Feds now say THREE pipes stuck in top of well — One is 40 feet long that “collapsed down” (VIDEO)

Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Thad Allen, August 23, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. EDT:

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Extracting 3,000+ feet of drill pipe held in the 5,000 foot cement plug is “NOT INTENDED to impact” integrity (VIDEO)

Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Thad Allen, August 23, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. EDT:

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UPDATE: Feds provide further evidence that the FORMATION has COLLAPSED around BP’s Macondo well (VIDEO)

Well is 13,000+' long, starting 5,000+' below sealevel

See original post here: *DEVELOPING* Feds admit formation may have collapsed around bottom of … Read more >>

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

Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, August … Read more >>

Oil expert: BP admits “4,200 psi on the well when it’s supposed to be dead”; “They are indeed communicated to the reservoir below”

Oil and gas expert Bob Cavnar helps us better understand the current state of the … Read more >>

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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Fast-moving seep near seafloor — New location (2 VIDEOS)

Live feed from Skandi ROV1, August 6, 2010 at 10:00 … Read more >>

Significant increases in seafloor seepage, likely methane hydrates — Developing (3 VIDEOS)

After a relatively quiet night, more white objects are shooting from the sea floor — … Read more >>

For a ‘plugged’ well, plenty of debris floating around the BOP (VIDEO)

Skandi ROV August 6, 2010 at 1:56 … Read more >>

Feds: “The BIG conversation yesterday REALLY had to do with whether or not the drill pipe was still INTACT” (VIDEO)

Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, August 5, 2010:

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Cementing during ‘Static Kill’ PREVENTS knowledge of relief well rupture (VIDEO)

MSNBC, August 5, 2010 at 8:30 … Read more >>

Oil may have reached annulus; BP has NOT yet decided to cement well during “Static Kill’

The Times-Picayune reports, “BP and federal officials have not yet decided if the runaway Macondo … Read more >>

CNN: Something HAS RUPTURED if ROVs show plumes of mud, oil, or gas (VIDEO)

Situation Room, CNN, August 3, 2010 at 5:30 … Read more >>

6:30 p.m.: Different ROV films clouds seeping from seafloor — Overhead View (VIDEO)

Q4000 ROV 1 August 3, 2010 at … Read more >>

CNN reports ‘static kill’ underway as ROV films Black blobs seeping from sea floor (VIDEO)

Ocean Intervention III ROV2 at 4:40 … Read more >>

*BREAKING* BP may forgo relief wells; Unsure how to use them, it “remains to be seen”

The AP reports, “With engineers only feet away from completing a pair of them they’re … Read more >>

BP says there’s a leak in CAPPING SYSTEM; Tests and ‘static kill’ delayed, may start tomorrow (VIDEO)

Oil Disaster Day 105, MSNBC, August 2, 2010:

BP released a statement saying as engineers started … Read more >>

*BREAKING* Feds: Static “Kill” a MISNOMER; What we’re “really doing” is conducting a “test” (VIDEO)

Press briefing and teleconference to provide operational update on ongoing Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response … Read more >>

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

BP VP says if ‘static kill’ shows well lacks integrity, BP would be in the … Read more >>

BP CEO on kill attempt: “There’s no precision, there’s nothing guaranteed, I’m hopeful”

 ”It is possible that as early as Monday or Tuesday this well might be killed,” … Read more >>

Backup plan revealed: BP to pipe oil gusher into nearby depleted wells if kill attempts fail (VIDEO)

National Incident Commander Thad Allen’s press conference, July 28, 2010 at … Read more >>

Static Kill and relief wells will be “DELAYED” almost one week; Taking time to make sure “everything is ready”

National Incident Commander Thad Allen said “the timeline for the so-called static kill procedure and … Read more >>

CNN expert on Static Kill: “We were told that those flow lines wouldn’t handle 6,800 PSI”

Sealing the BP Oil Well; Interview With Massachusetts Congressman Edward Markey, CNN, July 19, 2010 … Read more >>

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:

So I think what I’d say … Read more >>