BP Gulf Oil Leak Well-Head Repair … an anthology part VII

FINALLY!!!! The valves on the newly installed capping stack on the Macondo well have been closed as of 14:25 July 15, 2010 and the integrity test has begun. Just a mere 86 days after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig first exploded.

All the credit for this achievement must be given to the engineers, technicians and crews of the ships and rigs from the many companies involved who conceived, developed and executed an excellent plan, the results of which we witnessed yesterday. Unlike the many agencies of the US Government, the companies that actually accomplished something were not deterred, nor did they make sure their every step was the most politically expedient thing to do from every possible angle. I am not giving any kind of a pass to BP; the company failed time after time before and continuing throughout this entire episode and deserve much the scorn they have received.

I had intended on writing out the time-line on all the stumbles and screw-ups caused by Obama, Napolitano, Salazar, Chu and the rest of the incompetents who have so openly exhibited their lack of leadership qualities. But I thought I begin with the video below, which does a very good job of summarizing Obama’s lack of understanding as to how to fix a crisis, rather than try to use it to further his socialist agenda.

Jake Tapper reports that in  a Rose Garden briefing this morning, Obama “said he wanted to speak to the public this morning because media reports were overplaying the significance of the cap being fitted over the well.”

“There were a lot of reports coming out in the media that seemed to indicate, ‘Well, maybe this thing is done,’” he said. “We won’t be done until we actually know that we’ve killed the well and that we have a permanent solution in place,” he said.

The president said that “it’s important that we don’t get ahead of ourselves here. You know, one of the problems with having this camera down there is that when the oil stops gushing, everybody feels like we’re done. And we’re not.”

Taking an optimistic but cautious tone, the president said that the cap will be used to either stop the flow entirely or partially until construction on the relief wells is finished. “We’re not going to know for certain which approach makes sense until additional data is in,” he said.

Obama is doing nothing more than to try and defuse any good news that he wasn’t personally responsible for. Heaven forbid someone else get credit for something! BP has said over and over that the capping stack is to be an interim measure to stem the oil flow, not the solution. They will continue drilling relief well number 1 and tie into Macondo. They well then “kill” the Macondo well by pumping heavy drilling mud down the relief well, which will be drawn up into Macondo and choke it foo permanently.

Our government has failed over and over and over in their response to this disaster. The claim that they have “managed” anything in regards to BP’s screw up is laughable. This administration is incapable of managing their way out of a wet paper sack.

Remember November!

Related posts:

1. BP Gulf Oil Leak Well-Head Repair … an anthology part IV – UPDATED
2. BP Gulf Oil Leak Well-Head Repair … an anthology part V – UPDATED
3. BP Gulf Oil Leak Well-Head Repair … an anthology
4. BP Gulf Oil Leak Well-Head Repair … an anthology part VI