BP is still trying to “top kill” the flow of oil by pushing mud down the leaking hole. If that does not work, it will drill adjacent wells into the ocean’s bottom, a process that could take several months.
BP and the government may actually be faced with a situation that they cannot solve. Other oil companies have offered aid, but it seems unlikely that they have technology better than BP’s. Iran has even offered to send help.
Reporters from the Washington bureau of the large McClathchy newspaper chain recently wrote a story entitled “Fear over Gulf oil spill: What happens if they can’t stop it?” That question, unimaginable just a week ago, has become more pertinent as each day that BP fails.
As hard has it may be to admit, the leak may be beyond the ability of technology to cure, and only the eventual exhaustion of the pressure from under the ocean’s floor will stop the spill from expanding.
Douglas A. McIntyre
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