CNN: “There could be an underwater volcano of oil, with almost no way of stopping it”

BP Close to Solution For Oil Leak?, AC360, July 14, 2010:

Rush Transcript Excerpts:

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Shell Oil ex-CEO: Industry experts “feel the casing must have been damaged”; Losing the casing “like having a volcano on the bottom of the sea” (VIDEO)

"If you lose the casing its game over", "You cant stop it"

Hardball, MSNBC, July 14, ... Read more >>

Oil Expert: “Real concerned about shut-in integrity test” by BP “because of the down hole damage” that “could cause it to blowout” (VIDEO)

End in sight for oil spill?, MSNBC, July 12, 2010:

Oil and gas industry expert Bob ... Read more >>

Coast Guard and BP admit ‘MYSTERIOUS second pipe’ stuck in BOP; Experts say indicates casing ‘dislodged’ (VIDEO, PHOTO)

Discovery of second pipe in Deepwater Horizon riser stirs debate among experts, New Orleans Times ... Read more >>

National Incident Commander: Oil could be gushing up through “multiple rings” in well

Allen: Relief well timing depends on oil's spread, AP, July 8, 2010:

The gushing well has ... Read more >>

Shell Oil ex-CEO: “I hope… a 50/50 chance” relief wells will work — & More (VIDEO)

Hardball: Tar balls hit Texas, MSNBC, July 6, 2010:

Chris Matthews,Hardball, MSNBC:

Let's go to this question ... Read more >>

Nuke BP Well? Russian Official:”I ended program — Radioactive material was still seeping through cracks in the ground and spreading”; Yet sees “no other solution” for Gulf

Expert says nuclear device would need to be TWICE as powerful as Hiroshima; Never been ... Read more >>

*ALERT* Congressman suspects BP tapped multiple oil reservoirs while drilling the Macondo Well; Oil may also be rushing IN to damaged casing

The Chairman of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee Rep. Ed Markey is now questioning not ... Read more >>

BP and government making backup plan “should the relief well effort fail”

BP Discussing a Backup Strategy to Contain Oil, New York Times, June 28, 2010:

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Former President: Blow up the well to stop BP oil spill (VIDEO)

Former President Bill Clinton says the Navy may need to step in and blow up ... Read more >>

Shell Oil ex-CEO: “Whole casing system is deteriorating”, “We’re just getting a gusher” (VIDEO)

Former Shell CEO John Hofmeister, MSNBC, June 23, 2010:

1:00 Hofmeister:

If you really want to stop ... Read more >>

Newsweek: BOP “tilting noticeably”, “Very possible that there are subfloor leaks” says expert

Efforts to stop the flow may have set the stage for an even bigger catastrophe.

The ... Read more >>

U.S. Congressman on BP Oil Spill: “Detonate” explosives and “seal that leak” (AUDIO)

Blow that well to Kingdom Come, says Phil Gingrey, Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 21, 2010:

[T]he ... Read more >>

“The unit is breaking up” said former rig worker on April 20

UC Berkeley engineer a key adviser in Gulf spill aftermath, Contra Costa Times, June 20, ... Read more >>

Experts: “Very high level of concern for the integrity of the well”; “That’s all people are talking about”

Oil spill containment efforts could be putting strain on damaged well, New Orleans Times-Picayune, June ... Read more >>

Blown-out BP well cracked and leaking since February

Cracks Show BP Battled Well Two Months Before Blast, Bloomberg, June 17, 2010:

On Feb. 13, ... Read more >>

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer: “Billion potential barrels of oil” under BP’s ruptured well; “Thing could really explode” expert says

CNN's first mention of concerns about the structural integrity of BP's blown-out well occurred on ... Read more >>

Bush Energy Adviser: Relief well will fail, 46 billion gallons could flow into Gulf

Well to spew oil for 25-30 years at 120,000 bpd if not imploded

Simmons: Undersea oil ... Read more >>

White House officials: Explosives to stop well may cause “uncontrolled situation”; Oil may already be escaping into “rock formations below the sea floor”

No nukes in the gulf: White House officials, Yahoo News Canada, June 3, 2010:

Carol Browner, ... Read more >>

UK Engineering Mag: Well casing could have been ejected from the well; ‘Doomsday Scenario’ happening?

In today's rather optimistic online report BP now capturing 16k barrels/day at Deepwater Horizon from ... Read more >>

Former Shell Oil President: “Relief well may not be enough”, next step “to implode well on top of itself”

During an online chat session at the Washington Post this afternoon, recently retired President of ... Read more >>

Oil Expert: BP must ‘keep the well flowing to minimize oil and gas going out into the formation on the side’

Statements by oil and gas industry expert Bob Cavnar on MSNBC:

These stories that are coming ... Read more >>

BP Official: The well is leaking “out to the side, into the formation”

The Washington Post reported, "Sources at two companies involved with the well said that BP ... Read more >>

ALERT: BP says wellbore may be compromised

Malfunctioning disk inside the well about 1,000 feet below the ocean floor

Excerpts from the Wall ... Read more >>

BP Officials: “part of the subsea safety infrastructure may have ruptured” 1,000 feet beneath oil wellhead.

Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal:

The disk, part of the subsea safety infrastructure, may ... Read more >>

BP lost control of well one month before blowout

BusinessWeek:

BP Plc told regulators six weeks before its well in the Gulf of Mexico exploded ... Read more >>

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