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BP has no plans of abandoning the well, just letting the dust settle. (Or so it would seem)
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BP's "Mission accomplished" moment found at CNN Money.com
This article confuses me somewhat. I don't know much about oil wells. But it seems strange that a well at 5000 ft requires the two relief wells should go so deep?
"It was a quiet Saturday aboard the Development Driller II, the giant rig on which we touched down around 11:45 a.m. Drilling operations there, on the second of two relief wells begun a few weeks after the disaster, have been suspended, with what appears to have been -- at long last -- the successful top-kill operation. The rig's sister ship, a half mile away, is scheduled to complete the first relief well later this month, by boring into the Macondo hole,
18,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, and plugging it permanently with cement.
That leaves the DDII -- whose own relief well was halted at 15,874 feet -- operating on standby, as an expensive floating insurance policy."
Why have an insurance policy of relief well if they don't intend to tap the remaining oil?
And then there is this:
"Some attempts to provide answers will be arriving soon. BP has announced plans to release an internal report into the accident in a few weeks. The joint investigation by the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (formerly known as the MMS) will resume on August 23, with another round of testimony, this time in Houston; its final report is not expected until early 2011.
And when the well is finally sealed -- from above and below -- it will be possible to begin salvaging the critical equipment (notably the blowout preventer) that failed to prevent the spill and is now sitting on the sea floor.
The crew of the DDII speculated that they might play some role in the recovery operation."
Wonder if this is why the blockade took place? To prevent evidence leaving the scene?
I noticed that BJ Blue Dolphin and C Freedom were speeding away at better than 11 knots, but the destination was still listed as MC252. Now, more are leaving too. What's up with that?
Another puzzling connection, possibly?
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:: UNITED SHELL CORPORATION ::
... shale contributed 2.4 bcf of gas equivalent production for Seneca Resources Corp. ... BP PLC, operator of the Macondo well, completed cementing operations ...
www.ushellcorp.com - Cached
Page will not load. Wonder if this is how Reggi ties into this mess?
Reggi's wife and children in Scotland. He was in Scotland, but not at the scene. I have to look for the link stating he was in Scotland. It might be in a news video.
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