Offshore staff
Washington, D.C. – In his most recent update over the weekend, US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said those at the containment and remediation operation in the Gulf of Mexico addressing the BP oil spill at its Mocando well are watching the progress of Tropical Storm Alex in the southern Gulf. The threshold for operations is a gale knot – gale force winds predicted within 120 hours will prompt the start of operations shut-down. At present, the storm is not a threat.
Allen also said that a meeting scheduled for June 30 among government officials will look at the final plans and also examine the next steps to be taken in the operations in general.
As of June 26, recovery was running at 24,548 b/d of oil through the “top hat” system. Of that, 16,338 bbl were going to the Discovery Enterprise and 8,210 bbl were going to the Q4000. When installation of the riser pipes is complete and hook up of another vessel is accomplished, recovery is expected to jump to 53,000 b/d this week. Raising the recovery beyond that level requires removal of the existing capture system and installation of one of three options to move to as much as 80,000 b/d recovery, said Allen.
Relief well drilling proceeds, with the Development Driller III below 11,141 ft underneath the sea floor and the Development Driller II beneath 6,529 ft.
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