BP attempts ‘top kill’ to plug devastating oil leak
Energy giant BP began a high-stakes operation Wednesday to plug a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, shooting heavy drilling fluid known as “mud” into a stack of damaged pipes on the sea floor in the hope of sealing a leak that has been gushing crude for 37 days. Read more on Dose
BP May Attempt to Plug Oil Leak With Mud Next Week (Update2)
BP Plc may try early next week to plug an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico by stuffing it with drilling mud, as President Barack Obama named two men today to lead a commission investigating the spill. Read more on BusinessWeek
Pristine habitat, at Cayo Costa, Florida, on eastern Gulf of Mexico, will hopefully be unscathed by discharge of crude oil, actively flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. Life found it’s way to Cayo Costa, will the petroleum find it’s way here, too? Ponder this: day -to-day 4000 oil platforms in Gulf . Financial impact of one problematic rig is? Funnel “containment” devices are for harvesting oil, not plugging blowout. Ans: Shut down all BP rigs until blowout is plugged, so complete focus is on the problem rig with no distraction from the other platforms; then resume business as usual, employees get paid time off. Watch how fast it gets plugged. Dispersants? dilution is not solution to pollution. www.globalsoundstream.com Video Rating: 5 / 5
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BP May Attempt to Plug Oil Leak With Mud Next Week (Update1)
May 21 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc said it may attempt to plug an oil leak 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico next week by stuffing it with drilling mud, a procedure that has never been tried that deep. Read more on Bloomberg
BP says it will plug well feeding Gulf oil spill
BP PLC chief operating officer Doug Suttles says the company will never again try to produce oil through the well. He says the right thing to do is plug the well. Read more on Mobile Press-Register
BP wrestling for third day Sunday to plug Gulf of Mexico oil leak, spill
The Associated PressBP continued its efforts Sunday to contain the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. BP was wrestling for a third day Sunday with its latest contraption for slowing the nearly month-old gusher of oil spilling into… Read more on New Orleans Times-Picayune
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