BP: cap gets some Gulf oil, crude still spews

[time_has_come]

Source: AP

GRAND ISLE, La. — BP reported some oil was flowing up a pipe Friday from a cap it wrestled onto its broken Gulf of Mexico well but crude still spewed and it was unclear how much could be captured in the latest bid to tame the nation's worst oil spill.

President Barack Obama was set to visit the Louisiana coast Friday, his second trip in a week and the third since the disaster unfolded following an April 20 oil rig explosion.

The government's point man for the crisis, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said the cap's installation atop a severed pipe late Thursday was a positive development but it was too early to tell if will work. The funnel-like lid is designed to channel oil for pumping to a surface tanker.

"Even if successful, this is only a temporary and partial fix and we must continue our aggressive response operations at the source, on the surface and along the Gulf's precious coastline," Allen said in a statement.

BP's Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said it will be later in the day before they know how much is being captured.


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Luckily we will be able to see with our own eyes and not rely on the BP COO's words.

[ShamelessHussy]

1. will obama visit an oily beach this time? Imagine him picking up a handful of goop,..

instead of a PR shoot...


better bring some gloves, as I hear that stuff can be toxic

[joanmj]

3. Absolutely!

last time was ridiculous!

[KittyWampus]

11. Aw, getting your post count up.

[joanmj]

15. 80 birds rescued....

500 found dead! now are you happy?

[Juneboarder]

17. Hi Joanmj!! Welcome to DU!! :)

Don't mind the trolls that lurk around DU; they're always looking to pick a fight to divert the converstaion from what's truly going on.

[KittyWampus]

10. maybe if he tries to resuscitate a dying bird, will you then be happy?

[CountAllVotes]

14. maybe he'll find a oiled pelican

will a pouch filled with oil. Oh no, we can't have Mr. President seeing something like that now can we?

Where is that quick and dirty clean-up crew that will be there and gone so fast no one will remember who they were or where they came from?

:kick:

[time_has_come]

2. Bloomberg business: BP COO thinks cap will capture 90% of leak...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-04/bp-says-cap-may-collect-more-than-90-of-oil-leak-update1-.html

Hopefully that will boost their shares
:sarcasm:

[yourout]

4. This guy has ZERO credibility left...10% is more likely.

and add in the fact that cutting the riser probably doubled the leak.

[Iwasthere]

5. This guy ?

"This guy" is your President, and he has done soooo much for our country and the world in his first year (we are respected again). How soon we forget (the previous idiot deciderer).

[time_has_come]

6. I believe the poster ws referring to the BP COO n/t

[Iwasthere]

7. Oops, sorry, you are right

I mixed up two posts in my head. I sincerely apoligize

[joe black]

8. touchy much!

[Ticonderoga]

12. And even if he wasn't. What the hell are you talking about?

Done so much?...Like what? Sell us out to Big Pharma, Big Oil, MIC, and Big Finance? Keep the Wars going? Escalate Afghanistan? Continue rendition? C'mon man I voted for the guy myself and I'm pretty disappointed.

[CountAllVotes]

16. admittedly you have company

and that is me. :dunce: is what I feel like. :(

:kick:

[Ticonderoga]

9. If success equals failure

then it obvious that their recent experiment is a big success. Assholes!

[niceypoo]

13. Its all the media's fault

They are ignoring the good news coming from the gulf, just like they did with Iraq all those years.