matter are starting to look grim for the newfangled cap that BP functionary say they might habituate in the beginning this week to seal the still - rave well in the Gulf . Their concern is that the cap might make the escape worse .
According to Reuters :
“ The risk through all this procedure is that somehow ( crude ) flow take to the woods outside of the case , ” BP principal operating policeman of geographic expedition and yield Doug Suttles told CNN .
“ That ’s something that we do n’t need to occur … That ’s why it ’s so of import that we get this test correct . ”
Suttles said if BP and government officials conceive the test could damage the well casing then “ we might not go along with the exam . ” . . .
If tests on the well progress as hoped , BP say no oil would shed out for the first time since a rig being drilled for BP by Transocean Ltd sank days after the April explosion .
During the trial , two little siphoning organisation , include one brought online on Monday , will be turn off . But BP warned the outcome was uncertain since the system has never been quiz at such depths .
If the capital put in plaza on Monday is not sealed , BP intends to moderate all of the rock oil flow by mid - July by siphoning it off through pipage to ship at the surface .
One of the many problems with this cap is that it has to fit snugly onto a flange on the well casing – but unfortunately this flange is tilted . So the seal might not be perfect . Another issue is that even if the seal work , oil may already be leak out through sway and tornado in the ground .
No matter what happens , BP will proceed siphon off as much oil colour as possible .
viaReuters and Scientific American
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