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Title: Remember that mud "volcano"? It's still around
Post by: Unknown Target on February 26, 2007, 03:10:41 pm
And they're just trying to plug it...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070226/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentmud_070226113926
Title: Re: Remember that mud "volcano"? It's still around
Post by: Turambar on February 26, 2007, 03:37:32 pm
lol, so theyre trying to stop it up by dropping in what seems to be large concrete anal beads...

i suppose that might be appropriate considering that its a big hole in the ground thats spurting out brown ooze...
Title: Re: Remember that mud "volcano"? It's still around
Post by: perihelion on February 26, 2007, 03:54:05 pm
Yeah, I've been reading about this off and on for the last several months.  I'm afraid that if those concrete balls are actually big enough to make any difference at all, they are going to either turn into missiles or just cause the hole to widen.  That mud is coming from a formation under several thousand pounds per square inch of pressure.  A few 1000-lb balls don't even come close to balancing that force.

The more I think about it, I think they need to consider high-explosives.  If they could set off an explosion of sufficient magnitude above the mud layer, they might be able to cave in the hole the mud is rising through.  I'll grant you that if that doesn't work, the problem just got a lot worse...  I'm convinced that the answer is to collapse the wellbore, though.  Somehow.  There is enough mass there to counter the pressure from below, but they need to find the right way to leverage it into working for them.  Concrete balls aren't going to do that.

@Turambar,   :blah:  Thank you for that charmingly graphic mental image.  If I ever meet you, I'm feeding you to my kittens.
Title: Re: Remember that mud "volcano"? It's still around
Post by: aldo_14 on February 26, 2007, 04:16:06 pm
Quote from: Turambar on February 26, 2007, 03:37:32 pm
lol, so theyre trying to stop it up by dropping in what seems to be large concrete anal beads...

i suppose that might be appropriate considering that its a big hole in the ground thats spurting out brown ooze...

Oh great.  Now I need to clean tea off my keyboard......
Title: Re: Remember that mud "volcano"? It's still around
Post by: Dark RevenantX on February 26, 2007, 11:07:12 pm
Quote from: Turambar on February 26, 2007, 03:37:32 pm
lol, so theyre trying to stop it up by dropping in what seems to be large concrete anal beads...

i suppose that might be appropriate considering that its a big hole in the ground thats spurting out brown ooze...

The fact that you made that connection so quickly is disturbing at best...
Title: Re: Remember that mud "volcano"? It's still around
Post by: Gortef on February 27, 2007, 06:00:01 am
Quote from: Turambar on February 26, 2007, 03:37:32 pm
lol, so theyre trying to stop it up by dropping in what seems to be large concrete anal beads...

i suppose that might be appropriate considering that its a big hole in the ground thats spurting out brown ooze...

Well Mother Earth also needs some satisfaction, doesn't she.
Title: Re: Remember that mud "volcano"? It's still around
Post by: aldo_14 on February 27, 2007, 06:12:04 am
Quote from: Gortef on February 27, 2007, 06:00:01 am
Quote from: Turambar on February 26, 2007, 03:37:32 pm
lol, so theyre trying to stop it up by dropping in what seems to be large concrete anal beads...

i suppose that might be appropriate considering that its a big hole in the ground thats spurting out brown ooze...

Well Mother Earth also needs some satisfaction, doesn't she.

So you're implying Gaia takes it up the tradesmans'?

Well, I suppose she'll be used to getting shafted by mankind by now.......
Title: Re: Remember that mud "volcano"? It's still around
Post by: Nuclear1 on February 27, 2007, 06:23:09 am
Quote from: Turambar on February 26, 2007, 03:37:32 pm
lol, so theyre trying to stop it up by dropping in what seems to be large concrete anal beads...

i suppose that might be appropriate considering that its a big hole in the ground thats spurting out brown ooze...

:blah:
Title: Re: Remember that mud "volcano"? It's still around
Post by: Fragrag on February 27, 2007, 10:16:29 am
I'm actually from that region, and I've passed the volcano twice and seen tons of footage, no way they can successfully plug that thing. But at least they're trying something