July 8th, 2010
01:07 PM ET

BP in final stage of relief well

The first relief well BP is drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could intercept the leaking Deepwater Horizon well in seven to 10 days, the man heading the federal response to the oil crisis said Thursday.

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said the length of time it will take to seal the well will depend on "where the oil is coming up through, where they can intercept, where they can put the mud in, where they can put the cement plug."

He reiterated that despite that accelerated time frame, he's sticking with mid-August as the expected time for the "bottom kill" procedure to be completed. "Certain things could move that up," Allen said, but for the second time in as many days, he couched that optimism, saying, "It's better to under-promise and over-deliver."

BP is in the final stages of drilling one of two relief wells, which is now 17,780 feet deep, Allen said. He called it "the slowest, most meticulous part."

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  1. BreakingNewsBlog.us

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    journalists and journals STILL want and publish scoops?????
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    AMAZING SCOOP: see the new update of my article with the VIDEO, the REAL image, the model (GXP 2500) the link to the manufacturer's website and the detailed dimensions and specs of the giant idraulic SHEARS used by BP to CUT the 21" strong oil riser "like a piece of butter" and that (with an EASY and QUICK modification) would allowed BP to STOP the oil spill from the EARLY DAYS of May!!!
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    ghostnasa.com/posts2/070oilspillsolution.html
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    when BP has said us to send ideas to stop the oil leak, they've ALREADY started to drill the two relief wells (that need months to be ready) and the drilling coninued while BP has made its useless attempts
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    why TWO relief wells???
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    the first relief well to stop the oil leak in mid-august, the second to QUICKLY RESTART the oil extraction a few weeks later...
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    in other words, ALL requests of help and ALL failed attempts was ONLY a PR-operation to gain time and finish the second oil well to remain there to extract oil from a 2 billion barrels / $150+ billion value reserve!
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    do you want an evidence of that?
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    well, BP hasn't ignored or not used or refuted the help of common people, but, also, the help offered in mid-May by James Cameron and his team of very deep ocean expert explorers with their submarines!!!
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    BP doesn't want anyone there to be the ONLY to be able to conduct the operations as THEY like!
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    July 8, 2010 at 1:48 pm | Report abuse |
    • qwerasdf

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      July 8, 2010 at 2:58 pm | Report abuse |
    • Barbara cooper

      Bottom kill, Top kill
      LITERALLY

      July 8, 2010 at 4:04 pm | Report abuse |
    • BreakingNewsBlog.us

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      July 8, 2010 at 5:38 pm | Report abuse |
  2. Scott

    Does anyone write blogs that are not filled with conspiracy theory and hatered?

    July 8, 2010 at 2:52 pm | Report abuse |
    • BreakingNewsBlog.us

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      July 8, 2010 at 5:41 pm | Report abuse |
  3. ttaj

    Scale model of 5000ft of water:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d91ymPgzzOA

    July 8, 2010 at 5:18 pm | Report abuse |
  4. Lindsay

    Funny new video from Seattle-born comedian Kyle Cease!

    http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/cease_bp_apology_outtakes/

    July 8, 2010 at 6:37 pm | Report abuse |
  5. John Sharp

    Before BP I thought New Yorkers were the primary users of "TAR BEACHES" Pretty soon the whole southern U.S. coast
    will have them. Thank you very much BP. Clean it up and go home

    July 9, 2010 at 12:20 pm | Report abuse |
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