BP says that oil and gas is being received onboard the Discoverer Enterprise following the successful placement of a containment cap on top of the Deepwater Horizon's failed blow-out preventer (BOP). This follows the cutting and removal of the riser pipe from the top of the BOP's lower marine riser package (LMRP).
It is expected to take one or more days for flow rates of oil and gas to stabilize and it is not possible at this stage to estimate how much oil and gas will be captured by this containment system.
All of these operations are complex, involve risks and uncertainties, and have to be carried out by remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) at 5,000 feet under water. Systems such as the LMRP containment cap never before have been deployed at these depths and conditions. The containment system's efficiency, continued operation, and ability to contain the oil and gas cannot be assured.
Preparations continue for the planned enhancements to the containment system as announced on June 1. Work continues on the first relief well, which started on May 2, and the second relief well, which started on May 16. Both wells are still estimated to take around three months to complete from commencement of drilling.
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I commend Tony Hayward for all his efforts in trying under very difficult circumstances to contain the spill in GOM. President Obama should look where and who to blame or is he blinkered:- 1. Who was contracted to drill in the GOM for BP? 2. Why was the other participants owners of the rig ever mentioned? 3. Where was Halliburton and others? 4. Most importantly why was the rig operators ever mentioned by Obama? 5. Who and which company is doing its level best to contain the spill. 6. Who allowed BP to drill to that depth? As President Obama has just awoken from his slumber and is trying to bolster his failed reputation by hitting BP ( emphasising mainly on BRITISH Petroleum ) alone while he does not even mention the rig operators and BP's partners. He has earned the disrespect of the Muslim world and many other countries and getting the USA abused by nations who financed 9/11, 7/7 and many many other atrocities all over Europe, and not forgetting Bali, India, Thailand and their own Muslims in Pakistan, Afghanistan. Britain and all of Europe love the USA and all its citizens ( including Muslims ) but they as well as Europe have their own HOME GROWN TERRORISTS hitting and murdering us. This is the thanks we get from a people that have been given unbelievable opportunities, a life, money, success, health. President OBAMA wake up from your slumber.
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