tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post6211066037594561674..comments2024-03-28T21:34:42.328-05:00Comments on Bit Tooth Energy: Further comments on the Gulf of Mexico oil well disasterHeading Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01790783659594652657noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-35549922816893813712010-05-28T20:58:35.655-05:002010-05-28T20:58:35.655-05:00There's one simple question I can't seem t...There's one simple question I can't seem to find an answer to... <br /><br />How high can the pressure reach in a well like this? (in PSI)Mr. Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159507922476028206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-86334555716323475782010-05-02T11:42:53.882-05:002010-05-02T11:42:53.882-05:00I am not sure, Congressional hearings etc or whate...I am not sure, Congressional hearings etc or whatever not withstanding, that we are now likely to ever know what really happened. The relevant equipment and records are now at the bottom of the Gulf, and sadly those most involved may have died. <br /><br />But if they thought that the well was plugged at the bottom then they might not have been that concerned. But there now seems to be a bit more debate over how far from finished Haliburton was.Heading Outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01790783659594652657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-60226831069953456472010-05-02T09:46:29.063-05:002010-05-02T09:46:29.063-05:00Interesting that the survivor calling in to Mark L...Interesting that the survivor calling in to Mark Levin said that the BOP stack had just been tested, whereas BP's CEO said it had been tested 10 days earlier. Big lawsuits grow from small discrepancies!<br /><br />The odd part in the survivor's testimony is that they took a kick immediately after circulating the riser over to seawater & opening the valves on the BOP stack. This suggests that the gas bubble was already sitting below the valve, having migrated there during the 16 hours or so since the cement job. The pressure below the value would thus have been abnormally high.<br /><br />Opening a valve can be quite difficult when there is a high pressure differential across it -- something which has saved many of us from embarrassing mistakes. Surely it would be standard practice to check the pressure below the BOP stack before opening the valves?Kinuachdrachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13275320683766290581noreply@blogger.com