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 >>

Engineer to Congress: BP “horribly negligent” when completing well

US Congress to tell BP boss: you broke rules, cut costs and it ended in ... 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 >>

Oil Expert: Only way to shut well off is to “let it complete which might take 30 years” or “a nuclear device”; Hurricane will “paint the Gulf Coast black”

Excerpts from prominent oil-industry insider Matt Simmons third appearance on MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Show, June ... 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 >>

Oil Expert: ‘Well to flow for probably more than a decade’ if not plugged successfully

Bloomberg:

The ultimate worst-case scenario is that the well is never successfully plugged, said Fred Aminzadeh, ... Read more >>

Expert: ‘Gusher would continue until the well bore hole collapsed or pressure in the reservoir dropped to a point where oil was no longer pushed to the surface’

From the Associated Press regarding the relief well planned for August at the earliest:

"The probability ... 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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