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Title: BP's Disastrous Broken Well In Gulf of Mexico Is 'Dead'
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Agence France-Presse
URL Source: http://rawstory.com/news/afp/BP_s_d ... ken_well_in_Gulf_09192010.html
Published: Sep 19, 2010
Author: Agence France-Presse
Post Date: 2010-09-19 16:25:53 by Brian S
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Comments: 4
US officials finally declared BP's broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico "dead" on Sunday, five months after the deadly explosion that set off one of the costliest and largest environmental disasters ever. Retired admiral Thad Allen, the US pointman for the response to the disaster, said the operation to intersect and cement the deepwater well had been successfully completed. "With this development, which has been confirmed by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, we can finally announce that the Macondo 252 well is effectively dead," Allen said. "Additional regulatory steps will be undertaken but we can now state, definitively, that the Macondo well poses no continuing threat to the Gulf of Mexico," he added. The announcement marked an anti-climactic end to a five-month battle to cap a busted undersea well that gushed 4.9 million barrels (206 million gallons) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the largest maritime spill ever. No oil has leaked into the Gulf in the three months since the well off the Louisiana coast was plugged in a so-called "top kill" operation, but the US administration insisted that it also be sealed from the bottom with a relief well. A final pressure test of the cement seal was completed at 5:54 am (1054 GMT), officials said. "Today, we achieved an important milestone in our response to the BP oil spill -- the final termination of the damaged well that sat deep under the Gulf of Mexico," President Barack Obama said in a statement. Obama said there was now a diminished need for the massive response to the spill, but "we also remain committed to doing everything possible to make sure the Gulf Coast recovers fully from this disaster." "My administration will see our communities, our businesses and our fragile ecosystems through this difficult time," he said. The disaster, which erupted with a massive explosion on the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig, killing 11 workers, exposed the vulnerability of the oil- and wildlife-rich Gulf of Mexico to deep sea drilling. For weeks every effort to plug the well 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) below the surface of the sea fell short as the spreading oil fouled hundreds of miles of shoreline, closed fishing grounds and threatened fragile ecosystems. The Obama administration also imposed a moratorium on deepwater drilling, setting back another mainstay of the Gulf economy while the cause of the disaster is investigated. Eighty-seven days into the crisis, BP finally succeeded in placing a giant cap over the well that stopped the flow of oil into the Gulf. But the costs were huge, with local livelihoods disrupted and nearly 70 billion dollars wiped off BP's market value. BP, whose chief executive Tony Hayward was forced to resign, has spent eight billion dollars trying to contain the disaster and has forecast it will eventually cost the energy giant more than 32.2 billion dollars. "Although the well is now dead, we remain committed to continue aggressive efforts to clean up any additional oil we may see going forward," Allen said.
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#1. To: Brian S, mcgowanjm (#0)
What a fookin moron. Hasn't everyone been evacuated? Or are they all dead?
When the Thom Jefferson goes out and finds the Leaks in MC 252 and surrounding blocks. I won't believe it's dead untiul that and more. Buras, South Parishes: Whole Communities vomiting blood. Bloody Stools. 40 million gal of Corexit means serious AntiFreeze shortage this Winter. And the USCG makes digging in sand beaches illegal. And the Economy has collapsed. And we haven't had the First Cat 3/5 yet. Disaster Ecocide. No one arrested. And Still No Mitigation Plan for Deepwater. And the Walrus in the GoM is now extinct. 8D Hell's just starting. Evac Now. ;}
“This is coming from a company that has lied about every single thing since day one. I have spoken to scientists[about the amount of dispersant sprayed] and estimates vary with the highest being 40 million gallons” -Dahr Jamial IntelWeb "How have we managed to turn out two generations of lackeys, toadies, stooges, and flunkies from these citadels of power? If there are some competent, resolute adults waiting backstage -- undistracted by phantoms related to Darwin's theories or birth control or religious doctrine of one kind or another -- they better enter the scene soon, or the fate of this country will be left in the hands of malicious, dogmatic, nincompoops beating their drums for Jesus, war, and the death of the planet." KunstlerBlog.
The NEA should be held accountable, just as assholes, like you mcclown, who make wildass predictions like the evacuation of the gulf coast and millions of deaths caused by Obama's oil disaster.
The Obama administration also imposed a moratorium on deepwater drilling, setting back another mainstay of the Gulf economy while the cause of the disaster is investigated.
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
#3. To: All (#2)
#4. To: mcgowanjm (#3)
How have we managed to turn out two generations of lackeys, toadies, stooges, and flunkies from
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