Were BPs tests of its tricky oil plug plan op kill successful?”
Under intense pressure from the Obama administration, the chief executive of BP Plc said he expects to decide later on Wednesday whether to proceed with a tricky “top kill” procedure to try to contain leaking oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The massive oil leak is threatening an ecological and economic disaster along the U.S. Gulf coast. “Later this morning I will review that with the team, and I will take a final decision as to whether or not we should proceed,” BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward told the NBC “Today” show on Wednesday. If he determines it is safe to proceed, the procedure is expected to happen on Wednesday, he said. He added it will take a day or two to determine whether the procedure worked. In its attempt to plug the leak, BP plans to use undersea robots to try to inject heavy fluids into the mile- deep well and then cement into the seabed well to block oil flow in the “top kill” operation. The complex maneuver has never been attempted at such depths. If this effort joins t
The massive oil leak is threatening an ecological and economic disaster along the U.S. Gulf coast. “Later this morning I will review that with the team, and I will take a final decision as to whether or not we should proceed,” BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward told the NBC “Today” show on Wednesday. If he determines it is safe to proceed, the procedure is expected to happen on Wednesday, he said. He added it will take a day or two to determine whether the procedure worked. In its attempt to plug the leak, BP plans to use undersea robots to try to inject heavy fluids into the mile- deep well and then cement into the seabed well to block oil flow in the “top kill” operation. The complex maneuver has never been attempted at such depths. If this effort joins the list of BP failures to plug the leak, U.S. President Barack Obama’s government may have no choice but to take central charge of the response to what is considered the worst oil spill in U.S. history. If it fails, Hayward said, the ne
BP Plc began critical testing on Tuesday of its “top kill” plan to plug the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well as President Barack Obama vented frustration over the energy giant’s inability to contain what is likely the largest U.S. oil spill ever. … Equipped with underwater robots, BP engineers plan on Wednesday to inject heavy drilling fluids into the mile- (1.6 km) deep well, a complex maneuver known as “top kill” that has never been attempted before at such depths. Before they try to seal the well, they pumped so-called “mud” into the well head on Tuesday to gauge if the well could be damaged at high pressure and augment the leak.
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