11 Minute Press Conference held Explaining the TopKill Failure and What happens next. Presser held by BP and Coast Guard on Saturday Evening at 6PM EST.
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Questions that arose during Evening After Presser ( Twitter)
(1) How Many Relief Wells are Being Dug at this Time ? During the Presser it sounded like only ONE was being worked on presently yet according to BP's own Documents and Issued Statements on the 24th of May, TWO wells were being put in place May 2nd one began and May16th the second began. This is a critical issue as the Government and the President had demanded TWO, and there needs to be a Backup well in light of recent events.
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BP's own PressRelease of May24th says TWO Relief Wells already started, 1st Started May2nd,2nd Started May16th. Yet in Press Conferences of May 28th, and May 29th Only ONE well was mentioned.
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Reports and Updates from News Sources Regarding the Failure and What happens Next.
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NYT article examines the Topkill failure and what it means...as Leak continues.
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CBCNews "BP will try new oil cap after 'top kill' fails", has more information of what is planned and happens next in this series of events.
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Meanwhile as this Presser was being held. This article came over the wire from the LATimes regarding a Criminal Probe and investigation of BP that is a Must Read.
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3 comments:
I thought I'd heard on Maddow on Friday that they stopped drilling on the other well to preserve the blowout protector for possible use on top of the other blowout protector. Don't quote me, but I think it's become a source for spare parts...
By the way, you're doing an extraordinary job. Thanks for keeping us all up to date on this critical situation, WS.
The Relief Well issue is a mess-BP says one thing at Presser but another on paper on their official website (which should be a legal record)..
its a big deal because Pres gave presser friday saying it was TWO as had been ordered by our govt-they must have backup plan..must.....
but there are two different stories...it's it's true they arent even working on the second..well..I don't know...
the real concern is both wells were started in may2 and may16th....either way the Gusher will spew all summer...
the new plan is to cap it with a dome like device...
and suck out some-which means it will still be leaking...it will decrease flow..maybe..
and it that fails...
the only back up plan is the Relief well (s)..the soonest to be finished willl be at earliest August..
I wish there was some good news ..
at this point I am committing to documenting the damage...
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