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re: Oil Spill and Offshore Fishing (Latest Developments)
Posted on 5/2/10 at 4:16 pm to gliterein
Posted on 5/2/10 at 4:16 pm to gliterein
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one theory is that the BOP failed because a heavy piece of downhole equipment got stuck in the BOP and that thicker-than-pipe piece could not be pinched. what could be down there?
It is possible that some heavy wall pipe was across the bops and the bops could not cut it. Many other things are posible as well. These bops are controlled by hydraulics. It could have been a hydraulic ram faliure. A Hose could have ruptured not giving the ram enough hydraulic pressure to close the ram and cut the pipe.
I am not even sure if a drill string was across the bop rams. I am just suggesting a few possible reasons to answer your question if something was indeed across the rams when the failure occured.
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Posted on 5/2/10 at 4:40 pm to shaunk128
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It is possible that some heavy wall pipe was across the bops and the bops could not cut it.
it is possible that the tool jt was in line with the shears. however, the guy interviewed stated that the gas hit them before they knew it. so, i doubt that the rams were ever shut.
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