I am on a BP conference call briefing with the international press right now - the top cap was landed on the BOP around 8pm last night. They have started to recover "some" oil and gas on the surface ship Enterprise. They are starting to very slowly close some of the relief valves, but it is a delicate balance of too much presure in the top cap vs. maximized recovery.

BP will not give recovery rates - but they will give a daily total every 24hrs. The first number is due tomorrow morning.

"Never done at this depth" . . . ."we will keep you informed" bla bla bla . . . .

By the end of next week, they hope to have yet another supplemental strategy. This one is starting to work and next options would be supplemental - They seem optimistic that within two weeks they could be near 90% recovery rates.

The Enterpise can handle about 15,000 barrels/day and they anticipate that would be the limiting factor if this works as expected. Obviously they can and will bring in more ships if recovey rates are as successful as they hope.



Edited by swwind (06/04/10 05:10 PM)
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