Thank the lord, so far so good. I'd like to ask BP if the risk was worth it along with the government employees that were bribed.
Rut-roh, leak detected in sea floor "somewhere" away from the well, cap allowed to remain in place for now. Article unclear if leak is connected to the well or something else: Oil seeping from Gulf floor near well, but Coast Guard allows cap to stay in place another 24 hours | NOLA.com
Why in the name of Sam Hills did they not relieve some of the pressure by suctioning oil from the cap to the vessels nearby?
To do that would require opening the valves and having oil spill into the gulf for 3-4 days while it is hooked up. They would prefer for this to not happen. Pressure has been, and continues to rise by about 2 psi/hr (this is a good thing SD). The leak of hydrocarbons is about 2 miles from the well. They do not know if it its coming from the well or not. Leaks through the sea floor are quite common. They are monitoring it very closely, per the govt's guidelines. If they don't have to open the valve, they won't. If they can keep it closed, that is much better. If a hurricane should occur, they would have to unhook, again releasing oil.
Finger-pointing over Deepwater Horizon explosion grows heated | NOLA.com This article refers to what's happening in the Coast Guard hearings. From the "It's a small world department"...The article mentions Transocean attorney Ned Kohnke...who is one of my faithful and loyal customers at the cafe...and is, as well, an extremely talented trial attorney. Ned graduated from Tulane and bought me a Tulane baseball hat which I occasionally wear in the kitchen (when I forget to take my Meds :lol. Kyle Schonekas, another attorney in the hearings, was my best friend in grammar school. We used to get in a lot of trouble together back then. (Lots of stories suitable for telling at tailgates involve Kyle and me.:thumb
