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I'm getting lots of emails from folks who are suggesting all kinds of ideas to stop the flow of BP's blowout well in the Gulf.  While I appreciate the concern and creativity, unfortunately, these ideas simply won't work.  Let's review a few and talk about them:Crimp it shut, or use explosives to seal it shut:  Here's the problem with all ideas for a topside kill, valves, crimping, blasting, rocks, etc... I believe they can't actually...

By now, you know that BP finally released high resolution video of their blowout well taken before the top hat containment device was put in place.  Here is one clip.  The clairity is remarkable, much better than the dumbed down feeds we've been getting, and the flow from the drill pipe inside the BOP can be clearly seen as a slightly different color, confirming for me that it is still there, and likely hanging in...

I was on Countdown tonight talking to Keith about the Flow Rate Technical Committee flow estimates released today.  Have a look:Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...

Dr. Marcia McNutt, Director of the US Geological Survey (USGS) held a conference call a little while ago to announce updated flow rate estimates from BP's blowout well in the Gulf and it ain't pretty.  McNutt leads the Flow Rate Technical Group (FRTG) that has been working round the clock to calculate the flow from the well.  There are 3 groups:FRTG, made up of 3 teams:Plume Modeling Group - Uses video to model the oil...

Enough is enough.  We're now at day 52, and it is absolutely, positively clear that BP has been completely overrun and it's management is in full retreat.  Their stock is being pummeled, the blowout well is flowing far more than even now they admit, and the facilities they have in place are already at capacity with thousands of barrels of crude still roaring into the Gulf on a daily basis.  Every BP exec on television...

I was on Sheppard Smith's Studio B yesterday talking about the oil and gas industry as BP struggles with the blowout and oil spill in the Gulf.  Have a look:...

Any of this sound familiar?: "... a major deepwater oil spill could start with a fire on a drilling rig, prove hard to stop and cause extensive damage to fish eggs and wetlands because there were few good ways to capture oil underwater.Regaining well control in deep water may be a problem since it could require the operator to cap and control well flow at the seabed in greater water depthsSpills in deep water may...

I was on Countdown with Keith tonight talking about the danger of an underground blowout that has now come to light through several reports, including Senator Bill Nelson of Florida.  Here's the segment:Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...

I was with Keith Olbermann again tonight, talking about BP's shift in oil recovery strategy after they announced the design of a new "top hat" containment vessel along with a sophisticated gathering system designed to survive a hurricane in the Gulf.  Here's the segment:Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...

One thing that has bothered me since the disaster in the Gulf happened in April, and the 47 days since, is that the company fouling our waters and destroying the economies of the Gulf Coast states is from England.  It's CEO, who's all over our televisions, is a Brit reading from an infuriating script prepared by his London based PR folks.  The drilling company that operated the Deepwater Horizon is from Switzerland.  The Horizon was...