The Oil Drum - Deciphering The New Activity (Top Kill, Junk Shot, Etc.) and a New Thread

[profgoose]

Here's the latest "live" thread with insights from the engineers and geos as well as streaming video: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6524

Relevant links to top kill procedure (scroll to comments in each, they're very good.)

What actually caused this all in the first place?
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6493

Deepwater Oil Spill - Permissions and Concerns about Top Kill
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6513

Deep Water Spill - Waiting for Top Kill (more updated tech)
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6509

The Gulf Deepwater Oil Spill - the Top Kill Attempt (the technical aspect of what just happened)
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6505

The Gulf Deepwater Oil Spill, barriers, flow rates, and top kill
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6501

[tekisui]

1. I find it interesting when BP changes cameras.

It is back on the riser end now, after being on the BOP leak for the past few days. The riser is deeper in its hole and seems to be flowing at a higher rate.

The whole time the camera feed was from the BOP, I wondered about the riser end. Now, I wonder about the BOP leak.

[TacticalPeek]

3. "The riser is deeper in its hole and seems to be flowing at a higher rate."

Yep.

So, why has the "oil recovery pipe" that was recovering over 20% of the escaping oil (HA!) that the media were touting earlier is not even mentioned when it disappears for several days? The MSM suck in public.

[alittlelark]

2. What are they going to do w/ the giant circ. saw?

[Go2Peace]

4. This is confusing. This other camera looks like oil is still pouring out?

Can someone explain the difference between the two? The comments on the site in the OP say it is almost contained. But this video does not look like that?

http://globalwarming.house.gov/spillcam