Live oil feed of what looks like the leak has ruptured to some degree … if you go watch the live streams now you can clearly see the oil is flowing at a more “energetic” rate then it was just a couple hours ago. Hopefully their testing for the “top kill” procedure didn’t just go bust.
End point for Gulf oil leak is relief well, BP exec says
Associated PressWeathered oil from the leaking pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. A BP executive said Sunday that a relief well is the “end point” of efforts to stop the Gulf oil spill — which suggests there’s little chance… Read more on New Orleans Times-Picayune
Hurricane Would Halt BP Effort to Seal Leak, Leave Oil Flowing
June 2 (Bloomberg) — A Gulf of Mexico Hurricane would interrupt BP Plc ’s efforts to seal its leaking oil well and force ships siphoning crude from the gusher to seek shelter in a port for more than a week, analysts said. Read more on Bloomberg
BP shares plunge after effort to stem Gulf of Mexico leak fails
LONDON – Shares in BP PLC plummeted on Tuesday, wiping billions off the British company’s market value, after the failure of its latest attempt to stop the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Read more on The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News
BP again stops top kill efforts without announcement during Obama visit to Deepwater Horizon leak
NEW YORK – BP’s renewed attempts to plug the geyser of oil at its unbridled well in the Gulf of Mexico were halted again on Friday when the company stopped pumping operations for the third time in three days, a technician involved in the “top kill” effort told Bellona Web. Read more on Bellona Foundation
BP’s top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil leak
BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press Writer BP admitted defeat Saturday in its attempt to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by pumping mud into a busted well, but said it’s readying yet another approach to fight the spill after a series of failures. Read more on Spartanburg Herald-Journal
BP says end point for stopping Gulf oil leak is relief well due in August
WASHINGTON – A BP executive says a relief well is the “end point” of efforts to stop the Gulf oil spill — which suggests there’s little chance of plugging the leak until the new well is completed in August. Read more on Kitchener – Waterloo Record
Follow bp oil leak on Twitter bestlogodesign.biz Live video feed of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak has been posted online on Thursday. Oil company BP has conceded that more oil is gushing into the Gulf than it had estimated after several scientists watching the video said they believe the leak is higher than official figures. As the Gulf Coast oil leak continues, we want to hear your thoughts on the best way to stop the spill and also how to clean up the oil that has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi Louisiana wetlands oil spill live feed British Petroleum BP oil emergency panel commission RT bp oil leak oil spill environmental disaster Halliburton Transocean Senate Gulf coast oil spill 2010 oil rig fire video Deepwater Horizon deepwater horizon fire deep water horizon US Coast Guard Louisiana coast rig oil rig blast rig explosion oil spill Gulf of Mexico US catastrophe disaster oil wildlife drill baby drill Video Rating: 0 / 5
A view of Pensacola Beach this weekend – Week 4 of the Deep Water Horizon Explosion. BP has proven that they do not have the capability to handle a deep water disaster. All deep water drilling needs to cease! Period! End of story! We are killing the planet. We are the keepers of the Earth ~ it’s time to start acting like it.
Browner won’t guess prospects of plugging oil leak
Associated Press – June 1, 2010 7:34 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) – A top adviser to President Barack Obama says she doesn’t want to guess the prospects for success when BP PLC again tries to use a… Read more on WSFA 12 Montgomery
Solution to US oil leak may take months
With BP making yet another attempt to stem the flow from a blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well – this time only to contain the leak, not stop it – signs point to August before any real end is in sight. Read more on Sky News Australia