Jason Ford

BP issues oil spill update

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BP has issued an update regarding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, indicating that the next provision for containment operations could be in place within a week.

So far, BP has installed two systems that continue to collect oil and gas flowing from the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blow-out preventer (BOP), transporting them to vessels on the surface.

The lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap, installed on June 3, takes oil and gas to the Discoverer Enterprise where oil is collected and gas is flared.

The second system, which began operations on June 16, takes oil and gas to the Q4000 vessel on the surface where oil and gas are flared.

On June 26, a total of approximately 22,750 barrels of oil were collected or flared by the two systems and 52.9 million cubic feet of gas were flared.

The LMRP containment system connected to the Discoverer Enterprise is claimed to have collected 14,730 barrels of oil, and the Q4000 flared an additional 8,020 barrels of oil.

To date, BP says the total volume of oil recovered or flared by containment systems is approximately 435,600 barrels.

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