BP's Unstoppable Gusher Is Gushing Again: BP's Prevarication Points Finger at Self

BP gives up on outright denial. Now they hide behind lack of 'scientific evidence'. BP walks like a duck and quacks like a well-oiled duck. BP points finger back at self.

by Heidi Stevenson

26 August 2011

26 August 2011: Update of BP's Gusher May Be Gushing Again. If So, It Cannot Be Stopped.

At the time BP finally capped the Macondo Well in the Gulf of Mexico, there were concerns that the process had damaged the seafloor. That fear is now materializing. BP's Gulf Gusher may be spewing again—and if so, there is no way to stop it. It will continue until seafloor pressure and oil pressure have been equalized, which may take decades.

26 August 2011 Update: Noose Tightens & BP Scrambles for Words

The Stuart Smith Blog now reports that reporters from the Mobil Press-Register went by boat to the site of BP's Macondo Well. Reporter Ben Raines wrote:

Floating in a boat near the well site, Press-Register reporters watched blobs of oil rise to the surface and bloom into iridescent yellow patches. Those patches quickly expanded into rainbow sheens 4 to 5 feet across.

Each expanding bloom released a pronounced and pungent petroleum smell. Most of the oil was located in a patch about 50 yards wide and a quarter of a mile long.

The source of the oil was unclear, but a chemical analysis by Louisiana State University scientists confirmed that it was a sweet Louisiana crude, and could possibly be from BP PLC;s well.

The Press-Register reporters located the area where the oil was rising to the surface by going to a point directly over the Macondo well and then moving in the direction of the prevailing surface current. The first blobs of oil seen on the surface were detected about a half-mile from the well. The frequency of the sightings increased gradually over the next half-mile.

In the Olympic swimming pool-sized area where the oil was rising most frequently, new sheens were erupting every few seconds on all sides of the 36-foot boat.

Marcus Kennedy, who piloted his fishing boat, the Kwazar, 115 miles from Dauphin Island to the well site, said he was stunned by the heavy petroleum scent in the air.

The next step, of course, is to get lab tests that conclusively prove the source of that oil. However, Stuart Smith notes that BP may, itself, be inadvertently providing the evidence. Initially, BP outright denied any leakage from the Macondo Well, even denying the sightings of oil by others. Now, though, they're tempering their language. Their spokesperson, Justin Saia, wrote:

We stand by what we said last week, neither BP nor the Coast Guard has seen any scientific evidence that oil is leaking from the Macondo well, which was permanently sealed almost a year ago.

BP is now hiding behind a lack of "scientific evidence". They no longer outright deny that their Macondo Well is starting to gush again—or worse, that it's coming from the ocean floor as a result of their ham-fisted sealing attempts. No, now they try to hide behind a lack of perfect evidence.

From where I sit, that's as good as a smoking gun.

Where's the president?

Where's Congress?

Where's the EPA?

These are photos of the oil seen by Mobil Press-Register reporters:

22 August 2011 Update: Flyover of BP's Macondo Well Show Oil

The Stuart Smith Blog now reports that a flyover of BP's Macondo Well clearly shows oil above the well. Samples will be collected to verify the source of oil.

Notice that the US Federal Government is doing nothing. Remember Obama and his family doing the dog and pony show of eating Gulf seafood to give us the impression that it was safe? The truth is that the food they ate came from a bay that hadn't yet been hit by oil. How much Gulf of Mexico seafood do you suppose they're eating now?

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