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...

Deepwater Oil Spill - using a nuclear weapon

While the likelihood of using a nuclear weapon to shut off flow to the leaking oilwell in the Gulf are absolutely zero, nevertheless, under ...

Deepwater Oil Spill - why Top Kill may have failed

The Top Kill attempts have failed, and the Government has a response . He (President Obama) said US Energy Secretary Steven Chu was leading...

Deepwater Oil Spill - the end of Top Kill

BP and Admiral Landry just held a Press Conference in which they said that, based on a decision 90 minutes ago, by the “best and brightest m...

Deepwater Oil Spill - why Top Kill starts and stops

Out in the Gulf BP are going through the preparations for the next stage in the attempt to top kill the deep water well that has been leakin...

Deepwater Oil Spill - preparing for cement

Admiral Allen, who is the Government head of the effort to cap the flowing well in the Gulf, and to oversee the cleanup operation, commented...

Deepwater Oil Spill - comparison of flows

I am putting up these pictures to show why I believe that the injection pressure of mud into the well has dropped, indicating that BP have f...

Deepwater Oil Spill - permissions and concerns about Top Kill

Rather than stick continuous updates on the previous post, I am going to add them as updates to this separate post on the progress of the De...

Deepwater Oil Spill - waiting for the Top Kill

This is the day when the top kill of the leaking BP well in the GOM will likely be attempted. Kent Wells, Senior Executive VP for Explorat...

The Gulf Deepwater Oil Spill - the Top Kill attempt

The next attempt to shut off the flow from the leaking BP well in the Gulf is still aimed to occur early Wednesday . The attempt will use th...

The Gulf Deepwater Oil Spill, barriers, flow rates and top kill

The Gulf oil spill continues to generate headlines, and ABC News has been running the story at the top , or close to the top of its evening ...