Also see:
"BP Official Admits to Damage BENEATH THE SEA FLOOR
The evidence is growing stronger and stronger that there is substantial damage beneath the sea floor. Indeed, it appears that BP officials themselves have admitted to such damage. This has enormous impacts on both the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf, and the prospects for quickly stopping the leak this summer.
They are not making that up, they (and the MSM are concealing it from you).
Related: Senator Nelson:Casing Broke... Oil Leaking from Seafloor
Gulf Oil Spill "Could Go on Years and Years" ...
That's why Obama has to make the speech tomorrow night.
"Lack of planning for Gulf relief well scrutinized; Scramble after spill cost BP valuable time" by Greg Bluestein, Associated Press | June 14, 2010
NEW ORLEANS — In the chaotic days after the oil rig explosion,
But...
Engineers say the relief effort could be exposed to the same risks that caused the original well to blow out in catastrophic fashion, while potentially creating a worse spill if engineers were to accidentally damage the existing well or tear a hole in the undersea oil reservoir....
There ALREADY IS!
The Associated Press earlier found that BP’s voluminous spill plans for the Gulf and rig were rife with omissions and glaring errors, leading to criticism that the company has essentially been making things up as it goes....
Like a newspaper?
BP says the relief well has been a success and ahead of schedule, representing a welcome change for engineers who have been attempting one risky, untested maneuver after another.
THERE THEY GO AGAIN!!!!
Relief wells are a more proven method in the industry, and engineers are comfortable and confident in the process....
Turns out the relief wells are also a dicey proposition.
(Soccer update: Dutch score again in the 85th minute to take a 2-0 lead)
Kent Wells, BP’s senior vice president of exploration and production, said this week that more details would be released when the process nears completion in early August.
With all that oil billowing out in the meantime.
US regulations are more lax than other countries when it comes to relief wells. In Canada, for example, energy companies must have plans and permits for relief wells before drilling is approved.
Yeah, but the GOVERNMENT HERE gave them ALL SORTS of WAIVERS!
These plans must describe exactly how engineers would drill a relief well if required to do so — down to identifying the drilling vessel and spelling out how long it would take.
Coast Guard Admiral Thad W. Allen, the government’s point-man in the response, has taken it a step further, suggesting that it might be worth requiring oil companies to drill relief wells in tandem with the main well. He said the idea “would be a legitimate point to be raised’’ and put in front of a commission investigating drilling regulations.
Horse, door, barn.
That would be a considerable expense to oil companies — relief wells can cost $100 million.
A DROP in the BUCKET of a $16 BILLION DOLLAR BP PROFIT last year!!!!!!
In the Gulf disaster, BP officials put together relief well plans on the fly in the days after the explosion....
The British oil giant also started drilling a second relief well under pressure from the White House....
But the company underscored the danger of such hasty planning when it noted that a mishap could lead to another blowout that could leak more oil into the ocean.
The permits also discuss a worst-case scenario that would involve inadvertently puncturing the reservoir.
Like I said, this "solution" is RISKY as HELL -- as well as the fact that the well itself is damaged below the seabed!!!
Perhaps they have already punctured the thing are are covering it up in a slick of oil again.
BP did not respond to repeated requests for more information....
WTF is SHE SMOKING?
"inspections usually consist of helicopter visits to offshore rigs to sift through company reports of self-administered tests.... inspectors spent two hours or less each time they visited the massive rig"
That is rigorous, huh?
Related: Gulf Oil Overseer Sees Smoke From Pipe
Oh.
--more--"
Related: Utah oil spill spares Great Salt Lake
They are everywhere.
(Soccer update: Dutch defeat Danes 2-0)
