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Kimberly Quillen of The Times-Picayune writes that BP working to cure, dry cement it pumped into Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico
National Incident Commander Thad Allen, in a press briefing this morning, said the company put a layer of fluid on top of the cement and then pumped more mud on top to add pressure to help cure the cement. BP is waiting for the cement job to cure before resuming work on the relief well it is drilling nearby.
“We are unequivocally committed to completing the relief wells,” said Allen. “There is no indication at all that we completed this with the static kill from the top.”
The work at the top of the well is inside the casing, and there is no way they can be sure that oil isn’t in the space between the casing and the well bore. One of the main things they are going to do with the relief well is to pour cement into that space to know that it is sealed.
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It is definitely not good news that bait fish are coming near shore, even if the sharks don’t follow them, because they should be out in the sea grass feeding. Of course people who don’t live here don’t know that, or what it means, but you should never stay in the Gulf with bait fish around you.
The oil layer is 6 to 12 inches below the top layer of sand killing the plants needed to build and maintain the dunes.
If the writer starts having frequent nose-bleeds, that’s just the Corexit dispersant. It will wear off… probably.