Spill chief OKs plan to force cement down oil well

The Austin-Mexican Statesman ^ | August 4, 2010 | TAMARA LUSH

[cweese]

NEW ORLEANS — The federal official in charge of the Gulf oil spill says he has approved BP's plan to pump cement down the throat of the blown-out Gulf of Mexico well in hopes of sealing it for good.

The company plans to shove cement down from pipes attached to ships a mile above the sea. Earlier, crews were able to force down the oil with mud.

National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Wednesday night that he has approved the cement plan. But he ordered that it should not delay the ultimate solution of drilling a relief well that will cut off the leaking well far below the sea floor.

[cweese]

"The company plans to shove cement down from pipes attached to ships a mile above the sea."

Stupid reporterette.

[tet68]

Must be those concrete blimps I read about in
Popular Mechanics.

[Timocrat]

No wonder the rig exploded if if was a mile above the sea. They shouldn’t be allowed to drill like that, they should do at the surface like everybody else.

[BerryDingle]

“Undocumented” reporterette.

[RushingWater]

Why can’t they produce this oil??

[allmost]

No one can watch. Why do they even bother with the formalities?

[Izzy Dunne]

ships a mile above the sea.

OK, this I gotta see.

[hinckley buzzard]

National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Wednesday night that he has approved the cement plan.

Love that title. Right out of Gilbert and Sullivan--or a cigarette ad("Have a Commander, toot toot, Welcome aboard!"). What does this a-hole know about cement or oil wells? He attended a school of business management.

He hasn't approved anything. He stood by with his thumb up his ass while the BP experts did all the heavy lifting. Not that letting BP handle it was a bad thing, but this phoney-baloney is a figurehead whose only job is to make it look like Obama's gubmint has something to do with this whole operation(besides sabotage). Which it does not.

[sionnsar]

I’m pretty sure a concrete airship would have a rigid structure and therefore be a dirigible.

[sionnsar]

What does this a-hole know about cement or oil wells? He attended a school of business management.

Yah, but he "approved" it. Puts him in the path of blame.

[mainsail that]

BP should have said: “you will be telling us what to do? Fine, sign at the dotted line for liability issues. “

But of course it’s just a charade, the gov trying to assure us

[hinckley buzzard]

"Dirigible" does not relate to rigidity of structure, although the famous German airships did have an infrastructure. "Dirigible" means steerable or directable from the latin dirigere, to steer, and so today, the Goodyear blimp is dirigible, while a hot air balloon is not.

The State of Maine was famous for its motto, "Dirigo" ("I direct"), inspired by the political epigram "As Maine goes, so goes the Nation." This was deflated by the FDR walkaway in 1936, after which wags said, "As Maine goes, so goes Vermont."

[hinckley buzzard]

Exactly. The whole idea is for the obama regime to appear as if it is in charge and in control. That is the purpose of the bureaucrats' profligate use of "we" when they rightfully mean "They" (ie, BP.)

[tet68]

Oh sure, some one always has to come along
and puncture my semiphore.

[agere_contra]

LOL.

[agere_contra]

The reporter’s name is Tamara Lush.

I can believe it.

[sionnsar]

Yah, well look at what happened to mine. Ya learn something new every day.

[justa-hairyape]

The leaking from the seals at the top of the BOP and the bottom of the 3 Ram Stack have stopped. Cement is working so far.

[norwaypinesavage]

"Why can’t they produce this oil??"

Because Obama wants to punish them for blowing up their own well.

[okie01]

Why can’t they produce this oil??

The casing is forever compromised.

This particular hole will never produce. BP retains the lease and can drill other wells to exploit the find...IF the deepwater drilling moratorium is ever raised.