Feds repeat: No threat of discharge “RIGHT NOW” — BP still running diagnostics on “CASING ITSELF” (VIDEO)

Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Thad Allen, September 8, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. EDT:

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Feds reveal concern that DRILL PIPE is CEMENTED to the CASING (VIDEO)

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“BROKEN”: Feds say “not a lot of structural integrity left” in drill pipe (VIDEO)

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Feds say containment vessels “ON STANDBY” — No SIGNIFICANT risk of oil being released (VIDEO)

Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Thad Allen, September 1, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. EDT:

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Feds: “Extreme fragility” of pipe inside well — “I have no regrets” about current situation (VIDEO)

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More from Feds: Lifting up BOP may compromise “casing hanger” and allow oil to flow from annulus (VIDEO)

Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Thad Allen, August 27, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. EDT:

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MYSTERY: BP believed well to be breached, with flow surging “into the ROCK FORMATION” from ‘top kill’ — FEDS HAD TO CONVINCE BP IT WAS OK

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BP to pull out 3,500 FEET OF DRILL PIPE from the 5,000 FOOT CEMENT PLUG holding back oil flow — Says it’s the “most prudent way to go” (VIDEO)

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BP now removing “drill pipe and OTHER EQUIPMENT” from wellhead; Experts believe it’s the CASING (VIDEOS)

Statement by BP, August 21, 2010:

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“THE REAL DOOMSDAY SCENARIO” is a compromised FORMATION and uncontrolled flow to seafloor: Bob Cavnar on MSNBC (VIDEO)

Countdown with Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, June 8th, 2010:

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*BREAKING* Feds say risk of BLOWOUT near wellhead is the center of discussion (VIDEO)

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Feds announce ANOTHER blow-out preventer may be added to wellhead (VIDEO)

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Feds: Relief wells might NOT be used to plug Macondo well

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BP says 40 percent of cement went “into the FORMATION and the rest remained in the casing” (VIDEO)

BP's Senior Vice President Kent Wells Technical briefing, August 6, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. EDT:

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BP: If well “no longer had integrity… nothing would change… we had NEVER counted on the WELL having INTEGRITY” (VIDEO)

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Feds now less certain on why wellhead pressure so low? Now say GENERAL consensus is it’s PROBABLY depletion (VIDEO)

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“CONTROVERSY” over well integrity: Commander says “spirited discussion” between feds and BP over “why the pressure is SO low” (VIDEO)

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Well engineer: “Especially concerned” about BOP bubbles; “BP does not appear to have installed a casing hanger lock”

Gas seeps not necessarily a problem, because pressure in oil well rising, officials say, Times-Picayune, ... Read more >>

PAPER: “An entire section of the well could be missing”; “MYSTERIOUS second pipe” falls back down well!

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Static Kill? NOT approved, BP concerned about “pressure constraints”; “Very much in its infancy” (AUDIO)

Kent Wells Technical Briefing, July 19, 2010 at 18:30 EDT:

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Oil attorney argues: “I think BP knew… all along” about “serious integrity problems with the casing”

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Shell Oil ex-CEO Hofmeister: White House officials “doubt the integrity of the well casing” (VIDEO)

John Hofmeister Interview, MSNBC, July 19, 2010 at 5:40pm:

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Seismic test so vital that it’s “actually delaying” plans to “capture additional oil”; “Vessels must be moved” away during tests

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BP “using caution” about saying the tests are “going well”; “I think it’s going to blow a leak somewhere else”

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Oil Expert Cavnar: “They know this well can’t be shut in for a long period of time” (VIDEO)

This is Only a Test, MSNBC, July 15, 2010:

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*Just IN* Rep. Markey says Congress unable to “PUBLICLY disclose” integrity of wellbore — More (VIDEO)

Interview With Massachusetts Congressman Edward Markey, CNN, July 15 @ 10:18pm EST:

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CNN reports well has “weak points at 9,000″ and “17,000 feet” that BP is likely “watching in the seismic” (VIDEO)

Situation Room, CNN, July 15, 2010 @ 6:45pm:

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July 15: Matt Simmons says BP covering up MASSIVE HOLE miles away, cap test is “absurd”

MSNBC, 4:02 pm July 15, 2010, Dylan Ratigan, Host

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BP says tests delayed to determine if ruptures were in the “shallow or deep parts of the well”; Increasing its “monitoring of the seafloor by robot subs”

BP starts crucial pressure test on gushing oil well, Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2010:

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Pressure test causes leak; BP not saying when tests will resume or how bad leak is (VIDEO)

American Morning, CNN, July 15, 2010:

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