BP chokes off the oil leak; now begins the wait

[PegLeg45]

BP chokes off the oil leak; now begins the wait

  By COLLEEN LONG and HARRY R. WEBER, Associated Press Writers Colleen Long And Harry R. Weber, Associated Press Writers   – 18 mins ago

NEW ORLEANS – BP finally choked off the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday — 85 days and up to 184 million gallons after the crisis unfolded — then began a tense 48 hours of watching to see whether the capped-off well would hold or blow a new leak.

To the relief of millions of people along the Gulf Coast, the big, billowing brown cloud of crude at the bottom of the sea disappeared from the underwater video feed for the first time since the disaster began in April, as BP closed the last of three openings in the 75-ton cap lowered onto the well earlier this week.

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[twyacht]

Well, lets hope for the best, the gov't did make them "wait" 24 hours to assess the capping procedure,...

The B.S. moratorium part duex, is still destined for a ruling, which puts more folks out of work, and rigs have already been moved out of the gulf for drilling ops. elsewhere,....

No Gulf oysters for me this winter,....I'll stick with my Topsail Selects, from N.C.

Regardless, I hope the cap holds, the clean-up continues, and folks in the Gulf region get the reimbursement for their losses, and we let the rig workers get back to work.

[PegLeg45]

Well, lets hope for the best, the gov't did make them "wait" 24 hours to assess the capping procedure,...

The B.S. moratorium part duex, is still destined for a ruling, which puts more folks out of work, and rigs have already been moved out of the gulf for drilling ops. elsewhere,....

No Gulf oysters for me this winter,....I'll stick with my Topsail Selects, from N.C.

Regardless, I hope the cap holds, the clean-up continues, and folks in the Gulf region get the reimbursement for their losses, and we let the rig workers get back to work.

+1 and amen.