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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:13 PM Original message |
BP’s Effort to Plug Oil Leak Suspended a Second Time |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. So if the Top Kill and Junk Shot failed it means we likely wait until August |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It looks to me like the best interim approach |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I think I heard the top hat is the next step. Suttles mentioned the |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. The problem is... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I'd like to see us hire an overseer to be right there in the middle of the action |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. the next thing they speak of is the new top hat, and also attaching another BOP on top of this one |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. that's a little misleading. they measure it from the surface of the ocean |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Ah i thought from seafloor indeed - do I have it right the hole below seafloor is 10.000 feet? |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I'd have to look it up, but that sounds close. n/t |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I think I read/heard that Ixtoc needed 4 relief wells to get it done - |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Rachel Maddow, making the explicit comparison with Ixtoc (tyvm) put it succinctly: |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Are they drilling |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. we all owe this anonymous source a big thank you |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. absolutely agree - like Masseyobtaining the feed, crucial to not be totally left in the dark |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. they've ruptured something. the leak is much worse now n/t |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. yeah it looks like the junk plugged some cracks and something ruptured |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. Same old double talk... |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Watch Suttles lying live at CNN video feed "Oil spill briefing" |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. So according to BP - the periods when pumping is suspended |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. 2:30 AM Friday? |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. They are going about this all wrong... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
21. Tampons |
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