BP could have used a “pressure plug” to stop the oil
Drilling expert Branko Babich is interviewed by Patrick Timpone on One Radio Network. To listen to the entire interview: www.oneradionetwork.com Related: Why is BP’s Macondo blowout so disastrous & Beyond Patch-up. LINK: bklim.newsvine.com After announcing the sale of their Colombian assets earlier on Monday, BP (NYSE:BP) began testing what they believe will be the ultimate […]
Allen: ‘High Confidence’ No More Oil Will Leak
National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen says the static kill effort to plug the leak is progressing, giving officials ‘high confidence’ that there will soon be no oil leaking into the environment. (Aug. 4) Video Rating: 1 / 5
Re: BP’s ‘Static Kill’ Plan
Video Cam Direct Upload Video Rating: 4 / 5
crude Oil at Mangunjaya well head(1989)
Southern Sumatran oil wells from early 1900s. Were pumped dry and abandoned but now flow naturally (1989). locals use direct for lamps and some engines. notice the vapour showing the light nature of one well Dutch Oil Wells Project The Dutch Oils Wells Project is made up of two previously producing oil fields, located in […]
Hitler Learns BP’s “Topkill” Fails
He gets angry. Video Rating: 4 / 5
*BREAKING* More clouds seep from seafloor during Static Kill
Q4000 ROV 1, August 3, 2010 at 6:30.pm. EDT Gulf oil spill ‘biggest ever recorded’ Tuesday, 3 August 2010 18:15 US government scientists have said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the biggest ever recorded. The full magnitude of the Gulf of Mexico spill, triggered in April by a rig explosion at […]
Methanol / Anti-freeze Leak? On BP Gulf Oil Spill OI 2 ROV During Drill Pipe Removal
Methanol / Anti-freeze Leak? On BP Gulf Oil Spill OI 2 ROV During Drill Pipe Removal Happening now: BP is removing the 3500 feet drill pipe and other equipment lodged in the 5000 feet cement plug put into well after static kill More here: blog.alexanderhiggins.com blog.alexanderhiggins.com
BP Starts Using Cement to Finish Up ‘static Kill
Federal officials including spill response commander Thad Allen have insisted that crews will shove mud and cement through the relief well, which should be completed within weeks. (Aug. 5)
oil spill costs BP $8 Billion.
British oil giant BP said Friday that the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has cost about eight billion dollars so far. The Obama Administration is likely to stay focused on toughening regulatory oversight of the US offshore oil industry and may push back lifting a ban on deepwater drilling after the latest accident […]
US Oil Leak Plugged | 5 Aug 2010 – ABC News
The US point man to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has authorised BP to finally cement the busted oil well that has gushed crude into the waters since April, but said a relief well should be finished as planned. “Based on the successful completion of the static kill procedure and a positive evaluation of […]
News Update: BP Hopes to Plug Oil Leak for Good Tonight
The largest oil disaster in US history could finally be coming to an end. BP promises to begin plugging the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico starting tonight. (Take VO) After more than three months since the offshore oil rig erupted, BP engineers will put into motion a two-part strategy that could plug the […]
BP Oil Spill – TOPKILL operation in progress (timelapse 1fp5s)
Shot today from the BP live video stream on British Peroleum website. Video shows ROV image and other ROV doing … something… The Blowout preventer is clearly visible towards the end of the video. Video Rating: 2 / 5 This is the full video of the Rig explosion **News** BP started the “top kill” operations […]
BP Gulf Oil Spill BOP Leaks? After Static Kill. 8-4 2:37 PM EST
BP Gulf Oil Spill BOP Leaks? After Static Kill. BP has reported “the well is dead”… that they can remove the cap from the well and no oil will flow… But it appears the BOP continues to leak so what is the truth? Video footage of Skandi Neptune on August 4th 2010 at 2:37 PM […]
BP’s ‘top kill’ slows leak
Barack Obama on oil spill: Those that think we were slow don’t know the facts. Video Rating: 0 / 5 Venice, Louisiana (CNN) — BP’s “top kill” attempt to stop the flow of oil from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico failed, the company’s chief operating officer said Saturday. The oil giant has […]
CNN: Something HAS RUPTURED if ROVs show plumes of mud, oil, or gas
Situation Room, CNN, August 3, 2010 at 5:30 pm EDT Video Rating: 5 / 5 BP Removing Drill Pipe From BP Gulf Oil Spill BOP Enterprise 1 Happening now: BP is removing the 3500 feet drill pipe and other equipment lodged in the 5000 feet cement plug put into well after static kill More here: […]
‘Top Kill’ Status Report
Harry Smith talks to BP’s Managing Director, Bob Dudley about the status of the “top kill” plan and if there’s a “Plan B.”
Arthur Berman CNN Interview – BP Oil spill
Arthur Berman is interviewed by John Roberts on CNN regarding the plans to static kill the ruptured Macando well. Video Rating: 0 / 5
Cementing during ‘Static Kill’ PREVENTS knowledge of relief well rupture
MSNBC, August 5, 2010 at 8:30 pm EDT Rush Transcript Summary BP sealed off only way to tell what is going on below the surface… if a rupture, no way of gauging pressure to find out if it has ruptured.
Obama: Static Kill ‘very Welcome News’
President Barack Obama says battle to stop the Gulf leak and contain the oil ‘is finally coming to an end.’ (Aug. 4) Video Rating: 2 / 5 Sealing the BP Oil Well; Interview With Massachusetts Congressman Edward Markey, CNN, July 19, 2010 at 22:15 EDT: ANDERSON COOPER: Don Van Nieuwenhuise, director of petroleum geoscience programs […]
BP Readies Small Containment Dome After `Top Kill’ Fails
(Bloomberg) — Report on the latest efforts by BP Plc to stop a leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico after the “top kill” procedure failed. This is the worst spill in US history. Copyright Bloomberg 2010 Top kill topkill containment dome BP oil spill gulf of mexico coast guard Louisiana wetlands Mississippi delta […]