References. ver-VII.a

<b>You will need to Allow Active-X. or perhaps your browser does not support this plug-in.<br />Click the cream-colored drop-down bar above and 'Allow Blocked Controls' for this session</b><br /> For a List of spills over the last 30+ yrs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_spills
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill
BTW: This Deep Water Horizon spill is still a small spill.
- cf: 1979 Ixtoc spill
Latest Oil Spill by Chevron. June-12 Salt Lake City, Utah
and some of us old-timers even remember the Occidental Piper-Alpha disaster in the North Sea
OilField definition of Term: Blow-Out Preventor
Wikipedia on: How a Blow-Out Preventor works
A nice clear picture of a Blow-Out Preventor
Investigative: ...The US Gov. site

and NZ puts offshore drilling on hold. New Zealand story

AND BTW: ** If you want to be an R. O. V. Pilot: You will need, apart from the Engineering background: This Book "Very Expensive!!"

Macondo
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
SubSea IQ
- A huge list of their worldwide offshore projects is SubSea IQ worldwide offshore projects
- Their Macondo Project Detail is here: Full Details
TransOcean (CH) (Swiss) Sym: RIG
The Blow-Out Preventor (500tonnes) was supplied by
- Cameron International Corp (US), Sym: CAM
- who make Valves and Blow-Out Preventors.
The Cement-in contract is by Halliburton (US). Sym: HAL
- They are a Driller-Completer-Producer (Cements in the well-head)
M I Swaco Supplied the Mud Drilling.

Definition of an Oil Barrel

BP Anadarko Moex (UK-US-JP) at approx. $USD500,000 per day.
BP, Sym: BP is the 4th largest company in the World. (note: the 8 largest companies in the world are NOT American!)
Stock Price: sym: APC Anadarko.
Stock Price: sym: BP
NOTE:

BP(65%) / Anadarko(25% / MOEX(10%) combined, owns the WELL, & what is in it.
- Anadarko/MOEX (Mitsui Japan)
TransOcean owns the equipment. The drilling rig and pipe work.
- Which includes the pipe thru the rock, up to the surface of the sea. on the Macondo Property
- .....and leases/rents it to BP.

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Update: June-06:

The ROVs are from the Surface Vessels:

Ship: Enterprise: ............
- R1 & R2. One or both may be monitoring the 'cap'.

Vessel: Q4000 ............
- Owned by CalDive, operated by Helix (Canyon)
- PDF info file
Ship: Viking Poseidon: ............
- R1 & R2 various projects.
Ship: Skandi Neptune: ............
- R1 & R2 are also monitoring the 'cap'. (Skandi Neptune is their Surface Ship)
Ship: Canyon Offshore: ............
- MVs: Seacor & Acclaim & Triton
- ROVs are sampling the ocean bottom or working at the base of the BOP
Ship: Ocean Intervention III: ............
Ship: Boa Sub-C Boa Deep-C: ............
- Built for Chevron's Gulf Operations. Boa vessel list
More Pictures here: BP images

* MV=Maritime or Motor Vessel. ROV=Remote Operated Vehicle

Why the perceived 'leakage' from the 'cap' on top of the BOP? ...

The Bernoulli Principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli%27s_principle
The Venturi Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli%27s_principle

ROVs by:

Canyon Offshore (US): ROV 1 & 2
Oceaneering (US): ROV 1 & 2
Skandi (NO), now owned by dofsea (Norway): ROV 1 & 2
Viking Poseidon (NO) ROV 1 & 2

The Osprey-230 Analog Video Capture cards are by: ViewCast Corporation

230 video cards per chassis.
ViewCast Home Page
Osprey Video Card Data Sheet

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Surface Operations