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re: When they start to close the valves...
Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:36 pm to TexTiga
Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:36 pm to TexTiga
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Why even take the risk of closing it
Isn't the relief well and pumping heavy fluids from the bottom up to kill it, essentialy the same thing as closing it or shutting it off? Wouldn't both result in the same amount of back pressure on the well?
Which leads to the question, if it doesn't hold pressure by choking it off at the top, how will it hold pressure by pumping fluids from the bottom up? Again isn't that the essentially doing the same thing? Or will those heavy fluids/cement also, in addition to creating too much head pressure to allow flow and sealing the pipe, also fill in any subsurface cracking/leaking?
Clarify my ignorance.
This post was edited on 7/13/10 at 3:37 pm
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Posted on 7/13/10 at 3:41 pm to Tiger-Striped-Bass
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Isn't the relief well and pumping heavy fluids from the bottom up to kill it, essentially the same thing as closing it or shutting it off? Wouldn't both result in the same amount of back pressure on the well?
No, it's the opposite. Putting heavy mud into the well will increase the hydrostatic pressure at the bottom so that there's less pressure at the top.
P(top) = P(formation) - P(hydro)
The goal is to make P(hydro) greater than P(formation) so that the flow stops. (That's a bit oversimplified, but close enough.)
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