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Oil gushing at spill site after vent damaged
NBCNews ^ | 6/23/10

Posted on 06/23/2010 9:29:13 AM PDT by Kartographer

Oil was again gushing uncontrollably from the BP spill site on Wednesday after the company was forced to remove the containment cap when a robotic submarine hit a vent. The news came as officials also reported two deaths in the response effort.

BP hoped to reinstall the cap later Wednesday after fixing the vent and checking for safety.

Earlier Wednesday, BP said that Bob Dudley was appointed to head the new Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, which is in charge of cleaning up the oil spill.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government
KEYWORDS: boatcaptain; crimeinc; deepwaterhorizon; kruse; obama; oilbama; oilspill; soros; williamallenkruse
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To: Deo volente

Suicide?


41 posted on 06/23/2010 10:11:45 AM PDT by Raebie
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To: library user

Between the deaths, the pipe blowing, and the report of burning endangered turtles alive, I’d say this is a pretty bad news day for BP.


42 posted on 06/23/2010 10:12:14 AM PDT by gore_sux (Al Franken - Preferred by Minnesota Educated Somali Pirates and Suicide Bombers Everywhere)
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To: Pan_Yan

What are we looking at? Is that gas? Oil? Flames?


43 posted on 06/23/2010 10:12:48 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
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To: penelopesire

The only thing I can find on the second death is over at the daily kook. A report there is saying that it was a swimming pool accident and I believe I heard that on FOX earlier.


44 posted on 06/23/2010 10:14:03 AM PDT by lovesdogs
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To: Kartographer

According to FoxNew’s story 1 million gallons a day are leaking?

Before the problem with the containment cap, it had collected about 700,000 gallons of oil in the previous 24 hours. Another 438,000 gallons was burned.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/23/people-involved-gulf-oil-spill-cleanup-died-coast-guard-reports/


45 posted on 06/23/2010 10:16:02 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian

The Ships captain was going to go public with what’s going on out there is my guess ...


46 posted on 06/23/2010 10:17:13 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: OB1kNOb
They put the containment module on hold, and tried the "top kill." When that failed, they then turned back to containment. BP regularly acknowledges none of this has been done in waters deeper than 5,000 feet.

It appears the best hope is in the relief wells. It doesn't appear stuffing the hole with anything right now is an option.

47 posted on 06/23/2010 10:20:17 AM PDT by World'sGoneInsane (The terrorists attacked us--and don't you forget it!)
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To: gore_sux
I’d say this is a pretty bad news day for BP.

This has NOTHING TO DO WITH BP, the US Government is running it, rememeber? Obama said he's been in charge since day one, I'm sick of everyone blaming BP, it was an accident, the rest since the accident is the Federal goverments doing
48 posted on 06/23/2010 10:20:41 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: Scythian

Well that amounts to 20,000 Barrelss which is what earleir predicitons were saying. However much that got away that was neither burned nor collected is literaly anybody and everybody’s guess. One could guess only a few hundred more barrels or something like an additional 70,000 or more barrels are escaping.


50 posted on 06/23/2010 10:21:24 AM PDT by emax
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To: lovesdogs

A ‘swimming pool’ accident?

Boy..these clean-up workers have ‘swimming pools’? Jeeez...I knew these workers were not doing much work on orders from the government(10 minutes on and 20 minutes off, etc).....but ‘swimming’ in pools? Why even report the ‘swimming pool’ death in relation to this spill in the first place? Very strange if you ask me.

GIVE ME A BREAK!!

(thanks for the info)


51 posted on 06/23/2010 10:21:32 AM PDT by penelopesire ("Did you plug the hole yet daddy?")
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To: maggief

WHAT??? Did he refuse to turn over his camera and photos?


52 posted on 06/23/2010 10:22:04 AM PDT by mojitojoe (banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Kartographer; All

Fox News is also reporting two deaths, but neither have the actual reason for the death! Did they die from chemical? Fire? Stubbed toe? I mean so they reported two deaths, is it something we, or other clean up crews should be concerned with? It’s almost TOOO vague. What do I mean ‘almost?’


53 posted on 06/23/2010 10:22:27 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf aInd dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: 1000 silverlings
people are losing it

"When people lose everything, and they have nothing left to lose, they lose it." - Gerald Celente (Trends Research Institute)

54 posted on 06/23/2010 10:22:41 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Celebrities first seek fame...then they seek relevance, only to fail miserably at the latter.)
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To: NorCoGOP
...after he counts life vests on the boat...

...and ensures the boat is seaworthy...

...and completes an environmental impact statement regarding the boat's fumes...

...and does a study on potential damage to aquatic life from the propellers...

...finishes 35 rounds of golf with flunkies from the State Department and DNC...

...plays some hoops with homies from Chi-town's Souf Side...

...after Bobby Jindal is investigated, tried, convicted and incarcerated for the seditious act of embarrassing The One...

...and consults academics to come up with theories as to what to do...

...and after all the oil runs out...

...then he'll fix it by Golly!

--------------------- FIXED!

55 posted on 06/23/2010 10:24:37 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: Kartographer
Must be coincidental -- the day after a judge lifts oil ban , the oil cap is accidentally hit and more oil gushes, the dredging is stopped and almost 2000 US skimmers are not allowed to be moved to the Gulf.
56 posted on 06/23/2010 10:25:24 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: World'sGoneInsane
It appears the best hope is in the relief wells. It doesn't appear stuffing the hole with anything right now is an option.

Even with beaureaucrats and BP executives? At least we'd be solving part of the problem. ;-)

57 posted on 06/23/2010 10:26:06 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Celebrities first seek fame...then they seek relevance, only to fail miserably at the latter.)
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To: opentalk

riiiiiiight!

Evil in the Whitehouse.


58 posted on 06/23/2010 10:27:31 AM PDT by tina07 (In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42-12/17/45, d. 11/1/85 -Happy B'day Daddy 2/20/23)
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To: Never on my watch

I sent this article to DRUDGE. They have the news about the deaths up, but their article says nothing about the gun shot wound as the cause for one of the deaths.


59 posted on 06/23/2010 10:27:50 AM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: Scythian

Fox News reported the containment cap problem and deaths of two “workers.” It sounded like it was work related.


60 posted on 06/23/2010 10:29:02 AM PDT by World'sGoneInsane (The terrorists attacked us--and don't you forget it!)
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