"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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Testing of BP well integrity "detected seep a distance from the well" in
the Gulf of Mexico, Ret. Adm. Thad Allen says.

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Nom=de=Plume



Seepage of oil through the bedrock is acknowledged to be a naturally
occurring event according to the announcement. With the well currently
closed off, the pressure within the oil reservoir should now be the same as
it was before the well was drilled. The reported seepage is two miles away
from the well. Not to defend BP, but how are they responsible for a
naturally occurring leak? Seems to me that the seepage would occur well or
no well.

The part that is scary is that if true, permanently filling the well with
mud and cement is not going to stop the seepage through the bedrock. Only
thing to do is to allow the oil to be harvested, thereby reducing the
backpressure.