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Apparently the plan is going to be to start with a Static Top Kill followed later by a Bottom Kill. The Top Kill will put mud all the way down to the bottom of the drill pipe. The bottom kill will put mud into the annulus area around the pipe. There are two problems with the plan that are immediately recognizable.

Will the leaking BOP and 3 Ram Stack handle the increase in pressure during the Top Kill ? They are apparently leaking at metal seals (da gaskets). Kent thinks it is due to the formation of gas bubbles in the seal. They will supposedly only need to temporarily increase the pressure while injecting the kill mud and forcing the oil product downward. Once the kill mud is inside the assemblies it will dramatically lower the pressure. So they see this as just a small short term gamble.

They will also have to convert the Q4000 from collection to mud injection. Takes a day or two. This is a gamble because if they spring a leak, the Q4000 wont be ready for collection. The Caribbean is also coming alive again with potential Tropical Storms developing.

Ack!! Are you watching the Skandi ROV2 feed right now? There’s a large blackish blob migrating out from underneath something, I can’t tell exactly what it is but the blackness is spreading so quickly it’s got to be a horribly bad thing that has happened......

Oh, it’s a shadow. Never mind.