BP Will Kill Live Video Feed Of Oil Spill During Top Kill Attempt
BP had agreed to provide a live video feed of the spill at the bottom of the ocean but Democratic Rep. Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts said Tuesday that BP said it will terminate the images during the top kill attempt. There’s a 30 or 40 percent chance that the top kill won’t work. BP plans to pump 50,000 pounds of thick, viscous fluid twice the density of water into the site of the leak to stop the oil flow. The well can then be sealed for good with cement. It’s obvious that BP doesn’t want that failure or the technique of the “Top Kill” caught on tape for all us to watch.
“This BP blackout will obscure a vital moment in this disaster,” he said in a written statement. “After more than a month of spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP is essentially saying to the American people the solution will not be televised.” BP spokesman Andrew Gowers said, however, that the decision to keep the keep the video up during the top kill was still under review. If the top-kill procedure fails, BP will try to fit a second, smaller containment dome over a ruptured pipe. A first containment dome did not succeed in stopping the leak.
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