Changing Oil Capture System in Gulf of Mexico

BP expects to have a new seal on the gushing well sometime within the next seven days and it will take two to three weeks to connect all the surface vessels involved to the wellhead. BP’s target is to collect as much as 80,000 barrels a day, more than the estimated amount of the leak, Kent Wells, vice president of exploration and production, said in a conference call from Houston today.

“We’re on plan,” Wells told reporters during the conference call after the robots under water started removing the old installation. “All the crews and everything are set up on rotating shifts so that we can continue operations 24 hours a day.”

The process of switching caps temporarily allows the oil to flow without restriction from the seafloor. BP is using surface ships to capture as much as possible, said company spokesman Mark Proegler.

The system to be installed includes the Helix Producer I surface vessel and the so-called capping stack containment mechanisms. The Helix, capable of collecting 25,000 barrels of oil a day, will start capturing oil tomorrow, Wells said today.
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