Reply #11: Skytruth has consistently posted some of the most [View All]

accurate material and analysis on the Gulf gusher.

It's worthwhile to look at their posts about the Montara/Timor spill.
The intercept well for that is what finally shut it down so its timeline is useful to look at, started in Aug, stopped in November.

http://blog.skytruth.org/2010/01/timor-sea-drilling-spill-questions.html
Timor Sea Drilling Spill - Questions Remain
Permanent plugs have successfully been installed and pressure-tested in the notorious H1 well that blew out on August 21, 2009, in the Timor Sea and spewed oil and gas for 71 days. Some information is now trickling out as the Australian government investigates the causes and consequences of the Montara / West Atlas blowout and ten-week oil spill. News accounts have focused on the drilling contractor's apparent failure to install a basic piece of safety equipment called a corrosion cap. This seems like a serious mistake for a major offshore drilling contractor like Seadrill. But we're not yet sure that the lack of this cap could, on its own, cause the well to blow out.

More here:
http://blog.skytruth.org/2009/11/timor-sea-drilling-spill-finally.html