Will BP Oil Spill Feed Go Dark Tomorrow During "Top Kill"?

cbs ^ | May 25, 2010 | Bob Fuss

[Diogenesis]

Oil company BP may shut off the live feed to Congress and the Internet of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow during its next attempt to seal the oil leak.

Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), one of several legislators who forced BP to make the video feed public, said today that BP informed him the feed would be cut off when they try their "top kill" effort to stop the flow of oil. Markey called the move "outrageous."

"This BP blackout will obscure a vital moment in this disaster," Markey said in a statement. "After more than a month of spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP is essentially saying to the American people the solution will not be televised."

A technical video provided by BP shows that many of the preparations for the top kill attempt have already been completed, according to Markey's office. Hence, the congressman said, the company should be able to show the public the actual attempt to plug the well.

[Paladin2]

Pretty easy to kill the camera with mud and concrete.

[Jeff Chandler]

“It is a tale … full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.”

[Boardwalk]

BP could have fixed this if they were willing to spend billions of dollars. They were not.

[the invisib1e hand]

maybe it’s just me, but this all seems like just one, big soap opera. It’s entertainment. If this was the Bush administration, the eyes would be bugging out of the talking heads and the veins bulging in the scwrawney necks upon which those talking heads sit.

[the invisib1e hand]

maybe it’s just me, but this all seems like just one, big soap opera. It’s entertainment. If this was the Bush administration, the eyes would be bugging out of the talking heads and the veins bulging in the scwrawney necks upon which those talking heads sit.

[Paladin2]

Way to keep your boot on their throat, Ed.

[newheart]

This angst over a video feed is idiotic. Maybe I am wrong, but my guess is that this process will probably raise so much sediment there is no way you could see anything anyway. At least not enough to tell if the process was successful. It might be days before it settles down enough to tell.

[Diogenesis]

1) Pres_ _ent Obama gets $$$$$ from BP ............. check
"Obama biggest recipient of BP cash
BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million
to federal …with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama"

"Obama White House and British Petroleum (BP), which pumped $71,000 into Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign
are covering up the magnitude of the volcanic-level oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico"

BP oil leak: Fallen Deepwater Horizon was tapping second largest oil deposit in the world
If there is a single aspect to the dangers of the BP oil leak,
it lies in the question CEO Tony Hayward and other BP executives
have been avoiding since the first drop of oil went rogue: How much oil is leaking?
The real answer is - more than anyone wants to admit,
because the well holds enough oil to make Saudi Arabian drillers jealous."

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2) Pres_ _ent Obama exempts BP from normal requirements ......... check
"U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study"

"Obama admin exempted BP's Gulf drilling from environmental impact study "

"Obama sheltered BP's Deepwater Horizon rig from regulatory requirement"

"Red Flags Were Ignored Aboard Doomed Rig "

"US allowed drilling 'without required permits"

"U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits
The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP …
to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits "

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3) Pres_ _ent Obama and the DNC begin the obstruction ......... check
"Obama sat on sand berm request 2 weeks, still no reply"

"Frustration over sand barriers boils in Louisiana as federal government offers few answers"

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4) Pres_ _ent Obama and the DNC begin the coverup ......... check
"Oil Spill - CBS Threatened With Arrest For Filming The Oil Spill (Coast Guard: "This Is BP's Rules."

"Lab Chosen To Test Oil Spill Water & Animal Samples Has Ties To BP
In addition to this potential conflict of interest, federal officials have mandated that BP
gets to hire the companies that collect data as part of efforts to rescue wildlife covered with oil."

[east1234]

I thought they would have to cut the top off the riser to perform this procedure. That will immediately open her up full blast. I suspect that is why the feed will be cut.

[a real Sheila]

Which is cheaper for BP?

-One billion into a swiss bank account for Obama in return for his commitment that the federal govt will be on the hook to clean up the gulf?

-BP cleans up the gulf?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

["This BP blackout will obscure a vital moment in this disaster," Markey said in a statement. "After more than a month of spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP is essentially saying to the American people the solution will not be televised." ]

Funny, but I felt the same way about Congress' back room dealings when they rammed Socialized Health Care down our throats.

[rfp1234]

Dear Hypo-Demo-crites: Let’s see the tapes of your televised health-care “solution” hearings [so what, if they’re graphic?].

[netmilsmom]

Its not just you.

[dennisw]

Ed Markey can get lost. This top kill is very high stakes and could make it worse. The experts don’t need Congressional publicity hounds playing sidewalk superintendent

[maryz]

I might be paranoid even to have a passing thought on this, but what are the odds this was planned? Maybe not planned to be as big as it is, but planned? I mean, with BP being exempted from regulatory rules, Obama doing nothing, and BP being such a big player in the cap-'n'-trade scam . . . /tinfoil hat!

[WellyP]

SCREW MARKEY! In fact, stuff Markey in the hole! Real reason...This is not a TV show. They don't want any more equipment anywhere around the site than is necessary while they try this.

[MEGoody]

This whole “video feed” thing is ludicrous to begin with. I don’t care if BP kills the feed altogether.

[MEGoody]

BP could have fixed this if they were willing to spend billions of dollars.

Just curious as to how, technologically, they could have already had this fixed. I assume it could be done with "stuff" already on hand and not something that would take awhile to build.

[vaudine]

My take--Pres. and company not as worried about environmental damage as opportunity. They see the results of this spill as opportunity to cut off drilling and make more regulations for drilling.

Just my opinion.

vaudine