BP Resumes Effort to Plug Oil Leak After Suspension

New York Times ^ | May 28th, 2010 | Clifford Kraus

[FootBall]

In an operation known as a “junk shot,” BP engineers poured pieces of rubber, golf balls and other materials into the crippled blowout preventer, trying to clog the device that sits atop the wellhead.

[FootBall]

FORE!!!!!

[jessduntno]

In an operation known as a “junk shot,”

Did Hillary get one of these?

[csmusaret]

In his own words Obama owns this top-kill operation:

“Now, when it comes to what’s happening on the surface, we’ve been much more involved in the in situ burns, in the skimming. Those have been happening more or less under our direction. And we feel comfortable about many of the steps that have been taken. There have been areas where there have been disagreements. I’ll give you two examples.

Initially on this top kill, you know, there were questions in terms of how effective it could be. But also what were the risks involved? Because we’re operating at such a pressurized level, a mile underwater, and at such frigid temperatures that the reactions of various compounds and various approaches had to be calibrated very carefully.

That’s when I sent Steven Chu down, the secretary of Energy, and he brought together a team — basically, a brain trust, some of the smartest folks we have at the national labs and in academia — to essentially serve as a oversight board with BP engineers and scientists in making calculations about how much mud could you pour down, how fast, without risking potentially the whole thing blowing.

So in that situation, you’ve got the federal government directly overseeing what BP is doing, and Thad Allen is giving authorization when finally we feel comfortable that the risks of attempting a top kill, for example, are — are sufficiently reduced that it needs to be tried.”

[IYellAtMyTV]

"In an operation known as a “junk shot,” Did Hillary get one of these?"

No, I think that was Monica

[plain talk]

“Now, when it comes to what’s happening on the surface, we’ve been much more involved in the in situ burns, in the skimming. Those have been happening more or less under our direction. And we feel comfortable about many of the steps that have been taken. There have been areas where there have been disagreements. I’ll give you two examples.

Initially on this top kill, you know, there were questions in terms of how effective it could be. But also what were the risks involved? Because we’re operating at such a pressurized level, a mile underwater, and at such frigid temperatures that the reactions of various compounds and various approaches had to be calibrated very carefully.

That’s when I sent Steven Chu down, the secretary of Energy, and he brought together a team — basically, a brain trust, some of the smartest folks we have at the national labs and in academia — to essentially serve as a oversight board with BP engineers and scientists in making calculations about how much mud could you pour down, how fast, without risking potentially the whole thing blowing. So in that situation, you’ve got the federal government directly overseeing what BP is doing, and Thad Allen is giving authorization when finally we feel comfortable that the risks of attempting a top kill, for example, are — are sufficiently reduced that it needs to be tried.”

It's hard to believe Obama actually said this. What a truly bizarre lie.

[TigersEye]

That’s when I sent Steven Chu down, the secretary of Energy, and he brought together a team — basically, a brain trust, some of the smartest folks we have at the national labs and in academia — ...

No wonder things keep getting delayed. The doers have to wait for the book-learned egg heads to nod in unison.

[jessduntno]

"In an operation known as a “junk shot,” Did Hillary get one of these?"

"No, I think that was Monica."

Heh, heh...no, that was a Punk Shot...I was talking trunk...

[1010RD]

Paging George Costanza, Paging George Costanza!

[Recovering_Democrat]

[libstripper]

FTA:

But the technician working on the effort said later Friday that despite the injections at various pressure levels, engineers had been able to keep less than 10 percent of the injection fluids inside the stack of pipes above the well. He said that was barely an improvement on Wednesday’s results when the operation began and was suspended after 11 hours. BP resumed the pumping effort Thursday evening for about 10 more hours.

“I won’t say progress was zero, but I don’t know if we can round up enough mud to make it work,” the technician said. “Everyone is disappointed at this time.”

It looks more and more like they're pumping mud into the hole just to have it leak out through cracks in the drill pipe and cracks in the surrounding rock, someting that was at least likely because BP sped up the drilling to save money and, in doing so, cracked some of the more fragile formations. Interesting that the Times reporters don't seem to have learned of this problem.

[al baby]

Is “junk shot” a porno term

[usmcobra]

Think extreme close up

[Neidermeyer]

That would be “money shot” you’re thinking of.

[al baby]

Let me go ask my mommy brb

[razorback-bert]

That’s when I sent Steven Chu down, the secretary of Energy, and he brought together a team — basically, a brain trust, some of the smartest folks we have at the national labs and in academia — to essentially serve as a oversight board with BP engineers and scientists in making calculations about how much mud could you pour down, how fast, without risking potentially the whole thing blowing.

I am waiting for someone to ask the big eared donkey, how many wells Chu has drilled?

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

bert, to hell with how many he has drilled, how many has he killed???

[Bigun]

That’s when I sent Steven Chu down, the secretary of Energy, and he brought together a team — basically, a brain trust, some of the smartest folks we have at the national labs and in academia — to essentially serve as a oversight board with BP engineers and scientists in making calculations about how much mud could you pour down, how fast, without risking potentially the whole thing blowing.

Ten to one says Chu wouldn't know a mouse hole from a monkey board!

[lentulusgracchus]

Ten to one says Chu wouldn't know a mouse hole from a monkey board!

And if I asked him for the key to the vee door, he'd send someone to go looking for it.

[Bigun]

And if I asked him for the key to the vee door, he'd send someone to go looking for it.

And you could get the guy looking for the key to bring a bucket of slack when he comes back as well.