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Who is the mystery plumber behind the BP oil leak cap?

Official heaved a sigh of relief after sealing the BP oil leak at the Gulf of Mexico, but people have been wondering who is the plumber that help the design the oil leak cap?
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chemist | 1 year, 10 months ago
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An anonymous engineering person is the mystery plumber who has provided the sketchs of a flange and seal design (Joe is the plumber). He/she has not disclose her/his name (possibly an engineer in BP) advised for the solution. The advised took a real temporary solution.

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An anonymous plumber provided sketches of a flange and seal design six weeks ago that is almost identical to the containment cap lowered onto the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. It's the latest effort to stop the BP oil spill.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0715/BP-oil-spill-Mystery-plumber-may-be-brains-behind-containment-cap

"Joe the Plumber" became a household name but will anyone ever know the identity of the plumber who may have brought BP to the brink of stopping the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Six weeks ago, Robert Bea, an engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, received a late-night call from an apologetic "mystery plumber." The caller said he had a sketch for how to solve the problem at the bottom of the Gulf. It was a design for a containment cap that would fit snugly over the top of the failed blowout preventer at the heart of the Gulf oil spill."
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0715/BP-oil-spill-Mystery-plumber-may-be-brains-behind-containment-cap

mystery plumber News
• 'Mystery Plumber' May Have Solved BP Oil Spill
(July 16) -- When you've got a leak, you call a plumber. So perhaps it's not surprising that a "mystery plumber" might be the person ultimately responsible ... (July 16, 2010) AOL News
• In these mystery novels, homemaking can be murder
The Georgiann Neverall Mysteries by Christa Evans stars the eponymous plumber's apprentice (plumbing tips included!), and the Daring Finds series by Elise ... (July 16, 2010) NOLA.com
• Random Thoughts
Could the anonymous plumber who came up with the cap be Joe the plumber? Oh yeah; anonymous. “Mystery Plumber” makes me think of Super Mario in a Mexican ... (July 16, 2010) IMAO (satire)
• The Mystery Of The Touch-Free Orgasm
I never used to have the plumber's crack problem but it seems like no matter how tight my belt is, I still show some ass crack. ... (July 06, 2010) Deadspin (blog)
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bklynjs | 1 year, 10 months ago
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I can't think of the name but I heard it was the Company that put out all those well fires in Iraq.

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gtmurff | 1 year, 10 months ago
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According to Stephen Colbert, it's a plumber with underwater experience: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/341405/july-27-2010/bp-s-live-hayward-cam

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