Oil Industry Expert: 'BP Cap Meant to Hide Original Rate of Gusher'

"I don't understand this whole operation that they're undergoing right now. Sunday was the first time I heard the words 'well integrity test.' There's never been any discussion about this in their public disclosure or in anything else that I've seen ... I'm completely confused as to why they're taking this risk of damaging the well further ... My guess is that they're hoping to be able to shut down at least some of the production from the well so once they open it back up -- or open it to the surface through the Q4000 and the Helix Producer that it will be producing at a rate less than what it was open-flow, so it will be harder to measure what the total flow was from the well when it was completely uncontrolled." -- Bob Cavnar, oil industry expert

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[Richardgwm]

Why does this "Admiral" always use the pronoun "we" when referring to the actions of BP???

Sounds to me like Allen is planning to begin working for BP at a huge multi-million dollar salary as soon as this thing dies down.

Just another "regulator" who is owned by the industry.

[DrMu5tCh3at2W1n]

this shit should have been stopped within the first 3 weeks.

[maj1kninja07]

I do not wanna defiantly say it was Christopher hitchens but ima say i think it was, he said liberals pushed the rigs off the continental shelf and then pushed them a little farther and this is what you get. a bitch fit about the results of a bitch fit to a politically motivated government, that wilted to it.

[maj1kninja07]

@DrMu5tCh3at2W1n how? do not know? keep pushing oil rigs farther and farther from the shore and this is what you get.

[maj1kninja07]

@Richardgwm Because bp has to ask the government to clear any actions, ideals and what not.

[foobartender]

BP's deep earth drilling was very risky and they already drilled deeper than they had permission to drill.

After the accident, massive damage and public disapproval, its perfectly reasonable to expect that BP would not be allowed to drill there again.

Thats why they didn't cap the pipe.

If they allow it to keep leaking dangerously, they can drill more without any public/government resistance.

Once they're pumping oil adjacently, they will cap leaking pipe.

Simple.

'Problem Reaction Solution'

[METALMAN4Wii]

@DrMu5tCh3at2W1n More like the first 24 hours......!

[kensmind]

There is another viral video showing that the cameras, supposedly fixed upon the new oil cap, are at the WRONG location, meaning that BP has faked the fix and that the real well is still vomiting into the ocean. BP has already been caught photoshopping propaganda. Can anyone verify this story?

[camelsonhorizon]

oil hurricaines

[Elin48]

@DrMu5tCh3at2W1n it should have had a way of stopping before it was a problem. Even three weeks was too long!