Comments (0) Check out this video as posted on WKRG.com, News channel 5 showing the new containment cap being put into place. This is the first ray of hope we have had since the BP’s deepwater rig exploded in April.
BP has said the next step will be running tests to make sure there are no other leaks from the well. Tests and monitoring could last from six hours to two days.
As you know, BP had placed a “cap” on the blown-out well which is helping to funnel some of the oil to a tanker. BP removed that cap over the weekend and is replacing it with a tighter one. If the project planned is successful, it would simply mean no more oil would escape to foul the Gulf of Mexico. The well would still be busted and leaking – workers would just funnel what comes out of it to tankers at the surface.
The hope for a permanent solution still remains with two relief wells intended to plug it completely far beneath the seafloor. My understanding is the first relief well could be completed before the end of July. Time will tell…
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