-11 crew members are still missing. Chances of finding survivors are very slim.
-The inevitable happened – the Deepwater Horizon sank.
-In light of the rig sinking, I’m now using the prospect name – Macondo – for this incident.
-The Coast Guard reports (NBC news clip) that the well is not leaking at the seafloor and that all flow is through the riser. A high percentage of that oil is burning at the surface. This is the optimal scenario from a pollution standpoint, but how long will the riser hold up?
-Comment: The official website updates need to be improved. Most of us can’t attend the news conferences (or dial-in). There is no information about the ongoing attempts to actuate the BOPE with the ROV (what problems have emerged?, next steps?), relief well planning (rig identified? estimated spud date?), spill response equipment, trajectory analyses, and other important aspects of the response.
-Rating the evening news coverage:
- NBC – Decent job; no major mistakes; good clip on the absence of seafloor leakage
- ABC – About what you expect from network news; not entirely accurate, but in the ballpark
- CBS – What event were they talking about? Who prepared the rig, well diagram?
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