[xzins]

What worries me when I see the live feed is that BP is blowing mud and junk into that hole, but it seems to me that they should be blowing it DOWN the hole and overcoming the UP pressure of the oil.

Instead, I see a huge billowing cloud of brown blowing UP from the hole. Either they are not blowing it DOWN or the pressure inside is forcing it back UP.

That IS what my eyes are seeing. Someone tell me why I shouldn’t trust my lying eyes.

[P-Marlowe]

That IS what my eyes are seeing. Someone tell me why I shouldn’t trust my lying eyes.

It ain't gettin better.

Has anyone even started drilling a release hole?

Where is Obama golfing today?

[ZX12R]

That IS what my eyes are seeing. Someone tell me why I shouldn’t trust my lying eyes.

At this point, I believe that BP is trying the kill shot, and the junk shot, but I can't help but wonder if they know it will not work and are just going through the motions, rather than just say "There's nothing to do but wait for the relief wells".

[thackney]

The immense pressure and flow rate they inject the mud causes it to go out the leaks AND down the hole. As long as the leaks are not plugged, they will flow during this injection.

Until enough heavy mud gets down the deep casing to overcome the field pressure and then they cement, the leaks will continue.