So. This is a "success"?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

BP "Leak" Cam

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html

[Ian David]

1. Looks like it's still leaking

[kirby]

2. Possibly...

If that is mud coming out then yes.

[phleshdef]

3. Still the same color as it was when they told us it was mud.

[Ozymanithrax]

4. If you assume it is drill mud and not oil...

BP, so far as I have heard, have not yet claimed "success."

[HCE SuiGeneris]

5. I know, it's just our Coast Guard Commander acting as BP spokesperson

that is claiming success. :banghead:

[Ozymanithrax]

6. Actually, the Coat Gurad commander is the incident commander and in charge...

He doesn't speak for BP.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

10. He seems to want to be out in front of BP

Source: Chicago Tribune

Reporting from Houma, La.
Engineers have succeeded in stopping the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government's top oil spill commander, Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning.

The so-called "top kill" effort, launched Wednesday afternoon by industry and government engineers in Houston, has pumped enough drilling fluid to block all oil and gas from the well, Allen said. The pressure from the well is very low, but persistent, he said.

[hatrack]

7. It may be a couple more days before we can be reasonably certain one way or another

I'm not assuming anything at this point, whatever the C.G. (or BP) may say.

It's just too early.

[NNN0LHI]

8. Looks like they got it stopped to me

But my eyes are all fecked up.

Don

[HCE SuiGeneris]

9. Setback - BP had to halt its ambitious effort to plug its stricken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico

Edited on Thu May-27-10 01:51 PM by 1776Forever
Setback Delays ‘Top Kill’ Effort to Seal Leaking Oil Well in Gulf

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, JOHN M. BRODER and LIZ ROBBINS
Published: May 27, 2010

HOUSTON — BP had to halt its ambitious effort to plug its stricken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday afternoon when engineers saw that too much of the drilling fluid they were injecting into the well was escaping along with the leaking crude oil.....

The technician, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said the problem was not seen as serious. “We’re still quite optimistic,” he said, but cautioned: “It is not assured and its not a done deal yet. All of this will require some time.”

The news of yet another delay in capping the well came on a day of rapid-fire developments from Louisiana to Washington.

(More at link)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/us/28spill.html?src=m ...