is not the theory that what yo are seeing is the kill mud?
Release date: 27 May 2010
“Top kill” operations continued over the night and are ongoing. There are no significant events to report at this time. BP will provide updates on progress as appropriate.
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Looks like the pipe didn’t listen to Obama.
It’s all the bullship O spewed at his presser.
No oil is flowing. What you are seeing now is mud only. When the stop the pumps nothing comes out of those vents until they start the pump again.
Well - this claim is incorrect. That isn’t oil - it’s drilling mud. (Note the lighter color!). What I’ve read is that the process is still on-going, i.e. they don’t believe it is totally plugged yet, but rather that it’s not spewing oil any longer.
I’m hoping that they’ve reached a point where the weight of the mud has overcome the oil pressure, and that what you’re seeing is them continuing to poor in mud, and some of it escaping in the other direction.
The cap will only happen if they can poor concrete into the hole after the mud.
Keep on dropping dirt on it. Use the dense sticky stuff.
As opposed to a “who can fart loudest” contest, blowing mud here is a good thing.
>> Now, I’m no oil expert
They plugged the hole with mud, so the image you are seeing could very well be mud. The fact that you have no idea what you’re talking about might’ve given you a hint that you should await more information from people that DO know what they’re talking about.
SnakeDoc
That looks like clay.
It’s part of the plan. Think of it as BP keeping pressure on the wound, with the clay instead of a pair of hands.
‘These will not provide a reliable indicator of the overall progress, or success or failure, of the top kill operation as a whole’
What does that mean? The oil may bust out somewhere else???
That’s mud. Erl is black, and there’s no indication of entrained gas in the live picture.
I think BP is to be congratulated on accomplishing a kill in very difficult circumstances.
Although I didn’t care for their erstwhile motto “Beyond Petroleum”.
It looks like the dispersant....looks like they are pumping dispersant through the lines.
every time i have tried the link i get a red x....
Oh nooooooooooooooeeeessssszzzz!
We'z all gonna die!
Maybe it’s a “controlled flow”.
If the oil is still leaking, then it's due to the lax enforcement of the Bush Administration. If the oil leak has been stopped, then it is due to the leadership of the guy who left town for his second vacation since the leak began.