Engineers Detect Seepage “A Distance” from BP’s Capped Oil Well
July 19th, 2010For weeks, Matt Simmons has been saying that there’s much more to this than the riser we’ve all seen in the videos. Still… We have no idea what’s actually happening down there.
Note: Simmons is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, according to Wikipedia (which doesn’t provide any source), and this ASPO bio page for a talk he gave.
Via: Bloomberg:
U.S. government officials demanded to see BP Plc’s plans for opening its sealed Gulf of Mexico well after tests found a suspected leak seeping from the seabed.
In a letter addressed to Bob Dudley, BP managing director, National Incident Commander Thad Allen said tests had detected a “seep a distance from the well and undetermined anomalies at the well head.” The letter was posted yesterday on the website of the joint information center for the spill.
No decision was announced on whether BP will be ordered to open the valves sealing the well, which would allow oil to resume flowing. BP would resume efforts to capture the oil and funnel it to vessels at the surface after the well is opened.
“I direct you to provide me a written procedure for opening the choke valve as quickly as possible without damaging the well should hydrocarbon seepage near the well head be confirmed,” Allen wrote in the letter.
Research Credit: DK
Kunsler had an interesting article today – “What if He’s Right” about Simmons.
http://www.kunstler.com/blog/
Simmons is a weird creature – Council on Foreign Relations; speculating in BP stock even as he puts out this bad news message. I don’t get a cohesive picture of the man and his motives.
Long ago (actually only a few months ago) the Half Past Human project wrote something like “The Powers that Be” are going to be pissed because they cannot shut the oil volcano down. Yep. I’ll be the TPTB is pissed off. All those rich folks with the beach homes having to deal with all the icky oil. Smirk.
They don’t give a flying you know what about Jack and Jill that have to pack up their home and find a new place to live and find work.
From what I have studied over the past year, the events of the next few weeks, up til August 2nd looks to be, uh, kind of a life changing time. I hope its not dire. Just in case, I’m going to buy a case of wine and some extra small cigars! And I’ll be going to yoga class twice a week even if its almost a 100 degrees with 90 % humidity plus a dirth of rain here in PA. We live in interesting times. Must keep a sense of humor. Must keep a sense of humor. hahaha.