Via: WRAL.com
Earlier today the government’s point man on the crisis in the gulf said that the blown-out well is not securely plugged to his satisfaction and that the drilling of the relief well must go forward…
Since work on the relief well was suspended earlier this week because of bad weather, it’ll be four days before they get the operation up and running again. From there, it could be only a matter of days before the “bottom kill” is done and the blown-out well that wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast economy and environment is no longer a threat.
The well spilled an estimated 206 million gallons of crude into the sea before BP finally put a cap on it July 15. But that was always regarded as a temporary fix until the relief well and the bottom kill could be completed.
