{"id":4084,"date":"2010-07-08T15:37:38","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T20:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2010-07-08T15:37:38","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T20:37:38","slug":"gulf-of-mexico-sea-floor-fractured-beyond-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/gulf-of-mexico-sea-floor-fractured-beyond-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf Of Mexico Sea Floor Fractured Beyond Repair"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 15 June I posted on how the well bore structure of the BP hell-machine is “compromised” down-hole and how this means that the whole floor of the Gulf of Mexico is endangered.\u00a0 Here is a further proof of the magnitude (unacknowledged by either BP or the US Government) of he disaster. This is an “not vetted” report on CNN’s iReport, a user-generated section of CNN.com, from late June. First the video, then the opening paragraphs of the piece \u2014 you can read the full version here.<\/p>\n

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iReport \u2014 <\/strong>Posted by:
\nBruceRubin<\/a><\/p>\n

A dire report circulating in the Kremlin today that was prepared for Prime Minister Putin by Anatoly Sagalevich<\/a> of Russia’s Shirshov Institute of Oceanology<\/a> warns that the Gulf of Mexico sea floor has been fractured \u201cbeyond all repair\u201d and our World should begin preparing for an ecological disaster \u201cbeyond comprehension\u201d unless \u201cextraordinary measures\u201d are undertaken to stop the massive flow of oil into our Planet\u2019s eleventh largest body of water<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most important to note about Sagalevich\u2019s warning is that he and his fellow scientists from theRussian Academy of Sciences<\/a> are the only human beings to have actually been to the Gulf of Mexico oil leak site after their being called to the disaster scene<\/a> by British oil giant BP shortly after the April 22nd sinking of the Deepwater Horizon<\/a> oil platform.<\/p>\n

BP\u2019s calling on Sagalevich after this catastrophe began is due to his being the holder of the World\u2019s record for the deepest freshwater dive and his expertise with Russia\u2019s two Deep Submergence Vehicles MIR 1 and MIR 2<\/a> [photo below] which are able to take their crews to the depth of 6,000 meters (19,685 ft).<\/p>\n

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According to Sagalevich\u2019s report, the oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico<\/a> is not just coming from the 22 inch well bore site being shown on American television, but from at least 18 other sites on the \u201cfractured seafloor\u201d with the largest being nearly 11 kilometers (7 miles) from where the Deepwater Horizon sank and is spewing into these precious waters an estimated 2 million gallons of oil a day.<\/p>\n

Interesting to note in this report is Sagalevich stating that he and the other Russian scientists were required by the United States to sign documents forbidding them to report their findings to either the American public or media, and which they had to do in order to legally operate in US territorial waters.<\/p>\n

However, Sagalevich says that he and the other scientists gave nearly hourly updates to both US government and BP officials about what they were seeing on the sea floor, including the US Senator from their State of Florida<\/a> Bill Nelson who after one such briefing stated to the MSNBC news service\u201cAndrea we\u2019re looking into something new right now, that there\u2019s reports of oil that\u2019s seeping up from the seabed\u2026 which would indicate, if that\u2019s true, that the well casing itself is actually pierced\u2026 underneath the seabed. So, you know, the problems could be just enormous with what we\u2019re facing.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Though not directly stated in Sagalevich\u2019s report, Russian scientists findings on the true state of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster are beyond doubt being leaked to his longtime friend, and former US President George W. Bush\u2019s top energy advisor Matthew Simmons<\/a>, who US media reports state has openly said: \u201cMatthew Simmons is sticking by his story that there’s another giant leak in the Gulf of Mexico blowing massive amounts of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. On CNBC’s Fast Money, he says he’d be surprised if BP lasted this summer, saying this is disaster is entirely BP’s fault.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

As a prominent oil-industry insider, and one of the World’s leading experts on peak oil, Simmons further warns that the US has only two options, \u201clet the well run dry (taking 30 years, and probably ruining the Atlantic ocean) or nuking the well.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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