According to National Incident Commander Thad Allen, BP (NYSE:BP) may have "accidentally" killed the oil well, making the bottom kill from the relief an unnecessary action.
The recent top kill could have resulted in cement moving into the annulus, which is what the "bottom kill" goal would have been to do, and which is the definition of the well permanently and safely being killed.
Allen said in a briefing, "A bottom kill finishes this well. The question is has it already been accomplished?"
He added that BP is now putting into play a pressure test on the well to determine whether or not the annulus has been reached by the cement. If so, the pressure tests will reveal it.
The question does arise as to whether this was really inadvertent or not, or an attempt to have it happen this way in order to allow the oil giant to either resume drilling in the future or sell the assets to another energy company.
We'll probably never know, but it's highly doubtful the government or BP ever had the idea in their mind to just let the oil sit underneath the Gulf floor. This gives them a nice out and reason to use the relief well for 'other purposes.'
1 comment:
What do you expect them to do dumbass...just leave it there? It's their lease and their oil - they have a right to get it
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