Deepwater Oil Spill - evidence of erosion

There was, apparently, no briefing today on the Deepwater Oil Spill. However RockyPaloma has put up a number of videos on Youtube showing a...

Deepwater Oil Spill - BOP on board

First it was hoisted to the surface Note the actual size of the Deepwater Horizon Blowout Preventer as it is held just above the support fra...

Deepwater Oil Spill - changeover completed.

Well, in one day the progress on the Deepwater Horizon moved significantly further towards the end. First the capping stack was removed fro...

Deepwater Oil Spill - stack off, but another incident

Once again I am indebted to MoonofA , who is giving a more detailed hour by hour report, of some of the incidents that I miss. Fairly rapid...

Deepwater Oil Spill - preparing to move

The annotations to the ROV feeds from BP are becoming a little more descriptive, particularly with those related to the Q4000, which will b...

Deepwater Oil Spill - another weather pause

The weather is currently holding up the proceedings at the Deepwater Horizon well site. The seas are some six to eight feet, which is appar...

Deepwater Oil Spill - stopping the fish

The attempts to recover pipe from within the blowout preventer (BOP) on the Deepwater well have now halted, without being able to recover an...

Deepwater Oil Spill and San Jose Mine concerns

There has not been much apparently said about the fishing for pipe within the blowout preventer (BOP) at the Deepwater well today. The proj...

Deepwater Oil Spill - Recovering pipe

The problem with not watching the video feeds from the ROVs at the Deepwater site on a very regular schedule is that it becomes hard to defi...

Deepwater Oil Spill - More questions than answers

Hmm! So what is going on at the well? On Tuesday evening there were a couple of posts in the comments at TOD, one of which showed oil leaki...

Deepwater Oil Spill - Flushing and Fishing

BP has now responded to Admiral Allen’s request for more information, and has obtained permission to replace the BOP and stack on the top of...

Deepwater Oil Spill - and this week's TWIP

Admiral Allen helped with the release of some of the rescued turtles from the Gulf today before giving his press conference at Cedar Key, i...

Deepwater Oil Spill - how to deal with a dead well?

The Admiral confirmed, in his Friday press conference , that the negative pressure test on the Deepwater well held steady for 24-hours with...

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...