Actually ‘crap cap’ is working exceptionally well to be honest.
They are currently pulling around 1000 Barrels a day through the cap with all valves open. That is 42,000 GALLONS a day right off the bat.
The system can handle up to 20,000 Barrels a day flow according to specs.
The well is pumping between 220,000 and 500,000 gallons a day, depending on whether you take the ‘official’ estimate or the ‘worst case’ estimate. That is a flow of around 5,000 to 12,000 BARRELS a day.
IF we go with the official estimate, the cap is capturing 20% of the flow right off the bat with all the valves open.
Some are now saying it is pulling as much as 1600-2000 Barrels as they start to close valves on the Cap.
Already the ROV feeds are showing much more of the ‘fins’ than they were yesterday, so it is obvious they are starting to up the flow into the pipe.
BP is now saying they are very optimistic they will capture 80-90% of the flow with the cap. I would say that is anything but CRAP.
All that is true and are good points. Plus, we should probably keep reminding ourselves, it’s GAS along with oil that’s coming out, and gas expands to very large volumes super fast. It just seemns incredibly easy for people to forget thgat so it should be noted again.
I checked last, just visually, about 4 PM Pacific time.
Just checked again. It is very plain to my eyeballs at least that there is much less coming out now. You can easily see the “fins” on the cap. As the oil rolls a bit, you can see the sidewalls and handle on the cap.
Not sure how far along they are in tightening down the seal but I would think any new figures on how much oil will be dramatically increased.