Posted on 07/14/2010 8:38:32 AM PDT by profgoose
There are some very good 'experienced' and 'knowledgeable' sources on THE OIL DRUM.
Yet, as you say, the popularity of the WEBSITE and the SPILL has attracted a lot of 'hard core leftists', who, although having no experience, no training, no deep knowledge of the subject, insist THEY KNOW IT ALL.
One needs to be GOOD as separating the 'WHEAT' from the 'CHAFF'.
That same thing happen(s)(ed) here on Free Republic.
I do not believe the Coast Guard had anything to do with the HOLD on the PRESSURE TESTS and Final CAP.
What is more likely is that Chu arrived and asked BP(and subcontractors) to GUARANTEE that if they CLOSED THE GUSHER, that it would stay closed. That the sea floor wouldn’t deteriorate, and the well continue leaking around the outside of the casing.
The DATA they have gathered gives them NO ASSURANCE that things CANNOT GET WORSE, if the well is closed off and the pressure rises internally.
FACT IS, none of us knows at this point.
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