HOUSTON – BP prepares for the Lower Marine Riser Package Cap (LMRP) installation, a method that may help contain the flow of oil from the well until the permanent relief well is drilled. This video illustrates the shows the first cut by the shear cutter. Video courtesy of BP. Uploads by deepwaterhorizonjic
*Link opens in bp.com site.* Kent Wells, BP’s Senior Vice President, exploration and production, provides a technical update on what is happening to contain the flow of oil from the well. He reviews a multi-step containment strategy that includes the Lower Marine Riser Package Cap and other steps to increase the overall efficiency of the containment operation. Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response
Graphic depiction of how two cuts will be made in order to remove the riser from the Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) to enable the LMRP Cap to be installed. The LMRP Cap will collect oil leaking from the top of the blow-out preventer. Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response
Graphic depiction of how two cuts will be made in order to remove the riser from the Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) to enable the LMRP Cap to be installed. The LMRP Cap will collect oil leaking from the top of the blow-out preventer. Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response
5/18/10: Under pressure from Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), BP releases video from 5/15 of the gusher at the head of the well riser, one of two major leak points from the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig disaster. Independent experts estimated the other leak rate from the wellhead to be between 1 and 3 million gallons a day. This is additional. Video Rating: 5 / 5
100-ton steel-and-concrete box FAILED – WHATS NEXT ? 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover a deepwater oil well gushing toxic crude into the Gulf of Mexico was aborted Saturday news.yahoo.com Alabama’s white sand beaches IN TROUBLE FROM OIL SPILL FLORIDA IS NEXT OIL BELIEVED IS GOING TO REACH FLORIDA BEACHES SOON Video Rating: 4 / 5