BP Relief Well Within Days of Completion
Storm Delays BP Relief Well and Bottom-Kill
“Bottom-Kill” - Final Step in Disabling BP Ruptured Well - Approved
New BP Containment Cap - So Far, So Good
BP Claims Static-Kill Operation a Success
National Oil Spill Commission Begins Public Meetings
Reclaimed BP Oil in Your Fuel Tank?- BP Considering 'Static Kill' - Pumping Mud into Well - To Seal Oil Leak
BP CEO Hayward Out - Claims 'Many Companies to Blame for Gulf Disaster'
Possible Storm May Worsen Gulf Oil Spill Situation
BP Resumes Work on Relief Well
BP Bottom Kill Operation for Oil Spill Planned For After Labor Day
Latest BP Attempt to Stop Oil Leak Having Some Success
Oil Spill Partners in Crime – BP, Transocean, and Halliburton
BP moves forward on Containment Dome to Stop Oil Leak
New BP Containment Cap in Place
BP will begin testing on the new 18-foot, 150,000 pound oil spill containment cap placed yesterday on its ruptured well. The tests include adjusting valves to stop the oil spill long enough for BP to measure well pressures - a process that could take a few hours to a few days.
The overall hope is that the new BP oil spill containment cap will contain all of the oil now contributing to the ever-growing oil spill. A second possibility is that the cap will contain a portion of the leaking oil while also relying on surface ships to siphon off some of the oil. The new BP containment cap does feature connections for four collection ships instead of the three connections on the old cap. The extra collection ship will help raise total daily collection rates to increase to 60,000 to 80,000 barrels. This is more than double the current oil collection capacity, and will greatly help oil spill containment and clean-up efforts.
BP is also proceeding with drilling two other relief wells, which are the real solutions to the BP oil spill problem as they are the means to shut down or “kill” the ruptured well. Some estimate that one of the relief wells might be in place as early as the end of this month.
Recommended for Further Reading:
- BP Relief Well Within Days of Completion
- Storm Delays BP Relief Well and Bottom-Kill
- “Bottom-Kill” - Final Step in Disabling BP Ruptured Well - Approved
- New BP Containment Cap - So Far, So Good
- BP Claims Static-Kill Operation a Success
- National Oil Spill Commission Begins Public Meetings
- Reclaimed BP Oil in Your Fuel Tank?
- BP Considering 'Static Kill' - Pumping Mud into Well - To Seal Oil Leak
- BP CEO Hayward Out - Claims 'Many Companies to Blame for Gulf Disaster'
- Possible Storm May Worsen Gulf Oil Spill Situation
- BP Resumes Work on Relief Well
- BP Bottom Kill Operation for Oil Spill Planned For After Labor Day
- Latest BP Attempt to Stop Oil Leak Having Some Success
- Oil Spill Partners in Crime – BP, Transocean, and Halliburton
- BP moves forward on Containment Dome to Stop Oil Leak
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