Reply #19: BP Attempts ‘Top Kill’ Method to Seal Oil Well in Gulf

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Source: NY Times

“The operation is proceeding as we planned it,” said Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive, in a statement Wednesday evening. “We will be continuing
for at least another 24 hours.”

Doug Suttles, BP’s chief operating officer for exploration and production, said at a news conference Wednesday evening that it would be a day or
more before it was clear whether the top kill had worked. “It’s too early to know if it’s going to be successful,” Mr. Suttles said.

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But throughout the afternoon, as the blowout preventer filled with mud at increasing pressures apparently with no rupture, engineers following
the procedure were more hopeful.

“They are probably pressured up to full pressure, and nothing has ruptured yet,” said Donald Van Nieuwenhuise, director of petroleum geoscience
programs at the University of Houston, four hours after the maneuver began. “It’s a good sign because it means everything is holding together.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/us/27spill.html

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