Operation hits trouble as scientists warn marine life is suffering
HOUSTON — The plan to start choking off oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico was suddenly halted as government officials and BP said further analysis must be done Wednesday before critical tests could proceed.
No explanation was given for the decision, and no date was set for when testing would begin on the new, tighter-fitting cap BP installed on the blown-out well Monday.
In the meantime, oil continued spewing into the Gulf.
The oil giant had been scheduled to start slowly shutting off valves Tuesday on the cap, aiming to stop the flow of oil for the first time in three months.
BP was initially ahead of schedule on its latest effort to plug the leak. The cap was designed to be a temporary fix until the well is plugged underground.
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nah nah nah nah nah na.....Told you so....BP is lying...they will continue to give us fake deadlines and false promises...it beats saying "we have no clue as to when we can stop this monster". and Obama knows it, too....but what can HE do, either? Stopping that gusher, because of the depth and terrain, is a technological nightmare requiring skills on the cutting edge of our capabilities. The best hope is the relief wells, but what they won't tell you about THAT is that they could also turn into blowout gushers....what a total, unmitigated disaster...compounded by an incompetent and untimely response...and today, being so intently concerned, Obama goes on vacation...
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