Gulf oil well seal holding, BP looks to final kill
Gulf oil well seal holding, BP looks to final kill HOUSTON, Aug 7 — BP said yesterday the cement seal on its crippled Gulf of Mexico oil well was holding and a relief well to permanently plug the ill-fated borehole was on track to reach its target in mid-August. As the final stages of the […]
BP relies on ‘top kill’ as it still fails to stop oil spill
The US Government says it won’t take over oil clean-up operations in the Gulf of Mexico from BP. Washington had criticised the oil giant for being too slow in its crisis management efforts. BP is pinning its hopes of stopping the gusher on yet another technique never tested 1500 metres underwater: a ‘top kill’ in […]
Gas Burning
A few nice top kill oil images I found: Gas Burning Image by Deepwater Horizon Response MY OPINIONS Image by roberthuffstutter
BP Completes Cement Plug at Top of Macondo Well, Sealing Source of Spill
BP Completes Cement Plug at Top of Macondo Well, Sealing Source of Spill BP Plc resumed work on a relief well in the Gulf of Mexico to permanently seal the source of the biggest offshore accidental oil spill in history. Read more on Bloomberg BP Says Pressure Tests Show That Cement Plug on Macondo Well […]
Overflight of top kill operations 3
A few nice top kill bp images I found: Overflight of top kill operations 3 Image by Deepwater Horizon Response BP on the Ocean Image by Truthout.org
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Some cool top kill bp images: photorealease2 Image by BP America Okay — Now What? Image by nolo_contendre BP CEO Tony Hayward: “I’d like my life back” Image by elycefeliz
Are the beaches in North Carolina covered in oil from the BP Spill?
by Infrogmation Question by Tina: Are the beaches in North Carolina covered in oil from the BP Spill? We are taking a vacation there to see my brother return from Afghanistan (Lance Corporal – Go Marines!) so i just wanted to know are the beaches there (near Camp Legeune) covered in oil from the BP […]
BP Oil Spill – BP rebranded
Some cool BP OIL SPILL images: BP Oil Spill – BP rebranded Image by Blackmetta EPA Region 6 Strike Team – BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Image by Wolfram Burner
U.S. Energy Secretary Chu at BP Command Center in Houston
A few nice top kill bp images I found: U.S. Energy Secretary Chu at BP Command Center in Houston Image by Deepwater Horizon Response U.S. Energy Secretary Chu at BP Command Center in Houston Image by Deepwater Horizon Response
Top Kill Animation
Animated footage of the “top kill” procedure which BP will perform later this week at the Deepwater Horizon site in an effort to stop the leak. Find out more by visiting deepwaterhorizonresponse.com.
‘Top Kill’ LIVE feed: BP says oil spill stopped
The US coastguard claims engineers have managed to use mud to stop the flow of oil from the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the first step in BP’s plan to seal the breach for good with cement. Live webcams still showed material jetting out from the well head – but BP […]
Britney Spears POLL 15 questions about Brit (haters not allowed!)?
by BP America Question by : Britney Spears POLL 15 questions about Brit (haters not allowed!)? This is just for fun, for all us Britney fans out there :) Answer these: 1. What is your favourite Britney… a) music video b) song c) album d) movie / TV show guest appearance e) tour 2. What […]
THE OIL SPILL COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED ON DAY 2……..IF WE HAD ASKED FOR HELP FROM NATIONS WHO HAD HIGH-TECH IN UNDERWATER OPERATIONS……….FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA, who built the THREE GORGE DAM….could have solved this problem. I know this for a fact.
A few nice top kill oil images I found: THE OIL SPILL COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED ON DAY 2……..IF WE HAD ASKED FOR HELP FROM NATIONS WHO HAD HIGH-TECH IN UNDERWATER OPERATIONS……….FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA, who built the THREE GORGE DAM….could have solved this problem. I know this for a fact. Image by roberthuffstutter IMG_3757 Image […]
We are killing the world! who else thinks so…?
by JOSEPH W CARRILLO Question by Trinity paige: We are killing the world! who else thinks so…? We are killing our world! Slowly but effientially. From the oil spills that have caused this -> http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/cleaning-oil-spill-1.jpg . The hurricanes and earthquakes have taken a toll as wel. We have had 3 major earthquakes including in china, […]
Aug. 8: Browner, Boehner, roundtable
Aug. 8: Browner, Boehner, roundtable Transcript of the August 8, 2010 broadcast of NBC’s Meet the Press, featuring Carol Browner, John Boehner, Harold Ford Jr., Mike Pence, Andrea Mitchell and Todd Purdum. Read more on MSNBC Oil will impact Gulf for years to come As BP works to finally kill its runaway well and anxious […]
Washington Response: We will not slack-off in Gulf oil cleanup
Washington vows no slack-off in Gulf oil cleanup Gulf Coast beaches and fisheries are reopening after the BP oil spill as optimism grows for a final kill of the blown-out well this month, the top U.S. spill response official said on Sunday. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News   Washington vows no slack-off […]
Video of underwater Top Kill operation at BP oil spill site
BP is running tests and expected to decide shortly if it will go ahead with an effort to choke off its oil gusher by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement. “Top kill’ is an operation in which heavy mud and cement would be shot into the blown-out well to plug it up. The oil […]
BP launches ‘top kill’ method to plug US oil leak
After five weeks of failing to plug a well spewing oil in the Gulf of Mexico, British oil giant BP has launched its latest attempt, pumping mud to try to smother the gusher — the so-called “top kill” method. The governor of the US state of Louisiana says more than 160km of the state’s fragile […]
Overflight of top kill operations 2
A few nice top kill oil images I found: Overflight of top kill operations 2 Image by Deepwater Horizon Response Top Kill Image by fsgm
Q&A: What are the true reasons that obama is enraged by the failure of the top kill by bp?
Question by Dropkickmurphy: What are the true reasons that obama is enraged by the failure of the top kill by bp? is it that he claimed credit for it and now that it failed he looked like an idiot? Best answer: Answer by RockyMtn HighThe inevitable political fallout coming down on his head. I can […]