Oil cam showing pipe

Is it oil coming out? Looks current from the date/time stamp. Where's the kill machine?

I hope this isn't the failure of the top kill procedure. Jeez what's going on?

that sounds intriguing.

You can see the big pipe on the ground, and something is spewing out of it. It's dark stuff. I don't know if it's oil or not. Sorry.

edit to add>> I want this to work!! I wish I was an engineer and knew what the pics mean.

They haven't showed the end of the riser for a while...

However, they aren't pumping mud in now (this was announced earlier). They've stopped to take pressure readings. The mud is pumped in (and apparently twice now, golf balls and pieces of rubber along with it). They stop pumping mud and take pressure readings (what they did yesterday too) to determine if they've succeeded in keeping the oil down. Mud still comes out the holes though even when they're not pumping...there's no way to determine if it's just mud or a mixture of mud and oil. BP isn't disclosing details on this.

If they resume pumping mud, it means they didn't succeed and will continue. They'll either succeed or eventually say the top kill didn't work and try something else. The longer it goes on, makes me think the lower the odds of success.

:(

Same black plume as of a few days ago. *sigh*

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html

...never mind how hard it is for us.

For the extreme conditions down there, and so far away, this might as well be a mission happening on Venus.

AFAIK, they expect some mud mix with crude to be coming out for some period of time, then pure mud, then nothing.

Everyone is concerned that parts of the BOP and the casings and liners below it might not bear the pressures of this procedure, but there really isn't a way to know unless something blows or the procedure works.

I wish I knew more, I wish they knew more.

:patriot:

You and the others. I work 3rd shift and have to go to work....and will wonder what is going on. It's hard to wait, as we all know.

http://newsblogged.com/video-live-streaming-gulf-oil-spill-cam-bp-webcam

I haven't had any problems with it being down. Thick oil seems to be still spewing.

mud mixed with oil vs mud mixed with liquefied natural gas. It still seems there is oil and gas flow there.

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