This is the twelfth (12) BP top kill liveblog diary.
Please don't rec this diary - rec the mothership
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List of today's liveblog diaries:
LiveBlog - Diary 12 - nika7k (CURRENT DIARY)
LiveBlog - Diary 11 - Overseas
LiveBlog - Diary 10 - conchita
Junk Shot LiveBlog - Diary 9 - khowell
Top Kill LiveBlog - Diary 8 - Garrett
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Links and info re top kill are all below the jump.
Video feeds:
BP video feed
CNN multi camera view
All BP videos
WKRG - Mobile/Pensacola
Some links:
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Oil & Gas Journal
The Oil Drum
Offshore Magazine
Oil and Gas Magazine
Petroleum News
Your Oil and Gas News
World Oil
Administration response to spill.
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List of all previous liveblog diaries:
Top Kill has begun! - Tomtech
Top Kill LiveBlog - Diary 1 - khowell
Top Kill LiveBlog - Diary 2 - conchita
Top Kill LiveBlog - Diary 3 - sc kitty
Top Kill LiveBlog - Diary 4 - Garrett
Top Kill LiveBlog - Diary 5 - liveblog
Top Kill LiveBlog - Diary 6 - alkalinesky
Top Kill LiveBlog - Diary 7 - miep
Top Kill LiveBlog - Diary 8 - garrett
BP Junk Shot LiveBlog - Diary 9 - khowell
LiveBlog - Diary 10 - conchita
LiveBlog - Diary 11 - Overseas
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Relevant Recent Breaking News:
NYT: BP Engineers Making Little Headway on Leaking Well
The company [again] suspended pumping operations at 2:30 a.m. Friday after two "junk shot" attempts, said the technician, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the efforts.
"The suspension of the effort was not announced, and appeared to again contradict statements by company and government officials that suggested the top kill procedure was progressing Friday."
Washington's Blog opines that BP may be moving beyond Top Kill to the LMRP phase.
I think we will be hearing a lot about LMRP so I thought I would include a definition of that here (also from Washington's Blog who, in turn, got it from the BP site):
In parallel with the ongoing top kill operation, preparations have been made for the possible deployment of the lower marine riser package (LMRP) cap containment system.
Deployment would first involve removing the damaged riser from the top of the failed BOP to leave a cleanly-cut pipe at the top of the BOP's LMRP. The cap, a containment device with a sealing grommet, will be connected to a riser from the Discoverer Enterprise drillship, 5,000 feet above on the surface, and placed over the LMRP with the intention of capturing most of the oil and gas flowing from the well.
The LMRP cap is already deployed alongside the BOP in readiness for potential deployment. If it is decided to deploy this option, this would be expected to take some three to four days.
In addition to these steps, planning is being advanced for deploying, if necessary, a second BOP on top of the original failed BOP.
As with ANY information during this incident, it remains to be seen what is indeed happening.