I was asked not to divulge any of these rumored facts last month so not to jeopardize the source or agency involved:


The area of the deep horizon site has a fifteen mile radius of armed security which is ordered to repel any unauthorized water or air craft from any investigation by BP orders enforcable by the US Coast Guard. The rumor was that six miles from the broken riser is a large ocean floor rift which is pouring out oil and methane gas at pressures up to 4,000 psi.

Today there are reports tht a "seep of oil from the ocean floor" exists a couple miles from the drilling site.

The drilling pipes that may have burst are only 7 inches diameter at the bottom end and are gradually expanded to pipes well over a foot wide that surround the drilling pipe. When the numerous methane kicks (explosions) burst the blow out preventers prior to the rig exploding and sinking, it is easy to assume that the methane bursts had also burst the pipes beneath the sea.

The relief drilling will be of no use unless it contacts pipe with no breaks beneath the intersection.

This means that the success of the relief wells that are now in progress is very unlikely.