examiner.com: Experts agree BP oil well casing has failed: Relief wells may not stop Deepwater Horizon oil leak
June 23, 9:41 PM
Political Spin ExaminerMaryann Tobin
There is an increasingly real possibility that we may never be able to stop the gushing hole left in the Gulf sea floor unleashed by the Deepwater Horizon.
Former president of Shell oil and founder of Citizens for Affordable Energy, John Hofmeister, told Hardballs Chris Matthews that the casing that leads to the oil reservoir may be so badly damaged from wear under the extreme pressure, the relief wells will not be able to stop the flow.
Hofmeister said that once the relief wells reach the casing, they will inject cement that should solidify and permanently stop the leak. But if there is not enough casing intact to hold the cement and allow it to set, the last hope in stopping the gusher ends.
Oil industry expert Bob Cavnar agrees. In an interview with Keith Olbermann, Cavnar said there is real damage to the BOP. His advice to BP is to Keep the well flowing as much as they can, in order to keep the pressure off the down hole.
Cavnar also said he would not be surprised if the BOP fell over, unless BP installs supports to keep it upright, adding that it needs to be done right now.
Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen confirmed evidence that Cavnar may be right. Allen said, The riser package is now tilting 10 to12 degrees.
COMMENT FROM A REAL EXPERT (i.e. not Hofmeister who is having a field day promoting his new book)
Within Shell, staff have been instructed not to comment on the BP blowout since Shell use similar well designs, the same drilling equipment, and occasionally also make mistakes, it could quite easily have been a Shell well blowing out.
Of course, Hofmeister no longer works for Shell so hes not constrained by their rules. However, to hear Hofmeister discussing well design will no doubt amuse many within Shell who were perhaps unaware of his technical credentials Why were Hofmeisters well design and blowout control skills not used while he was at Shell, instead of wasting his talents by assigning him to HR?
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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