BP: The rate of collected crude oil from the leak has dropped to 1,120 barrels per day.
Jan 19,2019
[Shihua Cai Xun, May 25] BP said that the company’s rate of collecting leaked crude oil has dropped to 1,120 barrels per day—a third consecutive day of declining collection rates—and confirmed that the company is planning to initiate a “top kill” operation. According to a report from foreign news agencies on May 24, a BP PLC spokesperson stated on the 24th that the amount of crude oil being collected from the Gulf of Mexico had fallen to 1,120 barrels per day. This marks the third straight day of reduced crude oil collection by BP. The company’s spokesperson, John Curry, said the decrease in collection volume on the 23rd was due to a certain issue at the company.
[Shihua Cai Xun, May 25] BP said the company’s rate of collecting leaked crude oil has dropped to 1,120 barrels per day—a third consecutive day of declining collection rates—and confirmed that the company is planning to initiate a “top kill” operation.
According to a report by foreign media on May 24, a BPPLC spokesperson said on the 24th that the amount of crude oil leaking from the company in the Gulf of Mexico had dropped to 1,120 barrels per day.
This marks the third consecutive day of declining crude oil collection by BP. Company spokesperson John Curry said the reduction in collection volume on the 23rd was due to some “operational adjustments” made by the company.
The company stated that on the 23rd, its collected crude oil amounted to 1,360 barrels equivalent, lower than the 2,200 barrels per day collected on the 21st and 22nd. This figure is also significantly below the amount collected on the 20th, when the company reported a total of 5,000 barrels of leaked crude oil were collected.
Data from the 20th showed that the crude oil spill volume was far greater than the official estimates, also forcing BP to admit that the spill volume exceeded earlier expectations.
BP has come under fierce public criticism for failing to prevent the oil spill and for providing inaccurate estimates of the spill's volume. In the week of the 20th, the company faced mounting pressure as the heavy crude oil began to encroach upon the Louisiana coastline.
Curry also stated that on the 24th, the company extracted 3 million cubic feet of natural gas from the ruptured oil pipeline. This amount of natural gas was lower than the 7 million cubic feet extracted on the 23rd.
Curry confirmed that BP is planning to launch an operation known as "top kill," which involves injecting heavy-weight drilling fluid into the well and then sealing it with cement, thereby stopping the leakage of crude oil and natural gas and ultimately permanently sealing the well.
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