From the Daily Comet:
Robotic submarines working a mile underwater removed a leaking cap from the gushing Gulf oil well today, starting a painful trade-off: Millions more gallons of crude will flow freely into the sea for at least two days until a new seal can be mounted to capture all of it.
There's no guarantee for such a delicate operation almost a mile below the water's surface, officials said, and the permanent fix of plugging the well from the bottom remains slated for mid-August.
"It's not just going to be, you put the cap on, it's done. It's not like putting a cap on a tube of toothpaste," Coast Guard spokesman Capt. James McPherson said.
Who amongst us with a functioning brain would think that capping an oil well a mile under the sea is like putting a cap on a tube of toothpaste? Plus BP's previous failed attempts to cap the well are not soon forgotten. And do you really believe that if the new cap is successfully installed that it will capture all of the oil from the well?
I don't really understand how they can get a good pic but they can't put a lid on the bloody thing.
ReplyDeleteCathy, the oil and gas comes out with such force that it's a daunting task to cap the well once it's out of control, especially at a depth of a mile underwater.
ReplyDeleteA gas well situated on land blew out not far from our property in New Roads, and the ground trembled for quite a distance around the well for six weeks, as the workers struggled to cap the well.