How the Gulf Oil Spill Live Feed Changed the Obama Presidency

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From: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor.
7 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico
To day is 68th day, since the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. Oil keeps gushing from the leaking well into the Gulf of Mexico. The amount of spilled oil now is around 300 000 000 gallons.
BP significantly reduces this rate motivated by the fact that the daily capturing 15-20 thousand barrels of oil.
I have repeatedly explained, no matter how much oil BP capturing from the Cap, because the pump creates inside the Cap additional negative pressure which immediately compensated by the pressure in the petroleum layer and accompanied by an additional release of oil, correlated with this negative pressure.
So, the amount of gushing oil unchanged or unaltered is about 90-120 thousand barrels per day.
There are many people like myself, who would like to give alternative methods to BP and the government but lack the contacts to meet the right people. BP lacks thinking “outside of the box” and continues to solve its problems to the “best” of their knowledge.
Using my know-how and liquid nitrogen oil freezing equipment we can shut the well during the nearest 3 weeks.
Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor.

Constantine Balakiryan of AZ 6:20PM June 26, 2010

From: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD,Professor.
This letter was mailed to The President of United States of America
Dear Mr. President:
BP announced that work has begun to drill a relief well to intercept and isolate the oil well that is spilling oil in the US Gulf of Mexico. The drilling began on Sunday May 2 and is estimated to take some three months. "This is another key step in our work to permanently stop the loss of oil from the well," said BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward.
BP is drilling relief wells near the spill, to reduce the pressure at the site of the spill. But those new wells won’t be completed until the end of August. I strongly contend that a new well will not affect the amount of oil coming out of the first well. BP simply is fooling you, Mr. President, and the American people.
For the proof of my postulate I ask you, to use a 2 Lt. soda bottle and two push pins. Plug these push pins in a bottle of soda at a height of 1 inch from the bottom of the bottle and at a distance of 2 inches from each other. Then pull out the first push pin, after being convinced that soda escapes from the opening you will take out the second push pin. Having done this operation, Mr. President, you will see that the jet of a liquid from the first aperture absolutely does not decrease. This means that BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward is simply fooling all of us.
BP has its own interest and does not care how much more oil will spill for the next 3 months in the Gulf of Mexico. That is why BP refuses to apply my know-how and use my methods for freezing the oil with liquid nitrogen. In my opinion, this unique solution to reduce scales of ecological accidents in the Mexican Gulf is to immediately start downloading liquid nitrogen into the oil well’s breakthroughs. The low temperature will increase the viscosity of oil and may even freeze it. The freezing will slow down the speed of emission of oil and make it easier to facilitate the collection of oil in the off shore sector.
I anxiously wait for your response to my letter. My goal is to help the environment and the future generation to enjoy cleaner oceans and waters. Thank you for your time and God Bless.
Sincerely,
Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor.

Constantine Balakiryan of AZ 3:00AM June 14, 2010

From: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD,Professor.
This letter was mailed to The President of United States of America
Dear Mr. President:
BP announced that work has begun to drill a relief well to intercept and isolate the oil well that is spilling oil in the US Gulf of Mexico. The drilling began on Sunday May 2 and is estimated to take some three months. "This is another key step in our work to permanently stop the loss of oil from the well," said BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward.
BP is drilling relief wells near the spill, to reduce the pressure at the site of the spill. But those new wells won’t be completed until the end of August. I strongly contend that a new well will not affect the amount of oil coming out of the first well. BP simply is fooling you, Mr. President, and the American people.
For the proof of my postulate I ask you, to use a 2 Lt. soda bottle and two push pins. Plug these push pins in a bottle of soda at a height of 1 inch from the bottom of the bottle and at a distance of 2 inches from each other. Then pull out the first push pin, after being convinced that soda escapes from the opening you will take out the second push pin. Having done this operation, Mr. President, you will see that the jet of a liquid from the first aperture absolutely does not decrease. This means that BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward is simply fooling all of us.
BP has its own interest and does not care how much more oil will spill for the next 3 months in the Gulf of Mexico. That is why BP refuses to apply my know-how and use my methods for freezing the oil with liquid nitrogen. In my opinion, this unique solution to reduce scales of ecological accidents in the Mexican Gulf is to immediately start downloading liquid nitrogen into the oil well’s breakthroughs. The low temperature will increase the viscosity of oil and may even freeze it. The freezing will slow down the speed of emission of oil and make it easier to facilitate the collection of oil in the off shore sector.
I anxiously wait for your response to my letter. My goal is to help the environment and the future generation to enjoy cleaner oceans and waters. Thank you for your time and God Bless.
Sincerely,
Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor.

Constantine Balakiryan of AZ 2:50AM June 14, 2010

From: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD,Professor.
This letter was mailed to The President of United States of America
Dear Mr. President:
BP announced that work has begun to drill a relief well to intercept and isolate the oil well that is spilling oil in the US Gulf of Mexico. The drilling began on Sunday May 2 and is estimated to take some three months. "This is another key step in our work to permanently stop the loss of oil from the well," said BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward.
BP is drilling relief wells near the spill, to reduce the pressure at the site of the spill. But those new wells won’t be completed until the end of August. I strongly contend that a new well will not affect the amount of oil coming out of the first well. BP simply is fooling you, Mr. President, and the American people.
For the proof of my postulate I ask you, to use a 2 Lt. soda bottle and two push pins. Plug these push pins in a bottle of soda at a height of 1 inch from the bottom of the bottle and at a distance of 2 inches from each other. Then pull out the first push pin, after being convinced that soda escapes from the opening you will take out the second push pin. Having done this operation, Mr. President, you will see that the jet of a liquid from the first aperture absolutely does not decrease. This means that BP Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward is simply fooling all of us.
BP has its own interest and does not care how much more oil will spill for the next 3 months in the Gulf of Mexico. That is why BP refuses to apply my know-how and use my methods for freezing the oil with liquid nitrogen. In my opinion, this unique solution to reduce scales of ecological accidents in the Mexican Gulf is to immediately start downloading liquid nitrogen into the oil well’s breakthroughs. The low temperature will increase the viscosity of oil and may even freeze it. The freezing will slow down the speed of emission of oil and make it easier to facilitate the collection of oil in the off shore sector.
I anxiously wait for your response to my letter. My goal is to help the environment and the future generation to enjoy cleaner oceans and waters. Thank you for your time and God Bless.
Sincerely,
Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor.

Constantine Balakiryan of AZ 2:48AM June 14, 2010

I agree with prof. Constantine on the use of liquid nitrogen in junction with other plugging procedures.
I contacted BP over one month ago about this type of procedure along with two novel plugging methods. I own a mechanical contracting business in S. Louisiana and I've used, many times, LCO2 and liquid nitrogen injected jackets on piping and valves to create long ice plugs that will hold up to 20,000 psi of oil or water; it's not new technology. International Flow Technologies is just one of a few national companies that can do this with some modifications for use on this BOV valve. BP could not tell me why they were not able to do this. I've contacted them many times, left phone and email messages + used their submission form. No one responds, except low level personnel.
I hope there is a good reason for not attempting this procedure. I hope they and the government are for real about being open to new technologies. Both BP and the feds need to start answering some questions.
There needs to be WAY more information made public about what BP and the feds are doing, what they are attempting, and what they are planning.
Obama needs to stop pointing fingers and telling us how angry he is with BP... He's got to make some executive decisions and get this thing under control... If let leaking til November or Xmas, it will be cataclysmic for our seafood industry and our economy, which has not yet recouped from Katrina.
This rig is in federal land leased to BP. We the people own this land, we are the landlords. And we as landlords are ultimately responsible for what our tenants are doing on the land. BP needs to pay big for this catastrophe, but we the people (through Obama) need to play a central role and get resources better coordinated to cap and clean-up this mess. Where is FEMA or the Home Land Security Sect?
Today, over 50 days since the catastrophe, the Obama administration through Thad Allen got tough again, telling BP that time is running out. The Obama administration has got to do better than this!!

owen of LA 2:20AM June 13, 2010

1. From: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor
BP loses control of the situation
Several unsuccessful attempts to stop the leak oil from wells in the Gulf of Mexico showed technological failures of BP.
I already wrote about the fallacy of previous projects; now turn to explain BP Staff errors admitted in project” Cap”.
The fact is that in point of release oil from wells, exists the dynamic equilibrium between pressure in oil layer and pressure by rendered water column above wells
When BP tries to pump oil into the tanker, it creates additional (negative) pressure which immediately causes an additional emission of oil. (You can see that in underwater pictures that show the oil being released under the “Cap”.
More that 50 days BP can’t stop ecological catastrophe .
I continue to argue, that the unique solution to stop Gulf of Mexico oil spouting is to
immediately start downloading liquid nitrogen into the oil well’s breakthroughs.
The low temperature will increase the viscosity of oil and may even freeze it.
The freezing will slow down the speed of emission of oil and make it easier to facilitate the collection of oil in the off shore sector.Y doesn’t understand, why BP is not resolving the problem, for example, using my know-how and equipment for freezing the oil with liquid nitrogen?

Constantine Balakiryan of AZ 5:54PM June 10, 2010

1. From: Constantine Balakiryan, PhD, Professor
BP loses control of the situation
Several unsuccessful attempts to stop the leak oil from wells in the Gulf of Mexico showed technological failures of BP.
I already wrote about the fallacy of previous projects; now turn to explain BP Staff errors admitted in project” Cap”.
The fact is that in point of release oil from wells, exists the dynamic equilibrium between pressure in oil layer and pressure by rendered water column above wells
When BP tries to pump oil into the tanker, it creates additional (negative) pressure which immediately causes an additional emission of oil. (You can see that in underwater pictures that show the oil being released under the “Cap”.
More that 50 days BP can’t stop ecological catastrophe .
I continue to argue, that the unique solution to stop Gulf of Mexico oil spouting is to
immediately start downloading liquid nitrogen into the oil well’s breakthroughs.
The low temperature will increase the viscosity of oil and may even freeze it.
The freezing will slow down the speed of emission of oil and make it easier to facilitate the collection of oil in the off shore sector.Y doesn’t understand, why BP is not resolving the problem, for example, using my know-how and equipment for freezing the oil with liquid nitrogen?

Balakiryan Constantin of AZ 5:44PM June 10, 2010

I think media and some politicians are always coming up with something to discredit the president. They know many people rely on the media, instead of taking time to research. I don't think media is fair to the president, just as they are quick to point out the bad they should do the same when he does good. It is a shame how divided the parties are, how can United States advice other nations when they are saying their leader is not capable of doing any good? it used to be people honored the office of the president, but now we have no respect and it shows by how we talk, and even if the president is not doing what he is supposed to be doing, there should be respect if not for the president at least for the country.

Jennifer Miller of TN 2:59PM June 06, 2010

bp refused to accept help from russia,they offered advanced machines that fix problems under deep sea depth.No one cares about ecology.It's all about principles...waisitng time for NOTHING while wild life slowly dies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oksana of VA 12:33AM June 05, 2010

President Obama has no doubt been kicking himself in the rump for supporting off-shore drilling. After all, his mouth was no sooner shut than BP's well went haywire. The "Drill, baby, drill!" folks (remember them?) at least had a breather between that interesting command in support of Americans' thirst for oil and the Gulf catastrophe. (Time that heals all wounds doesn't always deliver kicks in the rump soon enough.)
The lesson we're learning at sea and, now, on shore had better be etched forever in the minds of those who squander oil in their to and fro, because the price for those daily meanders is about to be too high. The disastrous outcome of the out-of-control well is only beginning. It will be widespread enough that any state bordering salt water that previuously had an inclination to allow offshore drilling (it pays well, remember, and employs locals) probably no longer has that inclination. Even the mention of drilling will start riots without the pushing of Sierra Clubers and Save the Oceans people.
And that's not even to mention what the expense of tooling around in gas guzzlers will come to be after the enthusiasm for drilling locally fades.
The only question that remains is how far America's thirst for oil will further put us in the clutches of those in far off countries who wish us ill and who profit greatly from our driving habits. Will there at last be an epiphany in which we, as a nation, renounce our wayward overuse of carbon-based fuel or will our beloved standard of living again direct us to even further illogic?
We await your wisdom on the issue, El Rushbo.

Ron W. Smith of UT 4:37PM June 04, 2010