Raw Video: BP Places Cap Over Leaking Oil Well

[Serpo]

BP Places Cap Over Leaking Oil Well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETctfVmq_8s&feature=player_embedded#!

[Ponce]

Once the valve is close will the pressure go elsewhere along the ocean floor?

[Serpo]

Once the valve is close will the pressure go elsewhere along the ocean floor?







Bust at the seams ,probably

NEW ORLEANS — Live underwater video showed a new cap was placed Monday onto the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, offering hope of containing the gusher for the first time since BP's deepwater rig exploded in April.

BP officials did not immediately comment on the video images streamed online by the company.

The company has said the next step will be running tests to make sure there are no other leaks from the well. Tests and monitoring could last from six hours to two days, and oil will still leak into the Gulf during that time.

The old cap, removed Saturday, did not have a tight fit and allowed crude to escape.

The cap is only meant to be a temporary fix. To permanently plug the well, BP is drilling two relief wells to reach the blown-out well from underground and inject heavy drilling mud and concrete.

BP expects one relief well will do the job, but it's drilling a second as a backup. Officials have offered varying estimates for when that work will be done, but mid-August is the most common timeframe.

The cap removed Saturday was installed June 4 to capture oil gushing from the bottom of sea, but because it had to be fitted over a jagged cut in the well pipe, it allowed some crude to escape into the Gulf.

BP also hooked up a containment ship called the Helix Producer to a different part of the leaking well. The ship began siphoning oil Monday and should be able to ramp up in a couple days to take on more than 1 million gallons a day, BP said.

The government estimates 1.5 million to 2.5 million gallons of oil a day are spewing from the well, and the existing cap is collecting about 1 million gallons of that. With the new cap and the new containment vessel, the system will be capable of capturing 2.5 million to 3.4 million gallons — essentially all the leaking oil, officials said.

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[Gaillo]

Wow.
All of that sounds SO reassuring...



Not. ::)

[ximmy]

funny how they don't show the other end where oil is gushing out at extreme pressure

[Spectrism]

They are pumping their stock price up to ward off cheap takeovers and possibly leverage future stock offerings. It is much about public image. I am getting the sense that they will want to divest the whole thing and then the new company can plead that it was not their fault all the damage happened as they only bought the assets of BP- not the liabilities.

They rarely show the leaks and you would have to watch every minute to catch those glimpses. Much will be learned today- but the spin coming out will have to be parsed for true understanding.

[Hatha Sunahara]

Something really strange about that video.

Have you ever tried to join garden hoses while the water is running? You get water spraying out in all directions under pressure until you tighten the joint. Why didn't we see the oil spraying out as the cap was lowered? And why is the view so clear? With all that oil and gas in the water, don't you think it might foul the view of the camera?

Are these BP videos made in a studio? How do we know any of this is authentic?

Hatha

[7th trump]

Something really strange about that video.

Have you ever tried to join garden hoses while the water is running? You get water spraying out in all directions under pressure until you tighten the joint. Why didn't we see the oil spraying out as the cap was lowered? And why is the view so clear? With all that oil and gas in the water, don't you think it might foul the view of the camera?

Are these BP videos made in a studio? How do we know any of this is authentic?

Hatha

I beleive they had the cap wide open when it was installed and will slowly shut it off over time.

[Serpo]

If the pipe is shot further down then as soon as they try to turn things off,then they may find that they cant without it coming out some place else.