May 29 2010
Top Kill Failed, BP Has New Strategy
BP’s latest attempt ‘Top Kill‘ has failed to stop the oil spill from April 20th in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, they’re moving on to their next option.
Meanwhile the world is watching in hopes this will end as today marks the 40th day of the largest oil spill in American history.
BP said Saturday that its “top kill
” bid to plug the worst oil spill in U.S. history wasn’t working and that it would try another approach next.
“We have not been able to stop the flow,” BP PLC Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles
A live feed of the leak showed preparations Saturday for BP’s next step. An underwater robot gripped a saw near the bent and leaking pipe, or riser, atop a failed blowout preventer. BP aims to slice off the pipe and place a cap and seal over the opening. The idea is to connect that to a new riser from the drillship above, with the hopes of capturing oil and natural gas.
That operation is known as the lower marine riser package, and Suttles confirmed that BP had been preparing for that step “all along.”
“We haven’t done it to this date because we needed the diagnostic data to make sure we didn’t make the situation worse,” Suttles said. The new capture approach follows two earlier failed attempts to siphon the oil via a large containment chamber and a smaller “top hat” system.
The new attempt would take four to seven days to complete, Suttles said.
“We’re confident the job will work but obviously we can’t guarantee success,” Suttles said of the new plan.
BP has said previously the company was “planning in parallel,” or getting ready for other options while working on the top kill — the injection of heavy fluid and materials to plug the well.
Meanwhile BP’s credibility is at risk. We can’t get a clear number as to how much oil has spilled into the Gulf. Honesty has not been forthcoming. If BP’s estimate of the oil in the Gulf is low, it could save them millions in cour
Let’s just hope this ends quickly.
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Another hope is dead. In the night had to Doug Suttles, BP-operations at the crash site in the Gulf of Mexico, at a press conference to admit that you do not have the so-called top-kill method, the gusher can close.
Three days long you’ve tried everything, but in the end did not work, the top-kill method, BP said the manager. Almost five million liters of mud they had pumped into the ragged hole, at the end of the attempts were in vain.
It’s getting worse, I do not know how it will end.
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“Top Kill Failed, BP Has New Strategy” – Are you kidding me? I thought they were just going to sit there and watch the oil spill out. This is big news. Who would have thought they had other plans in case the top kill failed?
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To date, BP had demonstrated competence in only one area. They are damn fine liars.
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Anomaly100 Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 9:45 pm
@TomCat:This is getting worse everyday. 100′s of species are at risk. The dispersant reported to not be as toxic as oil, is probably more toxic, yet some people dismiss this so lightly. My family lives down there. I do not take this issue lightly. Also, the amount of people suddenly out of work is outrageous. This should not be a political issue. BP has lied to us so many times yet they are defended.
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I nominate TomCat to try and plug the hole.
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@Ano:
What has BP lied about?
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Again, what has BP lied about?
Its a good question. Why are you ignoring it?
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