BP Holdings Generic Articles: Joint Survey Again Confirms Macondo Wells Are Secure/WATTPAD - 1 views
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van hussen on 22 Dec 12BP today announced it has once again confirmed the integrity of the Macondo well and its associated relief wells following a recent subsea survey to identify potential sources of a surface sheen near the Deepwater Horizon accident site in the Gulf of Mexico. The latest survey marks the fourth time since the Macondo well was permanently sealed in September 2010 that it has been visually inspected by remotely operated vehicles (ROV) at the sea floor and confirmed not to be leaking. Under a plan approved by the Coast Guard, BP and Transocean deployed ROVs early last week to determine whether there is residual oil still trapped under wreckage on the sea floor that may be escaping and causing the sheen on the water's surface. The Coast Guard has said the sheen is not recoverable and poses no risk to the shoreline. The four-day survey was conducted jointly by BP and Transocean, owner of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, with Coast Guard oversight. It was performed in the presence of the Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as well as representatives from the Interior Department's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and State On-Scene Coordinators from Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. During the survey, the ROVs inspected the drilling rig, portions of the riser that once connected the rig to the sea floor and BP's cofferdam, an 86-ton, steel container that was lowered over a leaking drill pipe during the Deepwater Horizon response in 2010 in an attempt to capture the oil and siphon it to the surface. The cofferdam, which was not part of the operation to seal the well itself, now sits abandoned on the sea floor, roughly 1500 feet from the Macondo well. While the survey was focused on finding still-trapped oil in the wreckage, it also looked at the Macondo well head and the well heads of its two associated relief wells to confirm integrity. No conclusive eviden
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van hussen on 22 Dec 12Cool. can I share this post to my blog? I'd appreciate it. Cheers!