"Top Kill" Round 2 is underway - Democratic Underground

thewiseguy

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Thu May-27-10 05:57 PM
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"Top Kill" Round 2 is underway

Top BP executive has told CNN that they have re-started the top kill in the past hour.

http://us.cnn.com/2010/US/05/27/gulf.oil.spill/index.html

Round 1 did not stop the flow of oil according to the news conference held by BP officials over an hour ago. They did stop pumping mud 16 hours ago. That is a sharp contrast to what admiral Allen was saying this morning.

From the looks of it I would say the oil gusher has gotten much worse. Assuming what has been gushing out is oil and not mud. :(

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Ruby the Liberal

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Thu May-27-10 05:58 PM
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1. Where are you seeing this?

BP's home page has been focused on the robot-boobz for the last half hour or so.

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thewiseguy

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Thu May-27-10 05:59 PM
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3. Seeing the oil gusher?

Earlier today on CNN.

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Ruby the Liberal

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Thu May-27-10 06:08 PM
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7. Ah. Thanks. I can't seem to find a feed showing it tonight.

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thewiseguy

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Thu May-27-10 06:09 PM
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8. There is one on CNN's frontpage

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Ruby the Liberal

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Thu May-27-10 06:50 PM
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11. Thanks

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spanone

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Thu May-27-10 05:58 PM
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2. bp pr = bs

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ShortnFiery

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Thu May-27-10 06:00 PM
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4. It's really termed the JUNK SHOT. They gave up on TOP KILL over 16 hours ago

when they ceased pumping mud. I don't trust BP. :(

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Statistical

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Thu May-27-10 06:03 PM
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6. It more like a junk shot + top kill hybrid.

They are injecting mud into BOP = top kill but to increase downward pressure they are also injecting "junk" mixed in with drilling mud.

The goal is the junk catches in the BOP and directs a greater % of the mud flow downward into the well.

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Feron

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Thu May-27-10 06:02 PM
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5. With Ixtoc 1, they tried a junk shot...

and it failed to stop the flow, but the consensus is that it did reduce it.

Next up if this fails is Top Hat 2.

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Glimmer of Hope

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Thu May-27-10 06:53 PM
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12. What is Top Hat 2?

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Urban Prairie

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Thu May-27-10 06:10 PM
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9. I will wager that almost all of the "mud" exited the leaks

Along with nearly the same volume of crude and methane gas, if not more. So round one likely just made things worse...:-(

Hoping that round two with junk added is much more successful, but does not make the leaks worse.

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Bitwit1234

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Thu May-27-10 06:16 PM
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10. Somehow Matthews has got it into his head

that using super tankers could suck up the oil. He is trying to get his guests to agree. The last guy on said in the Gulf of Mexico it is not easy to do. That the tankers are huge and they can't be moved around. That using them in the Arab spill worked because they had more area. But he didn't think they could be used in the Gulf. One reason is the oil is spread over a wider area also. So that shut him up.

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