That is why they are nothing more than dead fish in the water now.
"More drilling needed to ensure end to oil spill; Completion of relief well is days away" by Tom Breen, Associated Press | August 14, 2010
NEW ORLEANS -- Last week,
Then why wasn't this thing fixed months ago?
But retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen dashed those hopes after scientists conducted pressure tests on Thursday.
Scientists had hoped that the cement pumped in from the top had plugged the gap between the well’s inner pipe and its outer casing. The pressure tests showed that some cement was in the gap, but officials do not know enough about what is there — or how much of it there is — to trust that the seal is permanent, said Allen....
Allen said scientists from BP and the government are working to ensure the bottom kill does not damage the cap and make the disaster worse.
The disaster could STILL BE MADE WORSE?!!
New equipment to ease the pressure inside the well might have to be installed, which would “significantly affect the timeline’’ for the final fix, Allen said, though he did not specify how much....
They haven't fixed s***, America?
See: THE GULF IS STILL LEAKING - DID BP SWITCH THE WELL SEEN ON TV?
Could it be that EVERYTHING YOU SEE on TV is a STAGED PRODUCTION, readers?
Work on the relief well was suspended earlier this week because of bad weather. It could take four days to get the operation up and running again....
The possibility, floated earlier this week, that the well might already be plugged did not sit well with local officials and environmentalists, who said they were leery of optimistic forecasts from BP and the government....
Well, once someone has lied to you for self-serving purposes....
The well spilled an estimated 206 million gallons of crude into the sea before BP finally put a cap on it July 15....
Related:
"estimated 207 million gallons"
Is that the final number they are settling on?
BP agreed to the liability costs?
Bob Bea, a petroleum engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said:
“We don’t know the details.... We don’t know.... we can’t tell....’’
And you aren't going to find any answers in the AmeriKan newspaper!
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Related: Globe Makes Gulf Gusher Go Away
Someone else who may have been made to go away:
"Matthew Simmons, banker who backed alternative energy" by Associated Press | August 10, 2010
ROCKLAND, Maine — Matthew Simmons, an energy investment banker who espoused the peak oil theory, became an advocate for alternative energy, and served as energy adviser to President George W. Bush, has died at his North Haven island home, officials said yesterday. He was 67....
Mr. Simmons’s body was found Sunday night in his hot tub, investigators said.
An autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office concluded yesterday that he died of accidental drowning with heart disease as a contributing factor....
Covering their asses.
Mr. Simmons was critical of BP’s handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and predicted the company would file for bankruptcy. In one interview, he said the cleanup costs could top $1 trillion....
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Related:
GULF OIL DISASTER - Matt Simmons: "Theres another leak, much bigger, 5 to 6 miles away"
Matt Simmons Has Died
Also see: BP set to pay record fine
No, that was for something else.
Scientists Confirm Matt Simmons Claim by discovering 2 Giant Underwater Oil Spills