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First, saw the end of the pipe to make it flush. Make a jig to fit over the pipe. On top of the jig, a threading tap is mounted inside a bearing which allows the tap to turn. The bearing is attached to vertical supports that have grooves down which the bearing, and the tap, can slide. The robot arm
will operate the tap to make internal threads in the pipe. The flutes in the tap will allow sufficient oil to escape to enable the tapping operation to take place against the preassure. A steel cap to fit over the pipe will be already welded onto the shank of the tap so that the tap can be used as the plug, instead of removing the tap, then screwing in a plug.
I don't know if this would work. Perhaps someone can tell me why it wouldn't.
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<mumble> diving suit with a plumbers crack </mumble> |
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That's back to front [Ian], they should simply empty the ocean instead. |
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Has nobody thought of preventing the spill by stopping the explosion on the rig, in the first place? |
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No, no one thought of that. |
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Well lets quit stalling and stop the explosion before it's too late. |
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"I love it when a plan comes together ..." |
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The CEO of BP should just dip a glass into the ocean, take a sip in front of the international media, smile broadly, and declare the water "clean and refreshing". |
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Also wouldn't everyone in the world want a litre bottle of contaminated seawater as a souvenier from this terrific catastrophy? |
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Only if there were little oily dead fish floaters in it. |
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