It is with deep regret that we publish this
report. We do not take this responsibility
lightly, as the consequences of the following
observations are of such great import and
have such far-reaching ramifications for
the entire planet. Truly, the fate of the
oceans of the world hangs in the balance,
as does the future of humankind.
The Gulf of Mexico (GO isolation and is,
in fact, connected to the Seven Seas.
Hence, we publish these findings in
order that the world community will come
together to further contemplate this dire
and demanding predicament. We also do
so with the hope that an appropriate
global response will be formulated, and
acted upon, for the sake of future
generations. It is the most basic responsibility
for every civilization to leave their world
in a better condition than that which they
inherited from their forbears.
After conducting the Gulf Oil Spill
Remediation Conference for over seven
months, we can now disseminate the
following information with the authority
and confidence of those who have
thoroughly investigated a crime scene.
There are many research articles, investigative
reports and penetrating exposes archived at
the following website. Particularly
those posted from August through
November provide a unique body of evidence,
many with compelling photo-documentaries,
which portray the true state of affairs at the
Macondo Prospect in the GOM.
The pictorial evidence tells the whole story.
Especially that the BP narrative is nothing
but a corporate-created illusion – a web
of fabrication spun in collaboration with
the US Federal Government and Mainstream
Media. Big Oil, as well as the Military-
Industrial Complex, have aided and abetted
this whole scheme and info blackout
because the very future of the Oil & Gas
Industry is at stake, as is the future of the
US Empire which sprawls around the
world and requires vast amounts of
hydrocarbon fuel.
Should the truth seep out and into the mass
consciousness – that the GOM is slowly but
surely filling up with oil and gas – certainly
many would rightly question the integrity,
and sanity, of the whole venture, as well
as the entire industry itself. And then
perhaps the process would begin of
transitioning the planet away from the
hydrocarbon fuel paradigm altogether.
It’s not a pretty picture.
The various pictures, photos and diagrams
that fill the many articles at the
aforementioned website represent photo
evidence about the true state of affairs
on the seafloor surrounding the Macondo
Prospect in the Mississippi Canyon,
which is located in the Central Planning
Area of the northern Gulf of Mexico.
The very dynamics of the dramatic
changes and continuous evolution of the
seafloor have been captured in ways that
very few have ever seen. These
snapshots have given us a window of
understanding into the true state of
the underlying geological formations around
the various wells drilled in the Macondo
Prospect.
Although our many deductions may be
difficult for the layperson to apprehend
at first, to the trained eye these are but
obvious conclusions which are simply the
result of cause and effect. In other
words there is no dispute around the
most serious geological changes which
have occurred, and continue to occur,
in the region around the Macondo wells.
The original predicament (an 87 day
gushing well) was extremely serious,
as grasped by the entire world, and
the existing situation is only going to
get progressively worse.
So, just what does this current picture
look like. Please click on the link
below to view the relevant diagrams and
read the commentary:
As the diagrams clearly indicate, the geology
around the well bore has been blown.
This occurred because of drilling
contiguous to a salt dome(1), as well as
because of the gas explosions which did
much damage to the integrity of the
well casing, cementing, well bore, well
head, and foundation around the well
head. Eighty-seven straight days of
gushing hydrocarbon effluent under
great pressure only served to further
undermine the entire well system.
Finally, when it was capped, putting the
system back under pressure forced
the upsurging hydrocarbons to find
weaknesses throughout the greater
system, which revealed all sorts of
compromised, fractured and unsettled
geology through which the hydrocarbons
could travel all the way to the seafloor
and into the GOM.
(1)“The rock beds in the vicinity of a salt
dome are highly fractured and permeable
due to stress and deformation which
occur as the salt dome thrusted upwards.”
(Per BK Lim, Geohazards Specialist)
We also have faults* to deal with in this
scenario of which there are both deep
and shallow. Depending on the current
vital stats of the blown out well,
especially its actual depth; the number,
location and severity of the breaches
throughout the well system; the pressure
at the wellhead; as well as the type and
status of geological formations/strata it
has been drilled into, these faults will
become prominently configured into the
future stability of the whole region. Larger
faults can open up much greater opportunities
for the hydrocarbons to find their way to
the seafloor via cracks and crevices, craters
and chasms. In fact the numerous leaks
and seeps throughout the seafloor surface,
which are quite apparent from various ROV
live-feeds, give testimony to sub-seafloor
geological formations in great turmoil and
undergoing unprecedented flux.
*“Once the oil gets into the shallow faulted
zones, we have an uncontrollable situation.
The place where most of the oil and gas is
coming out is at the foot hills of the continental
shelf as shown in figure 134-1 in the article
“BP continues to dazzle us with their
unlimited magic”. The discovery by WHOI
of the 22 mile long river of oil originated
from these leaks. So the leaks will be
mainly along the faults where I have marked
(shallow) in “What is going on at West Sirius”
and deep strike-slip faults (red line) on fig
134-1.” (Per BK Lim, Geohazards Specialist) I. A single gushing well at 7o – 100,000
barrels per day of hydrocarbon effluent
for 87 days into the GOM at the Macondo
Prospect along with two smaller rogue wells
II. Numerous leaks and seeps within five to
ten square miles of the Macondo well
with an aggregate outflow of an unknown
amount of hydrocarbon effluent per day into
the GOM
III. Countless gushers and spills, leaks
and seeps, throughout the Gulf of Mexico,
where drilling has been conducted for many
decades, with an aggregate outflow that can
not even be estimated, but is well in excess
of any guesstimate which would ensure the
slow and steady demise of the GOM.
It is the last scenario which we all face
and to which there is no easy or obvious
solution. The truth be told, there currently
does not exist the technology or machinery
or equipment to repair the damage that
has been wrought by the process of deep
undersea drilling, especially when it
is performed in the wrong place. Therefore,
wherever the oil and gas find points
of entry into the GOM through the seafloor,
these leaks and seeps will only continue
to get worse. Here’s why:
Methane gas mixed with saltwater and
mud makes for a very potent corrosive
agent. Under high pressure it will find
every point of egress through the rock and
sediment formations all the way up to the
seafloor where it will find any point of
exit that is available. The longer and
more forcefully that it flows throughout
the fractured area, which is dependent
on the volume, temperature and pressure
at the source of the hydrocarbons, the more
its corrosive effects will widen,
broaden and enlarge the channels, cracks and
crevices throughout the sub-seafloor geology,
thereby creating a predicament that no
science, technology or equipment can remedy.
Dire realities of the methane hydrate
predicament
The Macondo Prospect in the GOM is just
one of many throughout the oceans of the
world where the seafloor has beds of
methane hydrate locked in place by very
high pressure and low temperatures.
Likewise, there are myriad repositories
and large “reservoirs” of methane clathrates
in the sub-seafloor strata, and especially
within the more superficial geological
formations, which are being greatly impacted
by all oil and gas drilling and extraction
activities. It does not take much imagination
to understand how the upsurging
hydrocarbons (very hot oil and gas) are
quickly converting the frozen hydrates
to gas, thereby causing innumerable
“micro-displacements”, the cumulative
effect of which will translate to larger “
macro-displacements” of rock, sediment
and other geological formations.
When you factor in this constant vaporization
of methane hydrates/clathrates both
sub-seafloor as well as those scattered
around the seafloor surface to the
existing scenario, this devolving situation
becomes that much more difficult to
effectively remedy. With the resulting
shifts and resettling and reconfiguration
of the entire seafloor terrain and
underlying strata occurring in the wake
of these dynamics, we are left with a
situation that is not going to get better
through the use of even more invasive
technology and intrusive machinery.
Question: How many times can you grout
a seafloor crack that was caused by
an underlying superficial fault after
drilling into an old mud volcano?
Answer: “In the attempt to seal the
oil from oozing through the faults,
BP resorted to high pressure grouting.
Basically it is like cementing the cracks
in the rock by injecting grout (cement
mixture) at high pressure. The way they
do this is by drilling an injection hole
into the shallow rocks and pumping
in the grout. The grout in “slurry” state
will permeate into the cracks, cure and
seal up the cracks. However it is not
working because of the presence of gas
and oil. It is like super-glue. You need
to clean the surfaces before you apply
the glue; otherwise it won’t stick and
will come off eventually after a few
days or weeks. That is why we can
see a few blown out craters – shown
in my article – Is the last rite for
the Macondo Well for real?” (Per BK Lim,
Geohazards Specialist) Likewise, how do you fill a newly emerging
gash in the seafloor which is caused by
a deep fault due to low level
seismic activity, or worse, a full blown
earthquake?!
Seismic activity in the GOM and the
uptick in earthquakes in the Mississippi
River Basin and surrounding region
The oil and gas platforms that were in operation
throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico in 2006 (per
Wikipedia).We now come to the most serious issue
regarding the relentless drilling for oil
and gas throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
The map above clearly illustrates
the density of drilling throughout the
northern GOM as of 2006. Likewise,
the map below demonstrates the
extraordinary and increasing intensity
of these very same operations off the
coast of Louisiana alone.
Green lines represent active pipes (25,000 miles in all).
Yellow dots represent oil rigs.The map that follows, however, tells a
story which demands the attention of every
resident of the GOM coastline. The
video link below the map shows the
development timeline of the successively
deeper wells being drilled during the
last decade. Of course, with greater
depths come much greater risks, as
the technology and machinery have
not been proportionately upgraded to
accommodate the extraordinary demands
and unforeseen contingencies of such a
speculative anddangerous enterprise*.
*Oil and gas drilling in seawater depths
of over 4000 feet, and through 15,000
to 25,000 feet of the earth’s crust
and mantle, is considered extremely
dangerous to those from whom reason
and common sense have not yet fled.
Click on the map to enlarge.
It’s critical to understand the location and
current activity of the various faults
which exist throughout the GOM and how
they connect to the New Madrid Fault
Line, as well as other major faults at
much greater distance. There does
appear to be a emerging uptick in
earthquake activity in the greater Louisiana
area, as well as contiguous regions
in the GOM as demonstrated by
unprecedented, albeit low level
earthquakes. Correlations between
these earthquakes/seismic activity
and major operations at the Macondo
Prospect have been alluded to in our
previous postings.
Now then, the question remains just
how vulnerable has the GOM been
made to a truly catastrophic event,
ending up with an overwhelming
displacement of water producing tidal
waves, in the aftermath of an undersea
earthquake.
There is no question that the ceaseless
fracturing of the seafloor and fissuring
of the sub-seafloor geological strata
by the Oil & Gas Industry has set up a
quite conducive environment for HUGE
unintended consequences. We leave
it up to the experts to conduct the
necessary risk assessments, which will
most assuredly let loose a sea of red
flags about what Big Oil has done, and
is currently doing, in the Gulf of Mexico.
Furthermore, we are deeply concerned
that, if a permanent moratorium on all
new oil and gas drilling and extraction
in the GOM is not put into place poste
haste, the coastal communities will r
emain
in a very precarious situation.
Worsening GOM predicament is
reflective of the status quo around
the globe
Now consider the following scenario: that
this very same predicament, which we
have all witnessed in the Gulf of Mexico,
is happening wherever oil and gas
drilling is conducted in the various
water bodies throughout the planet.
Therefore we can multiply the Macondo
Prospect disaster a hundred times and
still not come close to the impacts that
these ongoing gushers and spills, leaks
and seeps are having the world over.
Perhaps the BP Gulf Oil Spill was the
defining moment in modern history
when all the nations of the world
community were called by Mother
Earth herself to begin transitioning
the planet away from the Hydrocarbon
Fuel Paradigm. After all, we may never
get another chance! 
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