Update . Seems BP wants to leave the cap on untill its plugged , but now the government wants to open it back up which could result in releasing more oil into the gulf for up to 3 day to releive the preasure before they can start contaiment again . Whats wrong with this picture
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NEW ORLEANS -- BP hopes to keep using its giant stopper to block [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]oil[/COLOR][/COLOR] from reaching the Gulf of Mexico until they plug the blown out well permanently, the company said Sunday.
"No one associated with this whole activity ... wants to see any more oil flow into the Gulf of Mexico," said Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer. "Right now we don't have a target to return the well to flow."
Retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen outlined a different plan on Saturday, saying that after the test was complete, the cap would be hooked up through nearly a mile of pipes stretching to ships on the surface that will collect the oil.
But that would mean oil would have to be released back into the Gulf for three days to release pressure from the well, Suttles said. The oil giant hopes to instead keep the oil shut in until its permanent measure is completed, although Suttles said BP was taking it day by day.
It wasn't immediately clear if the plan had changed, or if BP and the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]government[/COLOR][/COLOR] disagreed about the next move. Allen will make the ultimate decision.
Both Allen and BP have said they don't know how long the trial run -- initially set to end Saturday -- will continue. Allen has extended it to Sunday afternoon, and could extend it again.
Unimpeded, the well spewed as much as 2.5 million gallons a day, according to the government's worst-case estimates. It's possible the oil has been depleted, and that's why pressure readings from the cap have been lower than anticipated, BP has said.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/17/gulf-waits-oil-plugged-long/
Full article in the link
NEW ORLEANS -- BP hopes to keep using its giant stopper to block [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]oil[/COLOR][/COLOR] from reaching the Gulf of Mexico until they plug the blown out well permanently, the company said Sunday.
"No one associated with this whole activity ... wants to see any more oil flow into the Gulf of Mexico," said Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer. "Right now we don't have a target to return the well to flow."
Retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen outlined a different plan on Saturday, saying that after the test was complete, the cap would be hooked up through nearly a mile of pipes stretching to ships on the surface that will collect the oil.
But that would mean oil would have to be released back into the Gulf for three days to release pressure from the well, Suttles said. The oil giant hopes to instead keep the oil shut in until its permanent measure is completed, although Suttles said BP was taking it day by day.
It wasn't immediately clear if the plan had changed, or if BP and the [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]government[/COLOR][/COLOR] disagreed about the next move. Allen will make the ultimate decision.
Both Allen and BP have said they don't know how long the trial run -- initially set to end Saturday -- will continue. Allen has extended it to Sunday afternoon, and could extend it again.
Unimpeded, the well spewed as much as 2.5 million gallons a day, according to the government's worst-case estimates. It's possible the oil has been depleted, and that's why pressure readings from the cap have been lower than anticipated, BP has said.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/17/gulf-waits-oil-plugged-long/