Deepwater Oil Spill - Waiting for the cement to set

BP began pumping cement into the Deepwater well at 9:15 am CDT on Thursday and stopped the operation at 14:15 CDT , having thereby pumped c...

Deepwater Oil Spill - Cementing the well

The Deepwater well has now reached a point where the mud inside the well is applying enough weight to the fluid in the formation that the fl...

Deepwater Oil Spill - tests end and the kill begins

Overnight there was a second set of leaks detected in the BOP assembly sitting on top of the Deepwater well in the Gulf, however these were ...

Deepwater Oil Spill - start of the static kill

Progress on the relief well at the Deepwater Horizon well has now reached the point that BP have started the procedures for the top static k...

Deepwater Oil Spill - Restarting Progress

BP does not seem to have gone back to the daily briefings, let alone the twice-a-day ones that were being issued just a couple of weeks ago....

Deepwater Oil Spill - After the storm

The “Bonnie” storm has passed, and the different vessels are not only returned to the site, but are already making progress in returning to ...

Deepwater Oil Spill - time is not our friend

There is a certain frustration in hearing some of the officials who act as spokesmen for the management team handling the spill from the Dee...