Pressure rising in cap at BP's undersea well, a positive sign

[road less traveled]

The verdict Friday: so far, so good. But don't break out the champagne just yet.
Cautious optimism blossomed after BP stopped the oil gushing from its ruptured undersea well, especially when a top company official reported Friday that pressure within the new well cap was steadily rising.

President Barack Obama, who expects to return to the Gulf Coast in the next few weeks, tempered the good news in remarks Friday morning. He said the new capping stack BP lowered in place this week is successfully containing the oil, but definitive answers won't be known until the testing and data evaluation are complete.


https://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/16/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html?hpt=T2

 

[BEER]

Why didn't they think of this in the first place?.

 

[Juanthepervert]

Why didn't they think of this in the first place?.

I believe the technology was developed recently.

 

[Lucas_dude]

Two robots trolling the sea floor in the area of the well bore and two others capturing sonar data have not detected any breaching yet, Wells told reporters on a conference call Friday. BP is "encouraged by those results," he said. :great: