[DonaldC]

It seems to me that BP is going out of its way to keep producing from that well rather than permanently seal it. Maybe our government is in the way, I dunno, but I don’t really think the folks along the coast care how much is captured.

[norraad]

That’s how arrogant and out of touch the nicely dressed bozo boys at the top behave on a daily basis.

[Red_Devil 232]

That is just asinine.

[deport]

....It seems to me that BP is going out of its way to keep producing from that well rather than permanently seal it......

You got any working suggestions as to how they may accomplish a seal from the top?

........ Maybe our government is in the way, I dunno, but I don’t really think the folks along the coast care how much is captured..........

I’d bet if you asked the folks along the coast they’d tell you they damn well care how much is captured.

[eggman]

It seems to me that BP is going out of its way to keep producing from that well rather than permanently seal it.

I've heard this argument from a number of places that BP is working to keep producing oil from this rather than just cap it and abandon it. I've seen a number of technical descriptions that it is not going to stop leaking at least some oil until the relief well is completed. It seems to make sense that it is very difficult to just "plug the hole" but some would argue that BP is just a greedy oil company looking to profit at any cost.

What I haven't seen is some explanation for the economic justification of keeping the well producing if BP could seal and abandon it right now. It would seem that this well would need to produce more than any other well in the gulf and the price of oil to skyrocket in order to offset the costs of collecting the oil, processing the oil, containing the still leaking oil, and cleaning up the gulf. Even if you take out the liability for the current damage done, I don't see BP being able to profit from this venture by salvaging some oil that costs them more than the ongoing costs of this operation. Perhaps, there is some magic reasoning that I'm missing that I don't understand a greedy oil company working so hard to lose money by spending and risking possibly over a billion $ to make a few million $.