Goal For The Green

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.”

By Tuesday morning, Read the rest of this entry »

BP, finished pumping cement into its ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, yesterday (Thursday), to seal off the source, of the world’s worst offshore spill.

The cementing operation, took about five hours, and followed earlier injections, of heavy drilling mud this week.  The procedure successfully, subdued the upward pressure of oil and gas, inside the deep-sea Macondo well.  The crippled wellhead, as you may recall, was provisionally capped in mid-July, and successfully stopped, the flow of oil, gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

This is not the end of what is left to be done, but,  more like the beginning of the end.  It is at least, a positive step, to assure us that NO more oil, will be leaking into the environment.

The so-called, “static kill” Read the rest of this entry »

Give yourself the time and serenity, of relaxing with dolphins.  To me, they are the most fascinating and amazing creatures.  This should help FREE, your mind for a few minutes…ENJOY! 🙂