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Vendaval -> Containment cap on leaking well is working so far (7/16/2010 1:23:24 PM)
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I am hoping this last effort works until the relief wells are finished. "Guarded optimism" is the operative phrase right now.
Pressure rising in cap at BP's undersea well, a positive sign
By the CNN Wire Staff
July 16, 2010 3:42 p.m. EDT
"New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- The verdict Friday: so far, so good. But don't break out the champagne just yet.
Cautious optimism blossomed after BP stopped the oil gushing from its ruptured undersea well, especially when a top company official reported Friday that pressure within the new well cap was steadily rising.
President Barack Obama, who expects to return to the Gulf Coast in the next few weeks, tempered the good news in remarks Friday morning. He said the new capping stack BP lowered in place this week is successfully containing the oil, but definitive answers won't be known until the testing and data evaluation are complete.
"I think it's important that we don't get ahead of ourselves here," he said. "You know, one of the problems with having this camera down there is that when the oil stops gushing, everybody feels like we're done, and we're not.
"We won't be done until we actually know that we killed the well and have a permanent solution in place," he said.
Pressure was up to 6,700 pounds per square inch inside the well's capping stack, said BP Senior Vice President Kent Wells. The company is looking for a pressure above 8,000, which would indicate that no oil was being forced out through a fresh leak and that the well was undamaged and able to withstand the pressure of the cap."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/16/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html?hpt=T1
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