Sunday morning, BP announced that the top kill procedure failed to stop the flow of oil that is leaking from the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico, and they were moving on to the next plan. BP engineers and scientists made three attempts over the last few days to pump the mud and sixteen tries to put cement into the well and the process failed.
"We're disappointed the oil is going to flow for a while and we're going to redouble our efforts to keep it off the beaches," BP Managing Director Robert Dudley told CNN.
"There was just too much flow," Dudley said.
"We have not been able to stop the flow," a quiet Suttles said Saturday. "Repeated pumping, we don't believe, will achieve success, so we will move on to the next option."
The next plan includes making a custom-built cap to be lowered into the ocean and fitted over the "lower marine riser package." The water will be warmed up around the capped area to prevent freezing. Dudley went on to explain that there shouldn’t be an increase in the volume of oil in the attempt to place the cap, but if they are able to seal the cap, it will not be pressure-tight. Then if this works, a relief well will be drilled by August and should hold it long-term. The cap should be ready in four-seven days. See the video below for a visual description of how it will work.
"If we can contain the flow of the well between now and August and keep it out of the ocean, that's also a good outcome," Dudley told CNN. "And then, if we can shut it off completely with a relief well, that's not a bad outcome compared to where we are today."
To see photos taken last weekend of the oil spill along the Louisiana coastline and the wildlife it has affected, click here.
A week ago, BP approved 6 machines from Kevin Costner that they will test that recycle water and separate the oil from the ocean. For more on that story, click here.
Earlier this week, a new video of the gushing oil had many of the investigative teams calling BP untrustworthy because more oil was leaking from the well then they originally claimed. For more on that story, click here.
Many Utah residents have questioned if the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is causing higher gas prices. AAA Utah has stated that the high price of gas in the state isn’t related to the oil spill. Although gas prices have dropped slightly over the past week, the state still has some of the highest gas prices in the country.
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Source: CNN
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