Gets even better and better Don.

Reported in the UK press today is the fact that pressure tests on the cement plugs introduced through the temporary cap and BOP have shown that the Macondo Well has been sealed off by what they call a "Top Kill" operation.

I certainly hope that the White House and this absolute "army" of US litigation specialists take note and fully understand the implications of this fact. I will detail them

1) The pressure cap that was used to finally seal-off the oil and gas leak was fitted over the Transocean Deepwater Horizon's BOP (The one whose "Kill Rams" failed on 20th April, 2010 and caused the blow-out, fire and explosion on the rig)

2) The BOP is connected to the Well Conductor that was originally put in place by Transocean Mariana's in Autumn of 2009

3) The Well Conductor is supported by the Guide-Base and is the one also put in place at the start of the Macondo Well drilling operation by Transocean Mariana's

4) Inside the Well the casing is the casing originally specified and approved for the job

5) The blow-out occurred on 20th April, 2010 when operations to abandon the well to hand it over for production were in their final stages, which means that drilling had long since stopped and that cementing the three plugs to temporarily seal the well were in full swing or nearing completion.

What can be drawn from the above:

If they are introducing cement through the same BOP, if they are pumping that cement down through the same Conductor, Guide-Base and Casing, AND IT HAS NOW BEEN SUCCESSFUL, why was it not successful the first time round.

BP did not run or operate Deepwater Horizon - Transocean Drilling did

BP did not shut-off and by-pass rig safety systems and alarms - Transocean Drilling employees on the rig did.

BP were not responsible for the operation and maintenance of the BOP - Transocean Drilling employees onboard the Deepwater Horizon were.

BP were not responsible for the cementing operation ongoing on 20th April, 2010 - A specialist crew from American oil service company Halliburton were.

Two things failed - First the cement job done by American specialist sub-contractors (Halliburton) - Second the "Kill-Rams" on the BOP owned, operated and supposedly maintained by American Drilling Company (Transocean)

What of course will be found is that anyone pursuing either of those Contractors is that in recent years they have shifted their corporate HQ's to "optimise" their tax status (Halliburton you will find in Dubai and Transocean you will find in Geneva). Let's see Obama "keeping his boot on their necks" shall we?? But let me say I for one will not be holding my breath waiting for it, as they, like the supposed US Regulatory Bodies will walk away from this "Scot Free" and Barak Obama will be only too pleased to allow it to happen.

As to the "environmental" disaster:

The Gulf of Mexico is a large water body, it contains 660 quadrillion gallons of water. Using the worst case estimate for the spill, say 252 million gallons of oil.

So actually in real terms you are eventually looking at a oil/water concentration of 1part per 2.6 billion. This is what Hayward meant by "modest impact". This was estimated at the time of the disaster yet Barack Obama still managed to extort 20bn from BP and its shareholders.

Now, since then we know approx one third of the oil has evaporated because the Gulf is a warm water body and approximately one third has been skimmed or recovered.

US scientists now have estimated that the spill is around 5 million gallons.

What is interesting is that a large number of investment houses were advised by private sector scientists and ecologists that the spill would have practically no impact on the Gulf and to hold and buy BP shares at 300p.

The misinformation came from the fawning green media, blood thirsty US politicians seeking support for mid term elections by beating up big oil and vacuous celebrities. Of course the top government scientists are now "surprised" that the oil has dissappeared.

When the army of litigation specialists line up and start talking about Class Actions, there could a beaut headed in the direction of the US Government and large media organisations for their handling and reporting of this incident.

Don't hear so much from all these "expert" eye-witnesses now. My guess is that they, quite rightly have been told the STFU as they were only digging themselves and the companies they worked for into holes more efficiently than Prairie Dogs.