"There is no way this cap is stopping the flow of oil. It may not be coming out where the cameras are, which is great for BP and Obama, but if the drilling mud was leaking out to the side, then so too is the oil. A subsurface blowout is forming 1000 feet down under the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. Sooner or later the accumulating oil bubble will blow through the ocean floor in a massive spill event. Maybe Obama is hoping it won't happen until November 5th."-- Wake the Flock Up
I trust him more than I trust my newspaper, and not just because of the Gulf.
"BP begins tests of tighter cap on wellhead; Gets approval of government Takes first step to halt oil flow" by Tom Breen and Harry R. Weber, Associated Press | July 15, 2010
NEW ORLEANS —
Retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the Obama admininistration’s point man on the disaster, said the government gave the go-ahead after carefully reviewing the risks.
“What we didn’t want to do is compound that problem by making an irreversible mistake,’’ he said at the end of a 24-hour roller-coaster of hopes raised, hopes dashed, and hopes raised again along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Translation: We don't want the sea floor blowing out.
The cap — a 75-ton metal stack of pipes and valves — was lowered onto the well Monday in hopes of either bottling up the oil inside the well machinery, or capturing it and funneling it to the surface. But before BP could test the equipment, the government intervened because of second thoughts about whether the buildup of pressure from the gushing oil could rupture the walls of the well and make the leak worse....
They already have been.
See: WE ALREADY KNEW LAST MAY THERE IS A BREECH IN THE WELL CASING BELOW THE SURFACE
The MSM lying and cover-up of this stuff is leaving them at the bottom with BP.
The test began with BP shutting off pipes that were funneling some of the oil to ships so the full force of the gusher went up into the cap. Then deep-sea robots began slowly closing, one at a time, three openings in the cap that let oil pass through. Ultimately, the flow of crude will be blocked entirely. All along, engineers will be watching pressure readings to learn whether the well is intact....
Another stage production just like the Russian spy case, that's the way I see it.
Then this problem for Obama can go away -- or so the agenda-pushing MSM thinks. Nothing will ever be the same again with him, his presidency, or the pathetic and putrid AmeriKan MSM!
The one-day delay came just when it looked as if the gulf oil crisis could be nearing an end.
That is the AGENDA being PUSHED by the LIARS!
The holdup was met with disappointment along the Gulf Coast.
Yes, after you have been lied to so many times that is the reaction you are going to get.
You guys blew it, MSM and government.
Too many lies for too long -- and the fact that THEY CONTINUE is the FINAL STRAW!
Maybe that will help you suck up some of that oil!
“This thing’s been going on for so long now, it’s time to take a gamble,’’ said Mitch Jurisich, a third-generation oyster farmer from Empire, La.....
No, that is probably the LAST THING you want BP and government doing!
They ALWAYS SEEM to LOSE -- and then LIE ABOUT IT!
BP also said it was halting drilling on one of two relief wells that are intended to plug the gusher permanently from deep underground. The company said it was stopping the work because it was not clear what effect the testing of the cap could have on it. Work on the other relief well had already been stopped according to plan.
Yeah, if you cap the SoB the thing could blow up into the relief wells and then where would we be?
Before BP got the go-ahead for the cap test, BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles urged gulf residents to be patient....
I can't speak for them, but I ran out of that a long time ago.
Tony Wood, director of the National Spill Control School at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, said the government’s caution is a prudent course, because so much of the work being contemplated is uncharted territory.
Wood said trapping the oil in the cap could increase pressure inside the casing, or the piping inside the well, and could fracture it until it is leaking like a sieve. That could make it impossible to plug the well....
That is WHERE WE ARE NOW, I'm sorry to say!
Related: MSNBC July 15: Matt Simmons says BP covering up MASSIVE HOLE miles away, cap test is “absurd”
MSNBC: "Scientists starting to voice concerns about methane being at levels that will kill millions"
You won't find that in my morning newspaper, dear readers.
As of yesterday, the 85th day of the disaster, between 92 million and 182 million gallons of oil had spewed into the gulf since the Deepwater Horizon rig leased by BP exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.
I heard it was a hell of a lot more, MSM.
WTF, hey?!?!
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And it sure is murky at the bottom of the Boston Globe's sea of censorship:
NEW ORLEANS --The oil has stopped. For now. After 85 days and up to 184 million gallons, BP finally gained control over one of America's biggest environmental catastrophes Thursday by placing a carefully fitted cap over a runaway geyser that has been gushing crude into the Gulf of Mexico since early spring.
You happy now, America?
Though a temporary fix, the accomplishment was greeted with hope, high expectations -- and, in many cases along the beleaguered coastline, disbelief....
That's me. especially when it comes to this lying government and its MSM.
If the cap holds, if the sea floor doesn't crack and if the relief wells being prepared are completed successfully, this could be the beginning of the end for the spill. But that's a lot of ifs....
Yeah, and my college writing course said those were BAD WORDS for a "REPORT!"
And YET they APPEAR ALL OVER my NEWSPAPER EVERY DAY!!
Much like the hours immediately after a surgery, the patient was in stable, guarded condition and being watched closely for complications....
Yeah, why not an insult, too?
Nevertheless, one comforting fact stood out:
President Barack Obama called Thursday's development "a positive sign."
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The worst-case scenario would be if the oil forced down into the bedrock ruptured the seafloor irreparably. Leaks deep in the well bore might also be found, which would mean that oil would continue to flow into the Gulf. And there's always the possibility of another explosion, either from too much pressure or from a previously unknown unstable piece of piping.
Then WHY is the MSM and GOVERNMENT SPINNING THIS?
The drama that unfolded quietly in the darkness of deep water Thursday was a combination of trial, error, technology and luck.
Sigh!!!
On the video feed, the violently churning cloud of oil and gas coming out of a narrow tube thinned, and tapered off. Suddenly, there were a few puffs of oil, surrounded by cloudy dispersant that BP was pumping on top. Then there was nothing....
If you believe what you see on television anymore. I don't.
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley's face lit up when he heard the news. "I think a lot of prayers were answered today," he said.
Prove it, said Stephon LaFrance of Buras, La.
"I've been out of work since this happened, right? And I ain't never received nothing from BP since this oil spill happened," he said. "Like they say they stopped this oil leak. I think that's a lie. I got to see it to believe it."
Ever notice the agenda-pushing, supremacist paper makes skeptics of it's lies seem like idiots?
The next 48 hours are critical. Engineers and scientists will be monitoring the cap around the clock, looking for pressure changes. High pressure is good, because it shows there's only a single leak. Low pressure, below 6,000 pounds per square inch or so, could mean more leaks farther down in the well.
Yeah, we ALREADY KNOW they are THERE!
Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral overseeing the spill for the government, said they are deciding as they go along whether to release oil into the water again. At the end of the 48-hour test it's possible oil will start to flow again -- but, theoretically, in a controlled manner....
Oh, well, that's better!
The saga has devastated BP, costing it billions in everything from cleanup to repair efforts to plunging stock prices.
Yeah, POOR BP, huh, readers?
Un-fucking-believable!
This is JOURNALISM?
Though BP shares have edged upward, they shot higher in the last hour of trading on Wall Street after the company announced the oil had stopped.....
Yeah, that is ANOTHER REASON the LIES are NEEDED -- get that stock price up!
The Gulf Coast has been shaken economically, environmentally and psychologically by the hardships of the past three months. That feeling of being swatted around -- by BP, by the government, by fate even -- was evident in the wide spectrum of reactions to news of the capping....
The fishing industry in particular has been buffeted by fallout from the spill. Surveys of oyster grounds in Louisiana showed extensive deaths of the shellfish. Large sections of the Gulf Coast -- which accounts for 60 to 70 percent of the oysters eaten in the United States -- have been closed to harvesting, which helps explain why one oysterman in Louisiana refused to accept that progress was afoot....
Hey, GOVERNMENT SAID the FISH was SAFE TO EAT!
Long after the out-of-control well is finally plugged, oil could still be washing up in marshes and on beaches as tar balls or disc-shaped patties. The sheen will dissolve over time, scientists say, and the slick will convert to another form.
With CHEMICAL HELP, right?
There's also fear that months from now, oil could move far west to Corpus Christi, Texas, or farther east and hitch a ride on the loop current, possibly showing up as tar balls in Miami or North Carolina's Outer Banks....
As the BLOGS have been saying for WEEKS!!!
Finally CATCHING UP, 'eh, MSM?
Also see: Oil reaches Mexico’s Yucutan
Once the well stops actively spewing oil, the slicks will rapidly weather and disappear, possibly within a week....
And then you will never know anything ever happened, America.
Move along now.
"BP is encouraged by early results from Gulf well" by Colleen Long and Harry R. Weber, Associated Press Writers | July 16, 2010
NEW ORLEANS --BP was encouraged early Friday by results from an experimental cap shutting in oil from its busted Gulf of Mexico well, saying everything was holding steady 17 hours into the effort.
BP vice president Kent Wells said on a conference call that there was no evidence of a leak in the pipe under the sea floor, one of the main concerns....
Do you still believe these self-serving f***ing liars, readers? I don't.
As of Friday, the pressure was more than 6,700 pounds per square inch, above the minimum they were hoping to see, but not yet in the high range of 8,000 to 9,000 psi they were hoping for....
Translation: THERE ARE LEAKS!!!!
Sigh.
It's still unclear whether the well cap will need to be reopened to allow oil to leak back after the test....
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And look at what a treat the webbers received:
You can read that one. I'm not.
Also see: Capping Off the Globe's Gulf Gusher Coverage
Yeah, that ought to do it.
Go back to sleep, America.
