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Posted on 7/14/10 at 7:26 am to
Posted by ccw
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 7/14/10 at 7:26 am to
The careful approach makes a lot of sense; that my be why they are also considering diverting the oil into non producing oil wells nearby, particularly if the stack can't safely hold off the high oil pressure, and needed the producer ships to decompress the situation. That's more critical when there is a hurricane in the gulf...........
Posted by oilfieldtiger
Pittsburgh, PA
Member since Dec 2003
2904 posts
Posted on 7/14/10 at 8:11 am to
let me also add that if the well is actually flowing up the 7" x 9 7/8" casing string, then shutting the well in at the capping stack should work just fine. that casing string is designed to handle high, producing type pressures.

i know it's been reported / assumed for some time that the well is flowing up the annulus behind the 7" x 9 7/8" string; however, to my knowledge that has not been conclusively proven as of yet.
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