posted on Nov, 13 2010 @ 05:38 PM
In an article by BK Lim, he states that BP has officially abandoned the well....So I guess this leaves us to deal with whatever happens (and I believe
something will)....they will leave, and when something happens they will blame it on nature. I came across this interesting article about abandoned
wells.... the gist of it is that the oil industry regards deepwater abandoned wells "out of sight, out of mind"
Text["Officials at the U.S. Interior Department, which oversees the agency that regulates federal leases in the Gulf and elsewhere, did not
answer repeated questions regarding why there are no inspections of abandoned wells.
State officials estimate that tens of thousands are badly sealed, either because they predate strict regulation or because the operating companies
violated rules. Texas alone has plugged more than 21,000 abandoned wells to control pollution, according to the state comptroller's office.
Offshore, but in state waters, California has resealed scores of its abandoned wells since the 1980s.
In deeper federal waters, though - despite the similarities in how such wells are constructed and how sealing procedures can fail - the official
policy is out-of-sight, out-of-mind."]
Read the full article HERE
www.cbsnews.com...edit on 13-11-2010 by StealthyKat because:
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