Relief Well Delayed!
Aug-14-2010 By Barbara Zak
Today (Saturday), Retired Coast Guard admiral, Thad Allen directed, BP to conduct more pressure testing on the busted Macondo well, in the Gulf of Mexico, ahead of the plans, to resume drilling of a relief well.
Allen asked, in a letter, to BP chief managing director, Bob Dudley, for the company, to provide him with a plan for a relief system, in order to prevent excessive pressurization of the Macondo well stack, and any necessary containment options.
“We will kill the well. It is just a matter of finishing up tests, so we understand the conditions moving forward, Allen said.”
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