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On the day the Deepwater Horizon sank, BP officials warned in an internal memo that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer at the drill site, crude oil could burst into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of 3.4 million gallons a day, an amount a million gallons higher than what the government later believed spilled daily from the site.
The email conversation, which BP agreed to release Friday as part of federal court proceedings, suggests BP managers recognized the potential of the disaster in its early hours, and company officials sought to make sure that the model-developed information wasn't shared with outsiders. The emails also suggest BP was having heated discussions with Coast Guard officials over the potential of the oil spill.
BP Oil Spill: Emails Reveal Company Veiling Spill Rate
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BP Plc was struggling to seal cracks in its Macondo well as far back as February, more than two months before an explosion killed 11 and spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
It took 10 days to plug the first cracks, according to reports BP filed with the Minerals Management Service that were later delivered to congressional investigators. Cracks in the surrounding rock continued to complicate the drilling operation during the ensuing weeks. Left unsealed, they can allow explosive natural gas to rush up the shaft.
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#1 - Mon Feb 6, 2012 9:45 PM ESTAfter battling for 10 days, they had to cut the drill-string and left >3000ft inside the well. So this was well A (first well). Basically you cannot continue drilling with a drilling string jammed in the cave-in well. So BP had to move to another well (B) to continue drilling.
BP committed multiple offenses here. They left an open leaking well unplugged, they did not inform MMS, they applied for a by-pass when they actually drilled a new well location. Any competent driller can tell you there is no point in by-passing a well that shallow (<5000 ft BML).
Yet you have BP lying so blatantly ....we only drilled one well. How is that even possible? Judge for yourself. No need Rocket Science.
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