From what I understand about oil wells, you can shut down a well in a controlled fashion, but it's costly and time consuming to restart it again. Not something you would want to do capriciously if you had another choice. So has Iran begun any of these shutdown procedures or are they still thinking there is a solution on the horizon?
The bigger issue is that, once you stop pumping out oil, water rushes in to equalize the vacuum and creates a milkshake...
Extracting the oil from the milkshake is nearly impossible and the amount of non-contaminated crude is GREATLY reduced, from a previously very productive well.
So...if they have to cap the well, they're really screwing up their output capacity...
They have the choice of pumping it and letting it spill/pool all over the topsoil or capping it and spoiling output - once they run out of barrels to put it in and places to put those barrels...
From what I understand Iran is pulling about 4 oil tankers out of mothballs to use as storage. 2 or 3 of them are super tankers. They average about 30 years old and were retired from service a couple of years ago. It is said this extra storage capacity could give Iran an additional 2 weeks to 18 days before they run out of capacity. I haven't heard anyone discuss the possibility of Iran pumping oil back into the ground or whether they can even do that. I remember back during the oil embargo in the seventies it was rumored that the US was pumping oil into the ground around Signal Hill near Long Beach - all while consumers had to buy gas on odd or even days due to the "shortage."
That is also back when they reduced the speed limit to 55mph. That embargo was the beginning of the death of big engine muscle cars. So sad. Enter the Japanese small engine low mileage beer cans on wheels.
It makes me angry but it also saddens me that a former military pilot could so easily sell out his country - to China. China's targeting of vulnerable individuals to get what they want is very sophisticated and most in the West have been completely oblivious to it. China is not a partner in any way. They are an enemy of the US. They just try to destroy us more covertly under the guise of economic cooperation. They don't have anything that they didn't steal and copy - and they can't even make good copies most of the time, especially when it comes to military tech because their system is rotted with corruption.
The only thing that brings me any solace when it comes to a situation like with this traitor pilot, is the fact that the Chinese military may be able to steal our methods and tactics, but their ability to apply them given the command structure of the PLA is another thing. The PLA cannot operate on an semiautonomous integrated systems level like we can. Commanders and field officers in the PLA have no autonomous decision making abilities in combat much less battlefield units. Everything must go up the chain of command and then wait for commands to come back down. No one dares to make choices for fear of making a mistake. That has always been the biggest problem with the PLA. Everyone basically has a script and they follow the script. Thinking for oneself is not allowed. Problem solving is also not allowed.
PLA solders are expendable. They even have literal kill switches on Chinese solders and pilots that can be activated by commanding officers if a soldier is wounded and separated from their unit, or if they possibly may be captured. It is more important that whatever information a soldier may have does not get into the hands of the adversary. The Chinese people were shocked when they were told what the US was willing to spend in money and manpower to save one weapons officer in Iran. The CCP tried to spin the situation as how stupid and wasteful the US was trying to rescue one pilot. It backfired on the CCP propaganda machine bigly. We are not the same and the Chinese netizens were given a huge reality check about the differences in value systems. Let's just say this reality check did not cast the CCP in a favorable light with their own citizens according to what they were posting on social media.
Glad you liked the video. The other one is very informative as well. Lei does an excellent job in pulling in so much CCP information and knowledge, breaking it down to explain it all to Westerners. I like her analysis of the CCP and how it operates better than most of the so called China experts out there. The State Dept could learn a thing or two from her.
She pronounced the words like she is native Chinese. Wondered if she is Taiwanese?
The pilot instructor is a very sad situation. He was looking for work and respect which he did not earned so when those were given, he was hooked. It's a very basic human nature.
Lei is from the Mainland. She was born in Shanghai and moved to the States with her parents years ago - either as a teenager or young adult. She now is a US citizens and it doesn't sound like she has returned to Mainland China for decades. That would not be a good idea. She is already a CCP target and has been for several years since she started speaking out. I guess you could call her a dissident.
Yes the pilot is a sad case. But, this case also demonstrates what some people are willing to do for personal gain, whatever form that may take - money, respect, power, a good time, etc. Some people could sell their country out for that gain. That is the really sad part and shows how selfish this man really is. I have no sympathy for him. He has endangered all of us and the impacts of what he has done are still unfolding. All for temporary gain which is of little use to him now.
Yes she does. In fact, she nails it. I can only hope that one day she gets on the radar of our State Dept to teach them a thing or two. I think the only one there that really understands the CCP is Marco. He is from Cuba so he understands communism and its evils. My grandparents escaped Bolshevik Russia and I grew up hearing about the communists. For Americans that have not been exposed to the evils a system like that can bring, they are basically clueless and do not see it for the evil it really is. Globalism also fits into that club.
Yes it would be as long as if those Warthogs can hit them in such a way as to disable rather than sink them. Huge oil slicks in the Gulf would be really bad - not just ecologically, but also the US being blamed for it.
Heck, the IRCG will probably hook up a hose to the wells and force the oil to flow right into the sea. Mother nature can clean up the mess. But what would the environmentalists do? They hate America, love Iran, and care so much about the environment. Yeaaaaaa, riiigghht.
What happens if the Iranians Mullahs decide to just pump the oil into the strait? They don't care about the environment. Remember what Saddam did to the Kuwait oil wells?
From what I understand about oil wells, you can shut down a well in a controlled fashion, but it's costly and time consuming to restart it again. Not something you would want to do capriciously if you had another choice. So has Iran begun any of these shutdown procedures or are they still thinking there is a solution on the horizon?
It's not just that...
The bigger issue is that, once you stop pumping out oil, water rushes in to equalize the vacuum and creates a milkshake...
Extracting the oil from the milkshake is nearly impossible and the amount of non-contaminated crude is GREATLY reduced, from a previously very productive well.
So...if they have to cap the well, they're really screwing up their output capacity...
They have the choice of pumping it and letting it spill/pool all over the topsoil or capping it and spoiling output - once they run out of barrels to put it in and places to put those barrels...
From what I understand Iran is pulling about 4 oil tankers out of mothballs to use as storage. 2 or 3 of them are super tankers. They average about 30 years old and were retired from service a couple of years ago. It is said this extra storage capacity could give Iran an additional 2 weeks to 18 days before they run out of capacity. I haven't heard anyone discuss the possibility of Iran pumping oil back into the ground or whether they can even do that. I remember back during the oil embargo in the seventies it was rumored that the US was pumping oil into the ground around Signal Hill near Long Beach - all while consumers had to buy gas on odd or even days due to the "shortage."
That is also back when they reduced the speed limit to 55mph. That embargo was the beginning of the death of big engine muscle cars. So sad. Enter the Japanese small engine low mileage beer cans on wheels.
Well, mac, I have no idea what can or cannot be done but that video of the CCP stealing combat air force information sure is interesting.
It makes me angry but it also saddens me that a former military pilot could so easily sell out his country - to China. China's targeting of vulnerable individuals to get what they want is very sophisticated and most in the West have been completely oblivious to it. China is not a partner in any way. They are an enemy of the US. They just try to destroy us more covertly under the guise of economic cooperation. They don't have anything that they didn't steal and copy - and they can't even make good copies most of the time, especially when it comes to military tech because their system is rotted with corruption.
The only thing that brings me any solace when it comes to a situation like with this traitor pilot, is the fact that the Chinese military may be able to steal our methods and tactics, but their ability to apply them given the command structure of the PLA is another thing. The PLA cannot operate on an semiautonomous integrated systems level like we can. Commanders and field officers in the PLA have no autonomous decision making abilities in combat much less battlefield units. Everything must go up the chain of command and then wait for commands to come back down. No one dares to make choices for fear of making a mistake. That has always been the biggest problem with the PLA. Everyone basically has a script and they follow the script. Thinking for oneself is not allowed. Problem solving is also not allowed.
PLA solders are expendable. They even have literal kill switches on Chinese solders and pilots that can be activated by commanding officers if a soldier is wounded and separated from their unit, or if they possibly may be captured. It is more important that whatever information a soldier may have does not get into the hands of the adversary. The Chinese people were shocked when they were told what the US was willing to spend in money and manpower to save one weapons officer in Iran. The CCP tried to spin the situation as how stupid and wasteful the US was trying to rescue one pilot. It backfired on the CCP propaganda machine bigly. We are not the same and the Chinese netizens were given a huge reality check about the differences in value systems. Let's just say this reality check did not cast the CCP in a favorable light with their own citizens according to what they were posting on social media.
Glad you liked the video. The other one is very informative as well. Lei does an excellent job in pulling in so much CCP information and knowledge, breaking it down to explain it all to Westerners. I like her analysis of the CCP and how it operates better than most of the so called China experts out there. The State Dept could learn a thing or two from her.
She pronounced the words like she is native Chinese. Wondered if she is Taiwanese?
The pilot instructor is a very sad situation. He was looking for work and respect which he did not earned so when those were given, he was hooked. It's a very basic human nature.
Lei is from the Mainland. She was born in Shanghai and moved to the States with her parents years ago - either as a teenager or young adult. She now is a US citizens and it doesn't sound like she has returned to Mainland China for decades. That would not be a good idea. She is already a CCP target and has been for several years since she started speaking out. I guess you could call her a dissident.
Yes the pilot is a sad case. But, this case also demonstrates what some people are willing to do for personal gain, whatever form that may take - money, respect, power, a good time, etc. Some people could sell their country out for that gain. That is the really sad part and shows how selfish this man really is. I have no sympathy for him. He has endangered all of us and the impacts of what he has done are still unfolding. All for temporary gain which is of little use to him now.
Thanks for the info. She is very good about CCP's tactics. I did listen to the 2nd one also. She really knows.
Yes she does. In fact, she nails it. I can only hope that one day she gets on the radar of our State Dept to teach them a thing or two. I think the only one there that really understands the CCP is Marco. He is from Cuba so he understands communism and its evils. My grandparents escaped Bolshevik Russia and I grew up hearing about the communists. For Americans that have not been exposed to the evils a system like that can bring, they are basically clueless and do not see it for the evil it really is. Globalism also fits into that club.
You understand when you lived under their little fingers.
Supertankers are a nice big fat target for an A-10 can opener.
Yes it would be as long as if those Warthogs can hit them in such a way as to disable rather than sink them. Huge oil slicks in the Gulf would be really bad - not just ecologically, but also the US being blamed for it.
so a different kind of “boom” possibly coming for Iran, so here’s some booms in advance
u/#swedishpopcorn
u/#timebomb
That's so funny.
Heck, the IRCG will probably hook up a hose to the wells and force the oil to flow right into the sea. Mother nature can clean up the mess. But what would the environmentalists do? They hate America, love Iran, and care so much about the environment. Yeaaaaaa, riiigghht.
What happens if the Iranians Mullahs decide to just pump the oil into the strait? They don't care about the environment. Remember what Saddam did to the Kuwait oil wells?
time to cap them off via missile cap