Reuters:
Engineers monitoring BP's damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico detected seepage on the ocean floor that could mean problems with the cap that has stopped oil from gushing into the water, the U.S. government's top oil spill official said on Sunday.
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But late on Sunday, the U.S. government released a letter to BP Chief Managing Director Bob Dudley from retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen that referred to seepage near the mile-deep (1.6 km-deep) well as well as "undetermined anomalies at the well head."
"I direct you to provide me a written procedure for opening the choke valve as quickly as possible without damaging the well should hydrocarbon seepage near the well head be confirmed," Allen wrote.
So it looks like the government is taking action on this report.
AP and Bloomberg are also reporting this story. I linked those stories into the ‘BP Catastrophe Liveblog Mothership: 54’ diary, but I’m adding the comment here just in case people missed that comment.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Update:
MeThinks They Lie pointed out in comments this passage in AP story:
The official is familiar with the spill oversight but would not clarify what is seeping near the well. The official says BP is not complying with the government's demand for more monitoring.
An unidentified source 'leaked' the report of the seep to AP.
Potentially very bad news.
The Reuters article:
http://www.cnbc.com/...