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According to CNN, the well in the gulf has been 100% capped by BP! Holy shit! FINALLY!



Can we believe them?

Dunno, but if this is really happening, it's about goddamn time.

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From this link: BBC News - BP says oil has stopped leaking

But BP is stressing that even if no oil escapes for 48 hours, that will not mean the flow of oil and gas has been stopped permanently.

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Pff, yeah right.

Knowing BP this thing will just explode for some reason and we'll be worse off then before.

I hope it remains capped and doesn't spring any more leaks

Man, it's only been, what, three months of constantly gushing oil?

is this a cap cap? or just cap so BP can tap it later to start pumping oil? (heck, with the current pressure they don't even need pumps)

Dave said:

According to CNN, the well in the gulf has been 100% capped by BP! Holy shit! FINALLY!



Can we believe them?

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Espy;415238][QUOTE=Dave said:

According to CNN, the well in the gulf has been 100% capped by BP! Holy shit! FINALLY!



Can we believe them?

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Damn! Ninja'd!

Hey guys we totally stopped that oil geyser! You can all relax now. Oh, and please ignore how completely fucked the Gulf of Mexico is.

I just hope those relief wells do not use the same engineers and blow-out preventers.

Too little, too late. At this point, for it to be reason of celebration, the cap should be an emissions-free horn of abundance powered by the oil underneath.

Edit: A rogue robot will sabotage it sooner or later anyway, so meh.

Oh man, please let it just be true, I get depressed and angry every time I think about the leak

They are obviously hoping this will cause people to put a lid on it.

I wonder which one of them finally used their thinking cap

yay, now for $15 a gallon gas to "make up" for all the lost oil!

The price never went up because, that well never came to market. There is no less oil coming into the refineries. If the price is to come up, it would be to pay for the clean up. But Exxon and Valero does not have to pay for the clean up, so they will not raise their prices. So since BP will need to compete with the other big dogs, they can not raise their prices. They will just have to take minor cuts to their bottom line over the next 20 years or so that it will take to clean up this spill.

sixpackshaker said:

The price never went up because, that well never came to market. There is no less oil coming into the refineries. If the price is to come up, it would be to pay for the clean up. But Exxon and Valero does not have to pay for the clean up, so they will not raise their prices. So since BP will need to compete with the other big dogs, they can not raise their prices. They will just have to take minor cuts to their bottom line over the next 20 years or so that it will take to clean up this spill.

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Bullshit. They'll "find a way" to make up that lost profit. Fucking greedy execs.

Matt²;415373][QUOTE=sixpackshaker said:

The price never went up because, that well never came to market. There is no less oil coming into the refineries. If the price is to come up, it would be to pay for the clean up. But Exxon and Valero does not have to pay for the clean up, so they will not raise their prices. So since BP will need to compete with the other big dogs, they can not raise their prices. They will just have to take minor cuts to their bottom line over the next 20 years or so that it will take to clean up this spill.

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Bullshit. They'll "find a way" to make up that lost profit. Fucking greedy execs.[/QUOTE]

price fixing? more like under the table style!

Chibibar;415397][QUOTE=Matt²;415373][QUOTE=sixpackshaker said:

The price never went up because, that well never came to market. There is no less oil coming into the refineries. If the price is to come up, it would be to pay for the clean up. But Exxon and Valero does not have to pay for the clean up, so they will not raise their prices. So since BP will need to compete with the other big dogs, they can not raise their prices. They will just have to take minor cuts to their bottom line over the next 20 years or so that it will take to clean up this spill.

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Bullshit. They'll "find a way" to make up that lost profit. Fucking greedy execs.[/QUOTE]

price fixing? more like under the table style![/QUOTE]

more likely, price gouging. Ala Enron.

...seriously? They fuck up the entire gulf and probably affect half of the entire fucking Atlantic Ocean and you're worried about GAS PRICES?

Because the environment is something liberals made up to get John Q Hippie's dick hard. God will make the oil go away.

Calleja said:

...seriously? They fuck up the entire gulf and probably affect half of the entire fucking Atlantic Ocean and you're worried about GAS PRICES?

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No, that's just the cynic in me talking.

Matt²;415537][QUOTE=Calleja said:

...seriously? They fuck up the entire gulf and probably affect half of the entire fucking Atlantic Ocean and you're worried about GAS PRICES?

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No, that's just the cynic in me talking.[/QUOTE]

Stop giving us a bad name. :|

CynicismKills;415596][QUOTE=Matt²;415537][QUOTE=Calleja said:

...seriously? They fuck up the entire gulf and probably affect half of the entire fucking Atlantic Ocean and you're worried about GAS PRICES?

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No, that's just the cynic in me talking.[/QUOTE]

Stop giving us a bad name. :|[/QUOTE]

It kills, after all.

Cajungal;415597][QUOTE=CynicismKills;415596][QUOTE=Matt²;415537][QUOTE=Calleja said:

...seriously? They fuck up the entire gulf and probably affect half of the entire fucking Atlantic Ocean and you're worried about GAS PRICES?

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No, that's just the cynic in me talking.[/QUOTE]

Stop giving us a bad name. :|[/QUOTE]

It kills, after all. [/QUOTE]

So, is this cap going to slow down or speed up the planet-killing methane bomb that is going to explode in the Gulf?

Matt²;415373][QUOTE=sixpackshaker said:

The price never went up because, that well never came to market. There is no less oil coming into the refineries. If the price is to come up, it would be to pay for the clean up. But Exxon and Valero does not have to pay for the clean up, so they will not raise their prices. So since BP will need to compete with the other big dogs, they can not raise their prices. They will just have to take minor cuts to their bottom line over the next 20 years or so that it will take to clean up this spill.

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Bullshit. They'll "find a way" to make up that lost profit. Fucking greedy execs.[/QUOTE]

Bullshit, back atcha mister charming.

They have already profited the amount it will cost them to clean up the mess in the first two months of the disaster. This time is the most profitable that the Oil & Gas Industry has ever seen. No body drove up the price of gas to give Exxon a hand for Prince William Sound clean up.

Matt is right in that it always seems that the industry raises prices arbitrarily and almost NEVER lowers it. I realize that the US gas prices are way, WAY cheaper than most other places in the world, but it hasn't dropped in a long time even though they say reserves are high and demand is lower.

A gallon of gas is with in $.05 of where it was the day the rig blew up. Recently the price of gas goes up 10-20% each summer. There has not been any gouging so far.

hole may be capped but we ain't done yet! senate is investigating allegations that lockerbie bomber release may be linked to bp signing a deal with libya for oil drilling rights.

wana10 said:

hole may be capped but we ain't done yet! senate is investigating allegations that lockerbie bomber release may be linked to bp signing a deal with libya for oil drilling rights.

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Maybe they can coat the Gulf of Sidra and the Line of Death in a nice sheen of oil.

sixpackshaker;415641][QUOTE=Matt²;415373][QUOTE=sixpackshaker said:

The price never went up because, that well never came to market. There is no less oil coming into the refineries. If the price is to come up, it would be to pay for the clean up. But Exxon and Valero does not have to pay for the clean up, so they will not raise their prices. So since BP will need to compete with the other big dogs, they can not raise their prices. They will just have to take minor cuts to their bottom line over the next 20 years or so that it will take to clean up this spill.

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Bullshit. They'll "find a way" to make up that lost profit. Fucking greedy execs.[/QUOTE]

Bullshit, back atcha mister charming.

They have already profited the amount it will cost them to clean up the mess in the first two months of the disaster. This time is the most profitable that the Oil & Gas Industry has ever seen. No body drove up the price of gas to give Exxon a hand for Prince William Sound clean up.[/QUOTE]

hey sorry if I came off too strong.. argument was aimed at BP, not at you personally... sorry if that came off as personal. Wasn't meant that way.

I wish I could propose a toast to companies that don't screw up in the first place, but instead, here's to companies finally getting their shit together after three months of hard-earned negative press!

What I keep finding odd, is that BP kept saying it would be August before this thing is capped. And the public and the news kept harping about when this will be over...

Uh, August?

Good that this solution is looking like it may hold until the relief wells are finished and the well is permanently capped.

Aquaman Man is still dead.

LordRavage said:

Aquaman Man is still a big sissy.

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FTFY

Gas, you need to see if you can find Batman the Brave and the Bold episodes with Aquaman. He rocks in that form. And is one of the funnier things that I've seen on TV in a while.