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'Top kill' effort succeeds in blocking oil leak, Coast Guard admiral says
latimes ^ | 5 27 10

Posted on 05/27/2010 5:53:57 AM PDT by dennisw

Edited on 05/27/2010 6:12:15 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Reporting from Houma, La. Engineers have succeeded in stopping the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government's top oil spill commander, U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bp; deepwaterhorizon; louisiana; oilspill; topkill
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To: dennisw

Good for BP - and COMMERCIAL industry.

And now watch Barry Zero claim the credit.


221 posted on 05/27/2010 8:00:43 AM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: Bigun

Well hey stranger! How the heck have you been? Long time no see ‘round these parts.


222 posted on 05/27/2010 8:04:46 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Scythian
I’m not buying it yet ...

Me either. I've seen nothing that says conclusively that there will be no more oil leaking. Also, BP has not said that it is successful yet.
223 posted on 05/27/2010 8:05:48 AM PDT by ZX12R
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To: dennisw

With that film of the oil gushing from the ocean floor, the Left has it’s “Silent Spring” / “Three Mile Island” / “Chernobyl” propaganda with which to kill domestic oil production for the next 150 years. Great job to the fools who perpetrated this disaster by not following proper procedures (probably for schedule gains).


224 posted on 05/27/2010 8:06:23 AM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government -- Thomas Paine)
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To: usconservative

LOL! I was about to say the exact same thing about you!

All is well at this end! I still post here but not as much as I used to up until this disaster in the gulf at least!

How’s thing up in Obamer land?


225 posted on 05/27/2010 8:07:32 AM PDT by Bigun ("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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To: Dead Corpse
BP has been dragging it's feet trying to salvage the wellhead.

The wellhead is not salvageable. BP has not been dragging their feet. If you want to know what is really being done, and how long things take and why, here:

The Gulf Deepwater Oil Spill - the Top Kill Attempt

226 posted on 05/27/2010 8:07:52 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: dennisw; AFPhys
Sure hope this is true.

I do too. What'd they do?

What's top kill?

227 posted on 05/27/2010 8:08:02 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

Fox is currently discussing this issue at length and there is NO confirmation of complete stop of the flow.


228 posted on 05/27/2010 8:08:06 AM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: AFPhys

No kidding! I can do all those things you mentioned and none of them are easy even under ideal conditions. If this fix turns out good these people should be lauded for a job well done under incredible pressure. No pun intended!!


229 posted on 05/27/2010 8:08:49 AM PDT by refermech
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To: ZX12R

The live feed also seems to have stopped? Does anyone have a working live feed link that shows the exact spot of the leak?


230 posted on 05/27/2010 8:08:52 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: 70times7
Thank you lord high Obama, for telling them to “plug the hole”. What would we do without your forceful leadership?

This will be the meme of the old dying lying lame stream media for the next month - count on it.
231 posted on 05/27/2010 8:10:28 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: al_c
Perhaps they ‘feel’ some good news will relieve the pressure of the whole situation.
232 posted on 05/27/2010 8:10:58 AM PDT by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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To: AFPhys

“Anyone who doesn’t understand that should still be in a highchair”

What a patronizing comment. Any professional oil techie who didn’t have this “idea” on the shelf, to deal with a potential catastrophic failure of the blowout preventer at any depth being drilled .... should be sent to military planning school. Captains and Majors could help them think ahead and plan for the unthinkable, then step aside while the exceptionally brilliantly condescending engineers do it.


233 posted on 05/27/2010 8:11:01 AM PDT by silverleaf
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To: Scythian


The oil leak has stopped and it's only a coincidence that the live feed has also stopped ... Trust me, there is no leak ...
234 posted on 05/27/2010 8:11:50 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian

The live feed has not stopped.

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html


235 posted on 05/27/2010 8:12:47 AM PDT by Raebie
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To: Scythian

They are moving the ROV’s around to different levels of the BOP stack to make sure that they have not blown out a valve from the pumping pressures. They will go back to the riser soon. When it shows that the flow has stopped, then you know that the cement plug is in place.


236 posted on 05/27/2010 8:13:53 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: penelopesire
The Messiah has healed the oceans with a wave of his forked tongue....(eye roll).

Obama should be acknowledged for one thing.

He did not go out to the rig to visit. That would have shut down all operations for two days, and required all other ships to leave the area.

237 posted on 05/27/2010 8:14:47 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: Scythian
The live feed also seems to have stopped? Does anyone have a working live feed link that shows the exact spot of the leak?

There have been no video of any leaks for the last hour or so.
238 posted on 05/27/2010 8:15:09 AM PDT by ZX12R
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To: crusty old prospector

uh huh ... I’ll wait until i see the evidence, and the thing could start leaking again at any time, this isn’t over.


239 posted on 05/27/2010 8:15:20 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: dennisw

bttt


240 posted on 05/27/2010 8:16:17 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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