BP cap now collecting 1,000 barrels per day. Out of 19,000+ still gushing.

[seafan]

Should we pat BP on the head and offer Gatorade?



Kristen Hays of Reuters reports:


June 4, 2010

HOUSTON, June 4 (Reuters) - BP Plc.'s containment cap over its stricken Gulf of Mexico well is collecting about 1,000 barrels per day, the top U.S. official overseeing the cleanup effort said on Friday.

A top BP (BP.L) (BP.N) executive overseeing containment efforts told CNN earlier that as that collection rate increases, it could corral "90-plus percent" of the oil.

One thousand barrels is a small fraction of the 19,000 barrels per day that the U.S. government has estimated could be gushing from the well, but the amount should increase as BP closes vents at the bottom of the cap to trap more oil, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen told reporters in a conference call.

"Sometime later today we'll probably be able to get ... an approximation of how much oil we are capturing," he said.

.....

Let's see... While 19,000+ barrels a day gush into the Gulf, BP has *managed* a way to save 1,000 barrels of it per day to pad their profits.

BP never was, and is not now interested in killing this well.

"So far I'm unscathed.... no-one has physically harmed me."

"They've thrown some words at me, but I'm a Brit. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me, or however the saying goes." ---BP CEO Tony Hayward, June 4, 2010

(T)he worst sins, in the eyes of the public, were not accidents themselves but a sense of gross incompetence, a perception of cruelty or veneer of sheer arrogance. "If it comes across that you not only don't understand but don't care about the consequences of your actions, that's unforgivable to Americans." ----Dan McGinn, communications expert at TMG Strategies, June 2, 2010

[meow mix]

1. seems like they were getting this much with the straw, with less gushing

im failing to see how this improved anything...seems a lot worse now

[sharp_stick]

2. They still have to close the vents

as the entire article you clipped clearly states.

on edit: relief wells are designed with the sole purpose of killing blowouts. If BP or anyone else hopes to tap this reservoir they will have to re-drill.

[liberal N proud]

3. In an other word FAIL

[seafan]

4. BP defies demands by Congress to delay payouts to shareholders; $10 billion payouts forthcoming

BP to go ahead with $10bn shareholder payout



Tony wants his life back.

[Cetacea]

5. Recommended.

Thanks.

[SidDithers]

6. Why don't you wait until they've made their adjustments...

to maximize capture before you condemn or praise them.

Sid

[blindpig]

7. It's all PR...

Kill Capitalism

[Statistical]

8. They haven't even closed the vents yet.

In related news 5 minutes before launch time the space shuttle has so far "failed to launch".