quarter that s left. are you confident that that s what this report encompasses is true? i go back to flow rate. early on there were huge questions about how much oil was actually coming out of the well. as you know it went from one to five to 12 to 25,000. we finally got a range that was developed by a government team of the 35 to 60,000 barrels a day. just in the last few weeks we ve been able through pressure readings on the well and better information, have been able to bring that down to 53,000 barrel ace day with a 10% error rate on either side of it. once you know the flow rate and you know the well is kamd, then you know there s an approximate total amount of oil discharged in this case. that raises the question, what oil went where and what was done with it. this is the attempt to lay that out there and have that conversation. i don t think it s an end all, be all, but it s more information than we had before. bp said it s learned a lot during this whole process. i m assum
vessels continue to be active in the gulf, and are under way to understand the concentrations of subsurface oil, and exactly what rate at which it is being biodegraded. we ll continue to monitor and sample this oil, and report new results as they emerge. thank you. good afternoon. the last 24 hours have been fairly consequential in the life cycle of this response. i would like to go over a couple of things that have transpired. after a successful injection test yesterday, allowed us to understand the path of which liquids would go down the well, the amount of volume we could put in the well, and the pressure readings that we could take at the various places where the gauges were placed, gave us confidence we could go ahead. and we directed bp to proceed with the static kill. that began yesterday afternoon, went on throughout the evening and into the night and resulted
those are things we need to learn. regarding the total volume of mud that we pumped in, it will vary on whether or not we are pumping into the casing or the anulus as well. we need pressure readings and there are various lines to describe how much volume and pressure there is if you had the casing and the anulus and filling it up or just dealing with the casing. there are charts and automatic pressure readings on screens launched by the senior leadership up there and i ll be joining them when i finish the briefing here as that moves forward. from the ap. how serious was this leak and how long do you think it s going to be before the actual test begins? the leak involved two valves that are on the kill side of the capping stack. and they started to lose
vary on whether or not we re pumping into the casing, but we need enough mud to pump in to give us the pressure readings and the various lines that would describe how much volume and pressure you would have if you were filling it up or just dealing with the casing. they have charts and automatic pressure readings that are on screens that are being watched by the senior leadership up there and i ll join them when i finish the brief here this morning to see how that moves forward. with that, i ll take any questions you have for me. excuse me. from the ap, how serious was this leak and how long do you think it is going to be before the actual test begins. excuse me. the leak involved two valves that are on the kill side of the capping stack. and they started to lose pressure. we found that out in time we were able to lock the valves shut. had ultimately those valves failed for any particular reason that would not have been a good
morning and called it the ultimate diagnostic test because it should give them the clearest indication of just what kind of condition that well is in. they ll be watching the pressure readings very, very carefully, and if they get any indication along this, andrea, that there is a problem, they will stop the static kill immediately. and then they will go back to the relief well. they still are going to do the relief well, no matter whether or not static kill works or not because that is the ultimate solution. all right. anne thompson in a very hot gulf area. thanks so much for joining us by phone. we ll have more on the gulf. we ll be talking with congressman ed markey in just a few minutes. first david sanger is coming up. send me your thoughts. you can find me on twitt twitter@mitchellreports.