Next thing I know, I flip back to the the live feed and this is what I see. I'm no expert but it doesn't look good to me.
incite = insight
Thanks for sharing.
Fangers Crossed...
Thanks much Positive.
I will keep my fingers crossed too.
Next thing I know, I flip back to the the live feed and this is what I see. I'm no expert but it doesn't look good to me.
Thanks for the post - important stuff for those of us in Florida. Hurricanes could pick the oil up and deposit oil filled rain all over the state... It’s got to be capped so we can move on to the next stage...
As I’ve been watching, it appears as though it’s mud coming up now. Which, I think, is a good sign.
thanks Positive.
"OK people, I'm feeling a little pressure to do something. Where's this damn leak they're talking about?"Is it just me or has the discharge gotten darker over the last hour or so? Looks like more oil may be mixing in with it.
prayers up!!!
No surprise to some of us unfortunates.
Pinging Quix.
Cut to the chase, it’s Bush’s fault.
>We may get some incite as to progress soon.
Ah, riots...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4RTZh84AuU
I don’t want to muddy the waters, but, it looks like BP has “deep throated” the well with the Top Kill initiative, and it appears to be a success. Despite what the Fed.gov said, they did NOT bite off more than they could chew!
This top kill procedure has not been carried out offshore at 5,000 feet water depth before, and its success cannot be assured. It is expected that the entire procedure could take up to two days, and it cannot be predicted how long it will take for the operation to prove successful or otherwise. Should it be necessary, plans and equipment are in place to combine the top kill process with the injection under pressure of bridging material into the BOP to prevent or limit upward flow through the BOP.
BP will continue to provide a live video feed from the seabed through the diagnostic testing and top kill, if undertaken. Throughout the diagnostic process and top kill procedure very significant changes in the appearance of the flows at the seabed will be expected. These will not provide a reliable indicator of the overall progress, or success or failure, of the top kill operation as a whole.
Should the top kill not succeed in fully stopping the flow of oil and gas from the well, BP would then intend to move forward to deployment of the LMRP cap containment system.
Deployment of this system will involve first removing the damaged riser from the top of the BOP to leave a cleanly-cut pipe at the top of the BOP’s lower marine riser package (LMRP). The LMRP cap, an engineered containment device with a sealing grommet, would then be connected to a riser from the Discoverer Enterprise drillship and then placed over the existing LMRP with the intention of capturing most of the oil and gas flowing from the well.
The LMRP cap is already on site and it is anticipated that this option will be available for deployment by the end of May.
Additional options also continue to be progressed, including the option of lowering a second blow-out preventer, or a valve, on top of the failed Deepwater Horizon BOP.
Work on the drilling of two relief wells, begun on May 2 and May 16, continues. Each of the wells is estimated to take some three months to complete from the commencement of drilling.
Further information:
BP Press Office London: +44 20 7496 4076
BP Press office, US: +1 281 366 0265
Unified Command Joint Information Center:+1 985-902-5231
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
www.bp.com/gulfofmexicoresponse
From what I understand, they need to push the oil far down the hole. They are pumping some outrageous volume of mud down the hole to push the oil deeper down the well. Like 55 gallons every few seconds. I think that is causing the increased flow from the broken riser seen on the video. Eventually they flow of mud will be changed to to fast setting cement. Pray that the cement can withstand the pressure and set. If so, well is plugged.
wading with baded breadth