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Title: Gulf Oil Leak Could Be Capped By Monday: Official
Source: AFP
URL Source: http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Gulf_o ... _be_capped_by_Mo_07092010.html
Published: Jul 9, 2010
Author: AFP
Post Date: 2010-07-09 20:43:35 by Brian S
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Views: 265
Comments: 6

Efforts to place a new containment cap over the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well could effectively stop the disastrous spill as early as Monday, a US official said Friday.

Admiral Thad Allen, who oversees the government's spill response, said on day 81 of the disaster that an operation to swap in the new cap could begin Saturday and the entire process would take "about three to four days."

If successful, the new cap could capture all of the crude spilling into the Gulf and allow it to siphoned up to container vessels on the surface, in effect halting the devastating spill of crude into the sea that has imperiled fragile coastlines and wildlife across the Gulf Coast.

The days-long process of switching containment devices, however, could see the amount of oil spilling into the ocean temporarily increase by up to 15,000 barrels.

"There would be a multi-day period there when we're putting the containment cap on where there would be some exposure of hydrocarbons going into the environment," said Allen.

The operation is the latest attempt to contain the spill that was sparked by the April 20 explosion aboard the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

Current government estimates of the spill range from between 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day, based on interpretation of a live video feed of the leak.

The new cap along with a connection to another processing ship -- the Helix Producer -- underway on Friday could boost the amount of captured oil by more than three-fold to 60,000 to 80,000 barrels a day, according to Allen.

Getting the Helix online may "mitigate the gap" in switching containment caps, so that the full amount of crude does not spill into the sea, he added.

The White House has pushed for the new containment device because its superior seal is expected to capture the entire leak and is better equipped to deal with a hurricane threat in the storm-prone Gulf.

Crews have already seen clean-up and containment operations hampered by bad weather associated with Hurricane Alex, and with an active storm season predicted, officials are developing contingencies for future dramatic weather disturbances.

The new system will use "quick-disconnect couplings" allowing container ships to shut down operations and exit the area quickly in the face of a hurricane, Allen said.

An estimated two to four million barrels of oil have gushed into the Gulf waters since the spill began, and a permanent solution is not expected until one of two relief wells is completed.

The first is scheduled to be finished in mid-August, and while drilling is ahead of schedule, officials have cautioned that the final part of the process is the slowest and most difficult.

Allen said he expected the new containment cap would help shut down the leak via a relief well and could also allow officials to get an accurate measure of just how bad the leak is.

"Once the cap is on and we've completely sealed the wellhead, we will have internal pressure data that will actually tell us for the first time what the flow is," he said.

Oil has now washed up on beaches in all five Gulf states -- Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida -- forcing the closure of fishing grounds and threatening scores of coastal communities with financial ruin.

The spill prompted President Barack Obama's administration to order a moratorium on deepwater drilling, but the freeze was overturned by a federal court last month and an appeals court upheld that ruling on Thursday.

The motion was denied because the government failed to show "a likelihood of irreparable injury if the stay is not granted," the appeals panel judges wrote in a 2-1 ruling.

The government also "made no showing that there is any likelihood that drilling activities will be resumed pending appeal."

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has said he will soon issue a new order to block deepwater drilling regardless of how the court ruled and oil companies have not resumed drilling due to the legal uncertainties.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who had warned the freeze could cost his state 20,000 jobs, hailed the court's decision.

"We absolutely want drilling to be done safely and do not want another spill or one more drop of oil on our coast or in our water, but thousands of Louisianians should not have to lose their jobs because the federal government can't adequately do its job of ensuring drilling is done safely," he said. Subscribe to *Spill-Baby-Spill*

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#1. To: Brian S (#0)

could effectively stop the disastrous spill as early as Monday

Yeah, hObama could dig up his long form birth certificate by Monday too. Neither are gonna happen.

Even if they cap the wellhead, there are plenty of other leaks. The oil will follow the path of least resistance, and the flow will soon be the same.

Hondo68  posted on  2010-07-09   20:51:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: hondo68 (#1)

I'm not convinced on the hype either but here is to 'hoping'...

Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!

Brian S  posted on  2010-07-09   20:57:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Brian S (#2)

I think we all 'hope' it works.

Saw a poll on the local news outlet this morning...95% said 'no, it won't work'.

I'm in that 95%.

Day 81.

Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit.

Badeye  posted on  2010-07-10   7:48:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Brian S (#0)

What each of these firing offenses have in common is that they angered and offended the neocon Right. Isn't that a strange dynamic for the supposedly Liberal Media: the only viewpoint-based firings of journalists are ones where the journalist breaches neoconservative orthodoxy? Have there ever been any viewpoint-based firings of establishment journalists by The Liberal Media because of comments which offended liberals? None that I can recall. I foolishly thought that when George Bush's own Press Secretary mocked the American media for being "too deferential" to the Bush administration, that would at least put a dent in that most fictitious American myth: The Liberal Media. But it didn't; nothing does, not even the endless spate of journalist firings for deviating from right-wing dogma.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-10   8:54:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Brian S (#0)

The above post on the 'liberal media aka ITAR/Tass Redux in order to set the table:

" The days-long process of switching containment devices, however, could see the amount of oil spilling into the ocean temporarily increase by up to 15,000 barrels.

"There would be a multi-day period there when we're putting the containment cap on where there would be some exposure of hydrocarbons going into the environment," said Allen."

The above is insane.

That would be 150 000 bbls per day. Always add the zero, eh?

"...there would be some exposure of hydrocarbons going into the environment," said Allen."

LMFAO Like they've got it all contained now.

The moral: ALL existing institutions are rotten, are corrupt, are enemies of the people; we must break free of them.

"Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who had warned the freeze could cost his state 20,000 jobs, hailed the court's decision. "

Just consider each worker a bank and Bail them out!

What's that? 3 billion maybe? Send the bill to the queen. ;}

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-10   8:58:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Brian S (#2)

I'm not convinced on the hype either but here is to 'hoping'...

Bad Santa:

"Shit in one hand and Hope in the Other. See which one fills up faster."

The moral: ALL existing institutions are rotten, are corrupt, are enemies of the people; we must break free of them.

Anyone buying Any product(and that includes their AgitProp/Coast Guard/Merc captured Media) is a traitor.

INCLUDING the Pentagon using british ptroleum as their No 1 fuel supplier.

Then we;ll see how the US gov't has to cut bait/fish. ;}

Happening as we speak, btw.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-07-10   9:40:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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