If true, this is welcome news.
We are expecting worse and some are not expecting this thing to ever go away. BP appears to be slowly ramping up the collection process. The recent addition is not collecting the leaking oil but is burning it off. Now one part of the environmental disaster goes directly into the atmosphere.
CS Monitor: BP moves a step closer to full containment of Gulf oil spill leak
BP collected a record 25,000 barrels of oil (1 million gallons) on Thursday. Previously, it had been collecting only about 15,000 barrels a day.
This puts BP on track to collect about 50,000 barrels a day by the end of the month. The best available scientific estimates suggest that between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels of oil are gushing from the wellhead.
A second large ship, the Discoverer Clear Leader, is expected to arrive on site in mid-July. That could increase capacity to 80,000 barrels daily, which would collect virtually all the oil, barring small leaks.
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Plus,the other good news is the company drilling the emergency shut off wells has a 100% success rate for these operations.
Ouch.
The proof will be in the pudding. Unfortunately right now this thing is nothing more than a political hat trick. The people and the environment have taken a back page to a political dog and pony show.
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