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re: Relief Well at 17,810, Made it another 100 ft July 10th
Posted on 7/7/10 at 12:30 am to SD 71
Posted on 7/7/10 at 12:30 am to SD 71
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It was my understanding that they were going to use casing guns to perforate the casing before pumping the kill mud, instead of trying to drill the casing with a mill.
That's not what Kent Wells has been saying. I think they plan to drill right into it while circulating heavy mud. The angle they're drilling at is pretty steep (nearly vertical) so it should cut a pretty big hole.
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Posted on 7/7/10 at 1:51 am to MountainTiger
They are at the point I believe where drilling depth will stop so they can put in the casing. This is a number of days I believe... week? Then they will proceed with trying to bulls-eye the wild well and proceed to kill it.
Posted on 7/7/10 at 7:54 am to omegaman66
Mountain Tiger, sorry I have not been listening to Wells, I guess I was going with what John Wright (Boots & Coots) had said was the "common" procedure for doing this. I guess it was an "assumption" on my part....sorry for the bad info
Posted on 7/7/10 at 8:35 am to SD 71
SD, I'm not saying it's bad info. I'm just saying that I haven't heard Kent mention anything like this. That could be simply because he hasn't gone into that level of detail yet. If you got that from John Wright, then that's a very good source of info because he's the man. Do you have a link?
Posted on 7/7/10 at 12:39 pm to MountainTiger
MT, I can't find it right this minute but I think it was somewhere in this thread [URL]LINK ], I also think they mentioned it in a video from BP on facebook where they were on the rig and talked to Mr. Wright about his part and experience in what he was doing. Sorry i can't be more exact but there is some pretty good info over on the site where that link takes you.
Posted on 7/7/10 at 2:04 pm to SD 71
I remember that video. I'll go back and have another look at it. Thanks for the link, that's a very good thread going on.
Posted on 7/7/10 at 4:22 pm to MountainTiger
If you read this thread, LINK , the prevailing theory is that the blowout is between the 7" casing and the 9-7/8" liner. In other words, the flow is on the outside of the 7" but on the inside of the 9-7/8". So if that's the case they may not need nor want to mill through the 7" casing. That also explains the near vertical angle. They want to drill just far enough to penetrate the bore hole but not far enough to go through the casing. They will pre-load the relief well with kill mud and then when they detect the loss of circulation, "pump like stink". 
Posted on 7/7/10 at 6:45 pm to MountainTiger
A ridiculous amount of mud is being brought out there, on rig and supply vessels for the kill. Some of hornbeck's big boats are being used to have double and triple redundant systems so I hear.
Posted on 7/7/10 at 9:42 pm to man in the stadium
That's what I like to hear. Go big or go home. 
Posted on 7/7/10 at 10:42 pm to Nike1
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Everything BP does seems to do takes longer than it should.
I dunno, seems like it doesn't take them long to cement a well.
Posted on 7/7/10 at 11:32 pm to TigerTatorTots
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I pray they don't frick up at this point
you and me both...but until its stopped I keep expecting it
Posted on 7/8/10 at 12:23 am to windriver
Salazar and napolitano have at times personally stood over the shoulders of the cement engineers in bp's war room in Houston. They've been rigging up for weeks to cement this well
Posted on 7/8/10 at 12:45 pm to man in the stadium
That gives me a lot of confidence, those two looking over the shoulder of cementing engineers....wonder if they want to know how much pea gravel they are planning to use?? 
Posted on 7/8/10 at 1:19 pm to SD 71
Never said those two clowns had any idea of what they were looking at
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:20 am to man in the stadium
bump
Posted on 7/12/10 at 9:22 am to L S Usetheforce
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Well they are trying to hit something the size of a Large pizza box so it's critical that they "take their time" with the last few feet.
i feel like they are quoting apollo 13 when i hear these lines.
Posted on 7/14/10 at 12:48 am to Chad504boy
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i feel like they are quoting apollo 13 when i hear these lines.
Who is they? My buddy in safety told me that line.......I thought it was appropriate in the grand scheme of things.
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