BP thought they were within the clear, until the government ordered them to uncap the valves they just capped off as outlined by the New York Times. After 10 tries by BP to seal the oil spill, it seemed that all was progressing as planned. Sadly, oil can be coming right out of the ocean floor now.
Obama becomes a BP problem
BP continues to live through the PR and financial disaster of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and seems like that there’s more seep to come. Democrats are likely to have to themselves out of troubles caused by the Jones Act with fall elections on the line; even Obama could not do anything about it. The public will likely continue to be mad about more seep. Through Tuesday, pressure testing will continue since that is what Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen who’s in charge suggests should happen, besides investigation nevertheless continuing, as outlined by the Times.
Pressure testing shows no bad signs right now
Blowout and seep is monitored with pressure tests after capping the well. Since the well is three miles long past the seabed, monitoring it is a big job. Oil and gas might start seeping to the ground, even if it doesn’t explode. If which were to happen, there is not anything everyone can do to stop it, or help it, according to Allen.
Russian help?
Even though Obama has his own plans, an “independent set of eyes” might be just what we have to fix this thing, according to Andrew Revkin within the Times? Oil seeping to the floor might happen at any depth. The Obama administration had a suggestion given to them by James Cameron and his panel of experts. Submarines from Russia have the capability of going miles deep, which would allow BP to continue monitoring oil flow at lower depths. The Russian subs could search for the seep.
Discover more about this topic here
Deepwater Horizon Response
deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/791891/
New York Times
dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/bp-pressed-to-assess-seep-near-its-well/
Voices from Russia
02varvara.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/russian-mir-submersibles-may-go-to-gulf-of-mexico-to-fix-oil-well-gusher/
CNN reports on seep near well head
youtube.com/watch?v=DPeoRnWV4vw
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