BP says 'virtually all' oil to be captured soon

[Ruby the Liberal]

Source: MSNBC

GULF SHORES, Ala. - A top BP executive says the company expects to be capturing virtually all the oil leaking from the Gulf floor by early next week.

Chief operating officer Doug Suttles told The Associated Press on Tuesday in Gulf Shores, Ala., that the flow should decrease "to a relative trickle" by Monday or Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37581497

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Yeah! Its fixed!

:freak:

[alstephenson]

1. They must be sniffing the fumes.

Definitely delusional.

[wordpix]

10. I guess they'll be hauling it up without a ship to put it in since

BP didn't bother getting a 2nd ship and the first containment ship is full or nearly so.

[JuniperLea]

2. Whew! Thank God! Nothing to see here... move along...

I'm so relieved!


:grr:

[Divine Discontent]

17. well, after making a journal post about the spill, I will just use your great comment as my own!

Exactly, JuniperLea, Whew! Thank God! Nothing to see here, move along!!! We're so relieved now, glad they are getting their oil, no major catastrophe to see!

[old guy]

3. Just sayin it, makes it so! Who knew!!

[ozymandius]

4. Virtually?

If my mechanic "virtually" fixed my car - I'd fire him.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. What they said was, they had a virtual reality simulation of capturing all the oil planned out.

Which will bear no real resemblance to what actually occurs.

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. Sad, but likely true.

[Jamastiene]

6. OH, a "reliative trickle." To BP execs,

this is a "spill" as opposed to a fucking gusher. I'd hate to see what their idea of a "reliative trickle" is. "Relative" to what?

[neverforget]

8. Hayward really wants his life back so he's going to make it so......

in months.

[wordpix]

9. "another 48 hours after the next 48 hours ..."

[TheWatcher]

23. Is that 48 Hours or 48 Business Hours?

:evilgrin:

[liberation]

11. Do they realize what "virtually all" really means?

Like right now, i have "virtually all" money in the world. You just can see because it is virtual, but trust me it is there. Let me take out my virtual credit card, and I'll invite all of your for all the virtual beer you can virtually drink.

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. Party on

Now that it is "over" and all that.

:toast:

[tomm2thumbs]

12. anyone who's waited for my Uncle Wally at the bathroom knows what a 'relative trickle' can be

I thought they were supposed to shut this down with topkill last month

oh, I guess that 'relative trickle' isn't quite retroactive now is it

[wordpix]

13. reading top 2 posts, this one & BP giving out billion$ in dividends soon

you would think BP is in great shape---they're soon going to capture the oil, they have lots of money to spread around to investors...Tony Hayward is a beloved figure...

[Donnachaidh]

14. are they going to use Tony Hayward's ego to soak up the mess? n/t

[CLANG]

15. Oops, hit the reverse switch!

"BP later sought to clarify his comments. It says that even though the company is optimistic it can make measurable progress in the next week in reducing the flow. And it says it will take more time to reach the point that the spill amounts to a trickle."

[Ruby the Liberal]

19. No, but really? Mixed messages?

Nah. Must be a typo.

:freak:

[FailureToCommunicate]

16. Hey, come on...they've been wrong at least 50 times already...can't we give 'em another chance?

[Incitatus]

20. Yes, and we're going to find Bin Laden and those WMDs any day now. nt

[piedmont]

21. Virtually reduced to nearly a trickle next week. Yeah, that's almost reassuring. nt

[Kablooie]

22. All the virtual oil doesn't matter. How much REAL oil will they capture.

[Macoy]

24. Bagdad Bob's New Job

Nice to see that “Bagdad Bob” was able to find another job as spokesman after his gig with Saddam ended. :)


Macoy