What are the white specs that move about in the BP video? biological - shrimp, squid or other sea critters? hydrates - chunks of methane hydrate gassing and randomly moving about? Anyone know? Thanks, Bob Wilson
I noticed the nature of the video seems to have changed since there have been news reports that we are seeing drilling mud. I don't see the numbers of little white bits zipping around. This suggests they were methane hydrates. Bob Wilson
I'm away on business for a week and have not seen the video. However, if what you are describing resembles small snowflakes, small white blobs, or small white marble-like stuff, they are probably methane clathrates The release from a high temperature/high pressure environment (Drill depths >15,000 ft, temps possibly +50 C, pressures >50 MPa) to a medium pressure, cold environment, will reliably make the methane turn into a Slushee like substance This is why the first attempt to use that huge "tent" to capture the oil/gas was doomed to failure. The methane formed methane clathrate and gummed up everything
They should have strapped a pair of skis to the "tent". In my experience, any time I get out skis some sort of freak warming trend melts anything in my vicinity. It might work for BP too. Camping produces rain. Sailing generates flat calms. Rock climbing produces a combined effect, featuring rain, violent storms, bugs, and extremely hot weather. Tom
Remind me to NEVER take you along on vacation. Not that I don't like you, but I don't need weird s*** happening when I'm supposed to be relaxing!
I thought surviving weird s*** was the whole purpose of vacation. I may have to rethink my lifestyle. Tom
Good question. Upon further review, I think the women look risqué, while the situation appears risky. Tom
