...Regarding the relief wells, we continue to make progress there. As of yesterday, we had moved to 17,780 feet in measured depth. We can move to 17,830 feet. It's getting very, very close. Things are going to get slow at this point as they go in small sections....
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/09/1723440/transcript-of-thad-allens-friday.html
I don't know if there is medal of honor for what Admiral Allen is going through, but, the President needs to come up with one.
...Anadarko, a 35pc partner in the well, on Friday refused to pay its $272m (£180m) bill outright claiming that BP's actions "likely represent gross negligence or willful misconduct."
"Although we have notified BP that we are withholding reimbursement to BP at this time, we remain committed to working with BP in good faith to achieve a satisfactory resolution," an Anadarko spokesman said....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7882421/Anadarko-rejects-BP-272m-oil-leak-bill.html
UPDATE:Anadarko, Mitsui Executives To Testify Before Senate Committee
By Isabel Ordonez
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Friday, 9 July 2010 - 23:51
HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- The heads of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. will testify before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on July 22 on their liability in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The testimony will be the first time executives of BP PLC's (BP, BP.LN) partners in the Macondo well will give federal lawmakers their views on their responsibility for the recovery from the spill that resulted from the late April burning and sinking of Transocean Ltd (RIG, RIGN.VX) Deepwater Horizon rig.
Anadarko Chief Executive Jim Hackett and Naoki Ishii, president of Mitsui Oil unit MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC, will testify in a hearing before the subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security, chaired by Sen. Tom Carper (D., Del.).
Kenneth Feinberg, the new administrator for the independent $20 billion escrow fund established by BP last month, will also testify, a Senate aide said....
http://english.capital.gr/news.asp?id=1008216
Researchers and biologists harvest sea turtle eggs from the sand in Port St. Joe, Fla., Friday, July 9, 2010. U.S. Fish and Wildlife and other authorities are relocating thousands of sea turtle eggs to a warehouse on the East coast of Florida in an effort to save them from an oily death from the Deepwater Horizon incident.
A lot of Sea Turtles have died as a result of the BP Disaster. We 'lucked out' on the breeding grounds and the hope the eggs will replace the lost turtles.
Sea turtle egg evacuations begin along oiled Gulf (click title to entry - thank you)
By BRIAN SKOLOFF
Associated Press Writer
Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs.
Patrick, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, carefully plucked the eggs from the foot-deep hole and placed them one-by-one in a cooler layered with moist sand from the nest, the first step in a sweeping and unprecedented turtle egg evacuation to save thousands of threatened hatchlings from certain death in the oiled Gulf of Mexico.
After about 90 minutes of parting the sand with her fingers like an archaeological dig, 107 eggs were placed in two coolers and loaded onto a FedEx temperature-controlled truck. They are being transported to a warehouse at Florida's Kennedy Space Center where they will incubate and, hopefully, hatch before being released into the Atlantic Ocean....
