Offshore staff
NEW ORLEANS –BP’s plan to cap and plug the containment dome near the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico apparently has succeeded, according to the federal Deepwater Horizon on-scene coordinator.
The plan included BP mobilizing an ROV from theSkandi Neptune construction vessel to the containment dome to place a cap on top of the stove pipe and plug the ROV connection ports on the sides and top of the structure. The cap and plugs were successfully put in place and no further oil emissions from the containment dome were observed.
The next step is for BP to submit a plan to either remove or remediate any further oil release threat from the riser pipe and containment dome.
10/26/2012
