOP/riser demands confirmation as either true or false. Did BP save lots of time/$ by not removing some unwanted pipe-thingy? ---
**Author:** ![peakoilerrrr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@peakoilerrrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/peakoilerrrr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/27 "2010-07-01T07:36:01Z")
test cannot create post or avoid “database error”. ---
**Author:** ![peakoilerrrr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@peakoilerrrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/peakoilerrrr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/28 "2010-07-01T07:38:14Z")
[QUOTE=Walton;38894]Deleted due to duplication of message.[/QUOTE] stilll cannot create post or avoid database error. ---
**Author:** ![alvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@alvis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/alvis)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/29 "2010-07-01T08:08:34Z")
[QUOTE=peakoilerrrr;38921]stilll cannot create post or avoid database error.[/QUOTE] Trying to delete this post… I can’t delete this post. I keep receiving a ‘database error’. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/30 "2010-07-01T10:15:06Z")
rofl,god bless you,peaka cheoo,man you sneezed that message nine times all over my laptop!! ---
**Author:** ![Cynthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Cynthia](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Cynthia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/31 "2010-07-01T11:42:21Z")
test test test ---
**Author:** ![alvis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@alvis](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/alvis)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/32 "2010-07-01T12:39:06Z")
[QUOTE=Cynthia;38942]test test test[/QUOTE] Location: = 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Alf](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Alf)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/33 "2010-07-01T14:14:17Z")
[QUOTE=Alf;38865]This is the only other pic I have found from the early part of the fire which shows bits of the structure etc. [ATTACH]1014[/ATTACH] go here for a reasonably clear drawing/photo of 2nd level of the DWH [http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2\_itemId=890477&g2\_imageViewsIndex=1[/QUOTE]](http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=890477&g2_imageViewsIndex=1%5B/QUOTE%5D) Nola… Were these the links you were looking for? ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/34 "2010-07-01T14:15:03Z")
wait a sec,alf ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/35 "2010-07-01T14:20:13Z")
ooo,alf,lol…I thought you were trying to lshow me pic,s of you and the grand kidsLOL ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/36 "2010-07-01T14:28:10Z")
hell is going to freeze over, by the time I try to respond,and then get a’’ add’’ moment,what are we talkin about?.."jimminny crickets,for you blister, in place bleepidy bleep. Anyways…good to be with you guys, ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/37 "2010-07-01T14:35:26Z")
Thank goodness, alcor is on a 2 week job run, because if he, and CMI were going at it…I d really feel for the wife, and kids at home,Can you imagine?? O my gawd…police cars outside, on the front lawn,with alcor, and CMI decking it out… ---
**Author:** ![Cynthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Cynthia](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Cynthia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/38 "2010-07-01T15:16:56Z")
Let’s see if I can post here now, and howdy everyone if I can. ❤ here goes… Well whoot! I posted! Thanks to everyone that helped me with the redirect and the workaround. Ok, so, it’s a bit crippled but it does seem to work. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new_orleans_lady/32/635_2.png) [@New\_Orleans\_Lady](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New_Orleans_Lady)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/39 "2010-07-01T15:37:31Z")
I find if after I post, 1. click the back button, then clik refresh ---
**Author:** ![Cynthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Cynthia](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Cynthia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343/40 "2010-07-01T15:38:49Z")
I’m trying with Firefox now. Let’s see if it’s faster. edit: Zomg, way faster. Still get the error, but, way faster. NOL, I didn’t realize you stay up this late… I would have contacted you last night! [Previous page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/deepwater-horizon-transocean-oil-rig-fire-2/4343.md?page=3)