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Static Kill

August 03, 2010 BP Readies 'static Kill' Procedure Send by LouiseCalabro BP plans to begin easing mud into its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico by Monday night, a preliminary step in a "static kill" procedure that potentially could kill the Macondo well by midweek. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 04, 2010 BP Says ?Static Kill? Working ? Browner Says, ?We're Not Going ... Send by Maggie ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- In a significant step toward stopping the worst offshore oil spill in US history, BP said Wednesday mud that was forced down its. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 04, 2010 U.S. Finds Most Oil From Spill Poses Little Additional Risk Posted by Zsolt Fazakas U.S. Finds Most Oil From Spill Poses Little Additional Risk By JUSTIN GILLIS Copyright by The New York Times Published: August 4, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/science/earth/04oil.html?_r=1&th&emc=th WASHINGTON ? The government is expected to announce on Wednesday that three-quarters of the [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 04, 2010 Crews Begin Pumping Mud Into Well For Static Kill - The Daily Glob Send by Joe Paparazzi "BP says its engineers have begun pumping heavy drilling mud into the blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well in hopes of choking it for good. BP spokesman John Barnes says crews launched the so-called "static kill" process Tuesday at 3 pm [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 04, 2010 Wednesday Night #1483 Posted by Zsolt Fazakas We are looking forward to welcoming Martin Barnes? new BCA colleague, Peter Berezin, who joined BCA earlier this year after several years at Goldman Sachs and before that at the IMF - yet another under-qualified BCA person of the type we have grown to know and love! Another returnee after a long abs [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 05, 2010 Short Takes Posted by Zsolt Fazakas Not to get hopes up quite yet, but static kill seems to be working on the BP well. Someone tossed a bomb near Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's motorcade. He was uninjured. Isn't that special? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bringing Congress back to finish a bill passed by the Senate aimed at s [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 04, 2010 BP Begins Static Kill Procedure - Science Posted by Zsolt Fazakas BP Begins Static Kill Procedure - Science -The static kill procedure that is expected to mark the beginning of the end of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill began Tuesday, as BP personnel started pumping drilling mud into the well around 3pm [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 04, 2010 BP Says 'desired Outcome' Reached In Static Kill | Antiwar Newswire Posted by Zsolt Fazakas Click here to see the comments (5066700http://wire.antiwar.com/2010/08/04/bp-says-desired-outcome-reached-in-static-kill/BP+says+%27desired+outcome%27+reached+in+static+kill2010-08-04+08%3A30%3A18admin) or add a new comment [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 05, 2010 BP Begins ?static Kill? To Permanently Plug Ruptured Well In Gulf ... Posted by Zsolt Fazakas Video image captured August 3, 2010 from a BP live feed shows the containment capping stack on the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. BP said. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 05, 2010 Thousands In Pakistan Flee As Floodwaters Spread South Posted by Zsolt Fazakas Thousands in Pakistan Flee as Floodwaters Spread South Thousands in Pakistan Flee as Floodwaters Spread South US Authorizes BP to Cement Gulf Well Shut Israel-Lebanon Border Tense After Deadly Clash Petraeus Issues Order To Protect His Troops and Afghan Civilians Kenyan Prime Minister Predicts Victo [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 05, 2010 Wednesday's Mini-Report Posted by Zsolt Fazakas WEDNESDAY'S MINI-REPORT [...] . Today's edition of quick hits: * The "static kill" has left me feeling optimistic: "It wasn't quite the stake through the heart, because that stake has to be made of cement, not merely mud. And the stake might [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 03, 2010 BP Tests For 'Static Kill' As Spill Deemed World's Largest Posted by Zsolt Fazakas (Aug. 3) -- BP is running a key injectivity test today to determine when it can begin killing its blown-out gulf oil well for good, amid word that new federal. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 03, 2010 BP Delays 'static Kill': Times-Picayune Video | NOLA.com Send by Andrew Boyd, The Times-Picayun Times-Picayune business reporter Jaquetta White explains what's happening with the BP oil well July 30, 2010. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 06, 2010 BP Planning To Cement Macondo Well Using Static Kill - Oil & Gas ... Posted by Zsolt Fazakas BP PLC planned Aug. 5 to start cementing operations on the Macondo well on Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico well as part of the static kill procedure, which involves putting cement through the top of the deepwater [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 04, 2010 'Static Kill' Could Start Today On Gulf Well | Epoch Times Send by By Genevieve Long/Epoch Times BP announced on Tuesday that it had started injectivity testing in advance of static kill operations. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 04, 2010 BP Starts 'Static Kill' To Finally Plug Gulf Well Read NEWS Send by PostMan Updated 4:10 p.m. ET BP began the static kill attempt at 4:00 p.m. ET Tuesday, according to a statement by the company: ?Based on the results of the injectivity test, BP started pumping drilling mud today at 21:00 (UK) and 15:00 (CDT) [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 04, 2010 "Static Kill" Begins To Stop Gulf Oil Spill Send by www.fox40.com Introducing two more pieces of oil-industry lingo - "static kill" and "bullheading" - to the American public, BP began forcing mud down the throat of its blown-out well Tuesday in hopes of permanently sealing the biggest offshore leak in U.S. history. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 04, 2010 MAJORITY OF BP SPILL ?DEALT WITH? Posted by Zsolt Fazakas Majority of BP spill ?dealt with? White House energy adviser Carol Browner: ?This is an important turning point? Almost three-quarters of the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico has been cleaned up or broken down by natural forces, the US government says. White House energy adviser Carol Browner annou [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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