What's REALLY going on with the BP oil spill

[LaZeR]

The BP team is just too burnt out from trying to fix this thing that they are always taking these long breaks in-between attempts.
Maybe if our leaders would of created a international team in the begining working around the clock there might of been some progress on all fronts. This corexit crap is also very controversial with cleanup crews getting sick without knowing the dangers.

In this case, I believe it is our own government that is halting operations. They are concerned it may do more harm than good - both the relief well and the new cap as I understand it. Who knows.... /just saying.

[truthwolf1]

This is with no doubt Obama's Katrina, and a very large one indeed. Even with a trust in BP there is so much bureaucratic red tape in the cleanup which Mr. Basketball could lighten that I fully blame the @#$@#$%%

[danielan]

Ok, so, what's bothering me today about this is that after they installed a new cap, apparently, the government NOW has a list of concerns that they want addressed before this test can be conducted...

Prudent. But... Why couldn't all of this been worked out before the old cap was removed and the new cap was installed?

I mean, you can do geology while the old cap was on, etc. This does not have to be done serially - these questions could/should have been asked and answered weeks ago...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...071402691.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...SxVPAD9GV0VC81

[sgreger1]

Danielan,


I am fully convinced they are either GROSSLY incompitent, or they are trying to not cap it for some reason (possibly because the casing is broken and they don't want to create pressure or something). But to just write this off as red tape is too easy an explanation to fit the level at which this has been ****ed up.


Remember, once it's capped for good, no one is drilling that oil anymore. If BP and Obama were really in on it together, they would find a way to just funnel the oil up to the boats for 100% collection. Thus allowing BP to continue harvesting that oil at a time when no other drilling is allowed in the gulf, giving them 100% marketshare of the gulf. But even then it wouldn't make sense.