Feds: NO communication between annulus and reservoir — Bob Cavnar: “THERE IS COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESERVOIR”

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Feds: “So we’re sort of concerned with the annulus”… if there’s oil in it, or if there’s communication with the reservoir — “I can’t predict what will happen” (VIDEO)

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“The final question in this whole killing of the well has been the condition of … Read more >>

BP, Feds “still not sure of the condition of the annulus at the bottom” (VIDEO)

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

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Feds trying to find out “What is the current status of the well?” — Multiple pipes still a concern (VIDEO)

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

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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 now say relief well kill may be pushed back to OCTOBER (VIDEO)

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

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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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Feds: Scientists concerned about static kill “based on what they KNOW about the blow out preventer” (VIDEO)

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

Standoff: Sheriff pulls over 12 truckloads of boom getting hauled away Feds

Trucks of Boom Leaving Plaquemines Parish, WGNO ABC26 News, July 30, 2010 at 3:30 p.m.:  … Read more >>

Nungesser: “It’s a dog and pony show”; “Thad Allen went to the BP school of how to deny. He’s in denial.” (VIDEO)

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser, CNN, July 30, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. EDT:

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

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

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

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

No longer the “Final Solution”? Feds now only “OPTIMISTIC” that relief wells will work, “The depth is a challenge here” (VIDEO)

“The relief well,” said retired Coast Guard admiral Thad W. Allen, in a July 16 … Read more >>

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

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Commander: Estimate of 4 to 6 more weeks of oil washing ashore only “comes from what we actually observe” on the surface

At the July 26, 2010 press conference, Richard Fausset of the Los Angeles Times asked:

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Commander floats idea of oil plumes surfacing “at a later date”, Will “go on for a long, long time”

At the July 26, 2010 press conference, Richard Fausset of the Los Angeles Times asked:

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