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There is only ONE CONCLUSION you can draw, dear readers, and that is that the RELIEF WELLS have FAILED!!
The second thing that occurs to any thinking person is THEN WHY WASN'T THIS DONE MONTHS AGO?!!!!!
Something STINKS in the Gulf and it sure as hell ain't the dead sea life!
"Despite order, oil dispersant was used often in gulf; Chemical used 74 times in 59 days, review finds" by David A. Fahrenthold, Washington Post | August 1, 2010
WASHINGTON — At the Deepwater Horizon site, workers moved closer yesterday to completing work on a relief well that will be used to plug the leak for good.
Yes, the American people have patiently waited for the HOPE of a relief well.
Allen said last week that work on the relief well was taking longer than planned because sediment settled in it when crews plugged it to keep it safe during Tropical Storm Bonnie.
Yes, the American people have constantly been disappointed.
Removal of the sediment will delay until Tuesday a procedure known as a static kill, in which mud, and possibly cement will be pumped into the blown-out well through the temporary cap that has kept it from leaking for more than two weeks.
Related: Gulf Gusher Coverage Entering Agenda-Pushing Phase
Yeah, the gunk they poured in showed up at the BOTTOM of the WELL!
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Same sort of gunk we call a newspaper back here:
"Crews to start plugging oil well; Engineers see ‘static kill’ as step toward a permanent solution" by Greg Bluestein, Associated Press | August 2, 2010
NEW ORLEANS — The only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out of the Gulf of Mexico right now is a rush job: an experimental cap that has held for more than two weeks but was never meant to be permanent.
Why do I sense a BUT coming?
As soon as this week, crews will be pumping in some insurance.
Engineers are preparing to launch a so-called static kill as early as this evening, shoving mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out well to make it easier to plug the gusher forever and end the Summer of the Spill....
Yup, it's all over, America.
Now move along, move along, nothing to see here!
The company tried a similar process, called a top kill, to choke the well with mud in May. It failed partly because the mud could not overcome the flow of the oil.
There is reason to hope this time will be different....
Because the MSM REPORTING will be DIFFERENT!
There is always the risk that the pressure exerted by the mud will rupture the casing holding in the oil and potentially cause an even greater mess, but experts say that is unlikely....
It already has and we have known about it for months.
And federal officials are downplaying its importance in case of a failure. Retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the government’s point man on the recovery effort, said yesterday that “static kill is not the end all, be all.’’
BP has had more than its share of failures experimenting with other ambitious efforts. So if the oil is already contained and the completion of the relief well appears to be just around the corner, why is the company even bothering to attempt the complicated static kill?
One reason is that it should make it easier to finish the relief well, which BP and government officials have long said is the only permanent solution. Crews are also drilling a backup relief well a few thousand feet behind the primary one, which is about 100 feet from its target.
If the static kill is successful, though, Eric Smith, associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute said, they likely would not have to use as much mud to choke the oil. It is also a good way for BP to hedge its bets in case the relief well takes longer than expected to work, he said.
See that carrot out in front of you, America?
There is a third reason the company has embraced the static kill: the threat of another violent storm disrupting the cleanup process. Federal officials are hoping to end the oil threat before peak hurricane season, which typically lasts from mid-August to late October....
And get it out of the public mind!
The past few days have brought some other promise, including more headway on the relief well that has long been the promised panacea and the reopening of some fishing grounds. And despite recent concerns by congressional investigators that BP might have overused potentially harmful chemical dispersants, the developments have the makings for an interesting week.
Related: MSM Correxts the Record on Gulf Gusher
They still got it wrong.
“It could be the beginning of the end,’’ said Darryl Bourgoyne, director of Petroleum Engineering Research Lab at Louisiana State University....
For the AmeriKan MSM and me it is the end.
"Pumped-in mud mix may kill leak for good, BP says; But relief wells, nearly complete, will be finished" by Greg Bluestein, Associated Press | August 3, 2010
NEW ORLEANS — After insisting for months that a pair of costly relief wells were the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico,
As crews planned testing late yesterday to determine whether to proceed with a “static kill’’ to pump mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the well, BP senior vice president Kent Wells said that if that scheme is successful, the relief wells may not be used after all....
You have earned the right to be beside yourself, America.
Officials still say a relief well is the only way to make certain the oil is contained to its vast undersea reservoir, and BP plans to finish drilling those wells....
Which means it is still leaking despite what the MSM is telling you, and will go on leaking long after they tell you it has stopped.
Then they can move on to other things like dividing people over false issues for phony elections and starting more wars.
I'm sorry I no longer believe them regarding anything, readers.
“Precisely what the relief wells will do remains to be seen, given what we learn from the static kill,’’ BP spokesman Daren Beaudo said. “Can’t predict it for certain.’’
Thad Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral who is the government’s point man on the spill response, said one of the biggest variables is whether the area called the annulus, which is between the inner piping and the outer casing, has sprung an oil leak.
Engineers probably won’t be able to answer that question until they drill in from the bottom, he said.
“Everyone would like to have this thing over as soon as possible,’’ Allen said, adding: “We don’t know the condition of the well until we start pushing mud into it.’’
By reconsidering a “bottom kill,’’ the company could be more worried than it has said publicly about debris found in the relief well after it was briefly capped as Tropical Storm Bonnie passed last week, said Ed Overton, a Louisiana State University environmental sciences professor.
Will they ever tell us the truth?
Plus, he said, trying to seal the well from the top gives BP two shots at ending the disaster.
“Frankly, if they can shut it off from the top and it’s a good, permanent seal, I’ll take it,’’ Overton said. “A bird in the hand at this point is a good thing, with this deal.’’
They ALREADY TRIED that and it FAILED!!!
Translation: the relief wells failed and will not work.
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Related: Rense and Icke, Gulf Oil Disaster June 29th, yet timeless, excerpt
