He estado atareado esta semana resolviendo asuntos relacionados a manejo de emergencias, planes de accion y otras asi que decidi incluir dos paginas de mi moleskin relacionados al manejo de aguas aceitosas tratadas en Biloxi. Se que suena latoso pero asi es la vida. Pero en el intering les deje este intermedio. Pronto volvere a poner esos links curiosos que realmente nadie explora localmente.
Volviendo a Biloxi. Era un Especialista de Desperdicios asignado a vigilar los manifiestos de aguas usadas que se acarreaban fuera de este site. El manejo de aguas residuales se hacia en almacenaje en contenedores que luego se acarreaban a una facilidad de tratamiento de aguas residuales. Los camiones de 12,000 a 20,000 galones llegaban, cargaban y se iban...muchas veces en la noche.
Asi que inclui el primer dibujo, esperando que cayera la noche en lo que cargaban un camion y una excavadora esperaba para vaciar equipo contaminado con aceite en sistemas de lavado. La segunda presenta el sistema improvisado para vaciar dos tanques simultaneamente de aguas aceitosas a ser dispuestas.
En otros asuntos, acabe y entregue el dibujo del post previo. Salio en 30 in x 90 in y le cambie algunas cosas. En otro post pondre detalles.
Continuo en churn mode, pero simplemente tenia que sacar unos minutos para exponer este articulo de Al Jazerra que destaca el incremento en defectos congenitos en las especies pescadas del Golfo de Mejico. El golfo tenia problemas ya con las mareas rojas, previo al incidente de BP.
Mas aun, el fondo marino del golfo no es nada estable y tiene muchos liqueos de aceite.
Inclusive, los millones de galones de dispersantes como Corexit aplicados para esconder el derrame, llevandolo al fondo del mal pudiese estar teniendo un serio efecto detrimental a la cadena alimenticia global.
y la desconfianza que estas instituciones crean en el proceso para otros proyectos futuros... http://alcantarillaalquimica.blogspot.com/2010/11/los-fiascos-de-bp-y-capeco-nos-hacen.html
en aquel momento enfocaba en el gasoducto. pudiese repetir el mantra con el recuento de votos donde rojos y azules muestran los cucaracheros ajenos mientras ocultan los suyos...come lean already, you botjh have been cheating us blind!!!
Interesante analogia. Comparar el desastre BP con Moby Dick. Donde Ahab es BP...Les incluyo el link de la discusion original debajo.. By the way estoy internalizando todavia el articulo de Rolling Stone sobre BP (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/111965?RS_show_page=0).
CITA: In the weeks since the rig explosion, parallels between that disaster and the proto-Modernist one imagined by Melville more than a century and a half ago have sometimes been striking — and painfully illuminating as the spill becomes a daily reminder of the limitations, even now, of man’s ability to harness nature for his needs. The novel has served over the years as a remarkably resilient metaphor for everything from atomic power to the invasion of Iraq to the decline of the white race (this from D. H. Lawrence, who helped revive Melville’s reputation). Now, 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, its themes of hubris, destructiveness and relentless pursuit are as telling as ever.
The British petroleum giant BP, which leased the Deepwater Horizon to drill the well, has naturally been cast in the Ahab role, most recently on one of Al Jazeera’s blogs by Nick Spicer, who compared the whaler’s maniacal mission to the dangers of greed, “not just to a man such as Captain Ahab, but to all his crew and to the whole society that supports their round-the-world quest for oil.”
Andrew Delbanco, the director of Columbia University’s American studies program and the author of “Melville: His World and Work,” said, “It’s irresistible to make the analogy between the relentless hunt for whale oil in Melville’s day and for petroleum in ours.” Melville’s story “is certainly, among many other things, a cautionary tale about the terrible cost of exploiting nature for human wants,” he said. “It’s a story about self-destruction visited upon the destroyer — and the apocalyptic vision at the end seems eerily pertinent to today.”
Whaling was the petroleum industry of its day in the 18th and 19th centuries, with hundreds of ships plying the oceans in search of the oil that could be rendered from the world’s largest mammals. The 40-ton bodies of sperm whales could yield dozens of barrels, some derived from blubber and the rest, the most precious kind, spermaceti, from the whale’s head. The oil burned in millions of lamps, served as a machine lubricant and was processed into candles distinguished by their clear, bright flame, with little smoke or odor. In addition, whalebones could be used to stiffen corsets, skin could be cured for leather, and ambergris, the aromatic digestive substance, could be incorporated into perfumes. New England ports, the Houstons of their era, and fortunes were built with whale oil money.
Me vino a la mente este video de King Rat por Modest Mouse. El video es cruel. Y fue dirigido por Heath Ledger, antes de su suicidio y ganar fama con The Dark Night. Video y letra debajo.
King Rat - Modest Mouse Well! Well! Well! Well!
We spun like birds on fire Right down towards the residence, and I I took all that I desired Even crooks have to pay the rent We swam like rats on fire Right, right down the reservoir We took all that we could carry But we tried to carry more
And you know, you know, you know it all went wrong And you know, you know, you know it was all wrong
We choked on street tap water Well, I'm going to have to try the real thing I took your laugh by the collar And it knew not to swing Any time I tried an honest job Well, the till had a hole and ha-ha We laughed about paying rent Because the county jails, they're free
And you know, you know, you know it all went wrong And you know, you know, you know it was all wrong
Deep water, deep water Senseless denial I went down like a rag doll as you would, child Deep water, deep water Senseless denial I went down like a rag doll as you would, child
Oh, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky me again. I said it looks like I've got to use my feet again Well I just spent my last one hundred dollars God, I'll pay my bill again
Oh, I don't care Oh, how I just don't care
Deep water, deep water Senseless denial I went down like a rag doll, shooken and shy Deep water, deep water Senseless denial I went down like a rag doll rat of a child
Well, King Rat has me on his list again I can never be on the fence again I found out it's all loud Open like an organ and it Talk, talk, talk, talk again He promised me that when I cheated him But I could open my eye, well Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky me again
Deep water, deep water This senseless denial I got fed like a fish, full of open smiles Blue water, deep water Oh, senseless denial I got fed like a fish on the cardboard smiles
Well, well What do you have to say for yourself? I said, well, well Well? I said well, well, well, well!
Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky me again I hardly knew I should use my feet again What do you have to say for yourself? What do you have to say for yourself?
Escribo de varios temas curiosos que he visto en la web estos dias. Voy a comentar al minimo. Este a/no nos esta dando duro...Y esto del Cyberbullying, la Huelga y BP me tienen mal. Asi que simplemente escribo las ideas al azar. Otro dia escribire mas normal. Lo que tengo ahora es rabia. Lo de esconder la toga es de lo mas estupido e infantil que he oido hasta ahora. Lloro como Conny...
These slates were originally designed by Carl Owen and are positively the most ingenious slates for producing two sets of writing ever designed. The slates may be freely handled by anyone and, with nothing added or taken away will apparently produce writing on both blank slates when they are held together by a member of the audience. This is without a doubt the nearest approach to genuine spirit writing ever accomplished.
Tema 2 - Clarooscuro en la Milicia Estoy harto de la huelga. El colmo de la estupidez fue hoy, en que le tumbaron la toga y birrete de Torres Garcia. Pues pensaba en que si la policia de Puerto Rico no tuviese ese problema tan serio de choteadera dentro de si estas tecnicas trabajarian grandemente en los operativos de drogas (o en sacar los estudiantes de la UPR - shh). Aqui el articulo de BLDGBLOG:
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/military-chiaroscuro.html Tema 3 - Cyberbullying 101 Mi queja eterna es como inventamos lo que sea para salir bien. Somos inconsistentes. Si dijiste que la limonada era agria cuando lo hizo Luis, no digas que es dulce cuando Pedro te la ofrece. Cyberbullying. Es hostigar en linea. Es coger informacion personal (si es privado o no es irrelevante) y usarla para humillar los demas. Esto no tiene que ver nada con ley, solo con sentido comun. No es moralmente correcto degradar al adversario publicando informacion sensitiva para humillarlo. Por que traigo el tema? Por una discusion que vi en Sorprendeme! Esto en el caso de Eduardo Nater. Para el que no estaba en la 'broma', les incluyo link de un pedazo de la discusion:
Sinceramente son chistes sofomoricos. Entiendo que Evaristo tiene su foro. Pero los comentarios e implicaciones son tristes. Pero...Libertad de Expresion. Es su foro. His house his rules.
Ahora. Los que lo alaban tienen poca memoria. Se acuerdan del australiano...el que hizo 'paginas de odio' para desacreditar la muchacha??? Refresher debajo:
Ese era un abusador come nenas. A ese habia que matarlo si compasion. No hay justicia en Puerto Rico. Vieron la doble vara?
Sean consistentes en sus argumentos y entonces tienen mi credibilidad. Mientras tanto insisto en lo que he dicho siempre. ESTA HUELGA NO COMPONE NADA.
Tema 4 - Manipulacion de Masas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_manipulation Simplemente dicho, una votacion secreta fue lo que se debio haber hecho al principio de la huelga. No digo mas.
Tema 5 - Ideas Sugeridas para Sacar Los Estudiantes - LRAD
Tema 6 - La Acera Bea, de la Acera escribio un articulo en el que coincido en muchas cosas a pesar de no compartir su ideologia politica. Concuerda conmigo en que la politiqueria barata es la que le eliminara la credibilidad de los estudiantes. Mi analogia es el globo grande de aire caliente que llego hasta los cielos y ahora el gas enfria, al no haber mas combustible. Caera inevitablemente al mar...
Link al articulo de Bea: http://www.laacera.com/posts/bea/2010/05/la-huelga-del-81-la-huelga-del-2010-y-pisotear-una-bandera
Tema 7 - Excelente articulo de Rolling Stone sobre BP (caliente de hoy) http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/111965?RS_show_page=0
El issue del siglo. El Katrina de Obama. La fiesta de los Tea Baggers. El derrame que esta ocurriendo en Louisiana lo estaremos leyendo por a/nos y a/nos. Es mas grande que el Exxon Valdez y la EPA, como agencia reguladora, ya debe tener pensadas como mil modificaciones al Oil Pollution Control Act (OPA 90) en el 40 CFR 112.20 y en el Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan (SPCC) en el 40 CFR 112. Son raras las ocasiones donde el Worse Case Scenario ocurre. Sin embargo el Deepwater de BP no tenia este mismisimo escenario definido como tal en su plan. Blow Out Preventer Failure... Tenia todas las demas. Y prepararon un excelente documento, que a pesar de ser publico para las autoridades de Louisiana y Texas nosotros ni el resto del mundo nos deberia importar un pito. Bueno. Xeni Jardin y compa/nia en Boing Boing se encontraron con el documento, y hacen una nota en su pagina. La discusion en los comentarios es interesante, aunque esten parcializados contra las corporaciones.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/04/bps-spill-plan-leaks.html Un plan es solo eso, un plan. Cuando llega el worse case se deben tener medidas listas. No creo que dentro de esas medidas haya habido algo especifico como: A. In the case of a failure of the BOP, please locate the universal transformer cap (TM) and insure a proper volume of methanol is added to insure the acetate crystals formed by the bulging raw oil does not preclude the integrity of said cap.B. In the case Hurricane Charles passes the Louisiana levees locate the intelligent oily units (IOU) eastward of the Mississippi Delta. Llevemoslo local. Tampoco creo que CAPECO pensara que ese escenario del tanque de gasolina ocurriese. Es mas, tampoco pienso que se imaginaran que los llevaria al borde de la quiebra. Pero, el escenario ocurrio. Uno redacta planes todo el tiempo, con la intencion que los escenarios no ocurran. Y cuando los ha escrito todos, llega ese evento, el no planificado. Puro orden, en el caos, justo como lo planifico el creador.En este mismo tema me gusto esta discusion de temas relacionados al desastre, link debajo: http://philosophyofscienceportal.blogspot.com/2010/06/bpso-now-we-wish-accounting.html
[1] Que penalidades se llevaran los responsables? que da/nos punitivos a BP? Ira BP a la quiebra? [2] BP abogaba por abreviar los aspectos de inspecciones y auditorias de seguridad previo al incidente. Pregunto yo ahora: si el BOP no era parte de las inspecciones, hubiese hecho diferencia? [3] El tercer articulo de la lista es de Slate y discute como penalizar a BP. Discute lo de la energia nuclear contra el carbon y el aceite. Un tema que resurgira como consecuencia de este evento.
Entonces caemos en lo de Nostradamus. Comenzamos a especular escenarios. Ese es uno de los temas que nos gusta a los ingenieros (bueno por lo menos a mi, siempre fui un cobito frustrado). Seguimos el adagio de 'Be Prepared'. Un tema obvio, las corrientes marinas y la dispersion del aceite. Ya esa especulacion la trajo Primera Hora como repetidora de AP. Ahora el analisis y especulacion del Dr. Jeff Masters, de Weather Underground es mas interesante. Les dejo varias entradas de su blog aqui:
What Would a Hurricane do to the Deepwater Horizon Spill? Yo especulo, este hombre es una mezcla entre Nostradamus, Michael Bay y Bruckenheimer, todo en uno...Este articulo es un must read.
Este articulo es previo y tiene las especulaciones de la ruta que vi en Primera Hora.
Puse ambos articulos para que tengan una idea de todo lo que pasa en la mente de alguien que hace planes. Es mas critico que la madre del anuncio de la leche Prebio, que ve enfermedades en todo lo que toca el nene... ...y hablando de Michael Bay. Pense que este era un chiste malo de xkcd:
Pero entonces James Cameron quiere envolverse. Como dijo alguien, no sabra como poner la tapa al tubo, pero le tomara grandes vistas subacuaticas. Quizas algo como 'The Pirates of Dark Waters'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Dark_Water ...como BP, nunca encontraron los 13 tesoros (el estudio se declaro en quiebra).
De vez les inclui el link de cuando Kevin Costner ofrecio la centrifuga para remover aceite. Solo les recuerdo que a su favor, ofrecio varios barcos para remover aceite. De algo le sirvio Waterworld...
Otra buena, al estilo de Digizen, Quiibo y otros. Se buscan soluciones 'OPEN' usando el poder del Web 2.0. Haciendo un crowdsource de soluciones. Miren a ver, si pegan una, mi tubo con siete llaves fallo rotundamente...
Oil Spill Related articles from several professional journals are being released on line for free for a limited time. Take them while they are hot!Many interesting articles on the Exxon Valdez spill. Will see if I get a few articles on liquid oil and gasoline spills for my roster file...Links below: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122678518/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 http://www.setacjournals.org/view/0/virtualissueoilspills.html http://www.setacjournals.org/view/0/ieamfeaturedoilspills.html Thanks to Futurity.org for the note: http://futurity.org/earth-environment/journal-makes-oil-related-studies-available-free/
Talking of spills. There are finally indications that a mud plug seems to be controlling the spill from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico. A nice technical discussion here: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6509
Section through the BOP, showing the anticipated mud flow path (initially from BP)
Some background of mud drilling here. Water wells here use bentonite clay to seal wells. In essence the plug seems to be working.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drilling_fluid#Types_of_drilling_fluid The news on the plug is here:
By the way, here is BP Public Relations webpage: http://www.bp.com/bodycopyarticle.do?categoryId=1&contentId=7052055&nicam=USCSBaselineCrisis&nisrc=Google&nigrp=Branded_Crisis_Management-_General&niadv=General&nipkw=bp_oil_spill
The primary objective of the top kill process is to put heavy kill mud into the well so that it reduces the pressure and then the flow from the well. Once the kill mud is in the well and it’s shut down, then we follow up with cement to plug the leak.
For the top kill procedure we are designing equipment to pump the highest kill rate we can, irrespective of the flow rate of oil from the well, to force a downward flow of mud into the well. This, combined with the heavy drilling fluid is designed to eventually stop the flow. This has never been attempted at these depths. This is very complex – and involves several complex procedures coming together.
Detailed description of the procedure
We have the Q4000 vessel at the surface which has a crane for lifting heavy equipment and is a central part of the surface equipment for this procedure. We also have a number of other vessels: the HOS Centerline, with Halliburton pumping equipment; the HOS Strongline; and the BJ Services Blue Dolphin and Halliburton Stim Star IV pumping boats.
A total of 50,000 barrels of mud will be on location to kill the well – far more than necessary, but we want to be prepared for anything. Pumping capacity on location is more than 30,000 hydraulic horsepower.
The mud will be pumped down the 6-5/8 inch drill pipe (pipe is connected to the Q4000), then through 3-inch hoses, which go through the manifold on the seafloor. Then the mud moves through another set of 3-inch hoses attached to the Deepwater Horizon BOP choke and kill lines.
With the manifold, we can also pump the ‘junk shot’ if necessary to stop too much of the kill mud going out through the top of the BOP rather than going down into the well to stop the flow. By switching valves in the subsea manifold, we can inject the ‘bridging material’ (the junk), which will prevent such losses and enable the top kill to continue.
We’ve been testing the junk shot on-shore, looking at different configurations of what might restrict the flow out of the Deepwater Horizon riser and what types of materials would help shut it off. Materials in a junk shot can include well-known items such as pieces of tires, golf balls, and pieces of rope.
Most of the equipment is on site and preparations continue for this operation.
This page was last updated 23 May 2010
I hope this info is useful for all these amateur scientists. I hope this trend of available information continues. I hate paying $40 - $45 / article for pdf versions of published papers.
