BP sticks with giant cap to block oil
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July 19, 2010, Monday
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BP hopes to keep using its giant cap to block oil from reaching the Gulf of Mexico until they plug the blown out well permanently.
"No one associated with this whole activity ... wants to see any more oil flow into the Gulf of Mexico," said Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer, yesterday. "Right now we don't have a target to return the well to flow."
Pressure in the well cap continues to rise, and scientists are still monitoring for any signs of a leak, but the news still seems to be good, Suttles said. The oil giant is hoping to keep evaluating even after the extended monitoring period it was given by the government, which was to expire yesterday.
"We're not seeing any problems at this point with the shut-in," Suttles said.
Retired US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the government's point man on the crisis, gave the oil giant at least three days to see whether its stopgap measure would work.
He said on Saturday that after the test was complete, the cap is to be hooked up through nearly a 1.6km of pipes stretching to ships on the surface that will collect the oil. But that would mean oil would flow back into the Gulf for three days, Suttles said.
"No one associated with this whole activity ... wants to see any more oil flow into the Gulf of Mexico," said Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer, yesterday. "Right now we don't have a target to return the well to flow."
Pressure in the well cap continues to rise, and scientists are still monitoring for any signs of a leak, but the news still seems to be good, Suttles said. The oil giant is hoping to keep evaluating even after the extended monitoring period it was given by the government, which was to expire yesterday.
"We're not seeing any problems at this point with the shut-in," Suttles said.
Retired US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the government's point man on the crisis, gave the oil giant at least three days to see whether its stopgap measure would work.
He said on Saturday that after the test was complete, the cap is to be hooked up through nearly a 1.6km of pipes stretching to ships on the surface that will collect the oil. But that would mean oil would flow back into the Gulf for three days, Suttles said.
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