Breaking: BP says they may not need the relief well.. "static kill" may be enough..

[DCBob]

NEW ORLEANS – After insisting for months that a pair of costly relief wells were the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials said Monday they may be able to do it just with lines running from a ship to the busted well a mile below.

As crews planned testing late Monday to determine whether to proceed with a "static kill" to pump mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the well, BP Senior Vice President Kent Wells said if it's successful the relief wells may not be used, after all, to do the same weeks later from the bottom.

The primary relief well and a backup, not far from completion, might be used simply to ensure the leak is plugged, he said. Either way, Wells said, "We want to end up with cement in the bottom of the hole."

A plugging plan that abandons use of relief wells, which which can cost about $100 million each, does not necessarily mean that time was wasted in killing the leak, which spewed as much as 184 million gallons of oil into the Gulf since April. Officials still say the relief well is the only way to make certain the oil is contained to its vast undersea reservoir.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100802/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill

It sounds reasonable but i sure hope they know what they are doing.

[Blue Owl]

1. OK Boss

n/t

[spanone]

2. ....and monkeys might fly out of my ass. they know the media doesn't care anymore.

[DCBob]

8. which monkeys would that be? you doubt the story or that it will work or what?

or are you just trying to be incoherently funny? which isnt working for me.

[KittyWampus]

14. it's like some DU'ers just use a random cynic remark generator when posting here.

[derby378]

3. How many times has BP got it wrong before? (n/t)

[tridim]

4. ..So now we can use the relief wells that we've already started to pump the oil

Just watch.

[DCBob]

6. The way that hole was drilled, I doubt it would work as a production well..

but you may be right. We will see.

[RKP5637]

9. That's what I'm thinking too. I was just starting to say similar when I

saw your post. I can't imagine BP (or whomever) in the big picture is going to let all of the oil down there just sit for eternity.

When MSM forgets about it (or per plan), that source of oil is going to be revisited... by then it also well might be out of the collective consciousness of the masses.

There will be all sorts of rationales offered up as to why it's a good thing to source the oil there via a relief well. I'm no expert in this, but I do know how corporate minds think.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiight.

How much would that relief well cost BP????

[Oceansaway]

7. i only listen to Darryl,Fred &Keith.....

:sarcasm:

[w4rma]

10. That will save BP some money. They are still cutting all the corners they can get away with. (nt)

[DCBob]

12. That is a likely motivation.

I hope these fuckers dont fuck this up to save a buck.

[Gold Metal Flake]

11. I hope these guys never design space or aircraft.

"Belt and suspenders? Not cost-effective."

[Scurrilous]

13. "..I sure hope they know what they are doing."

Me too. Keeping my fingers crossed. :thumbsup: