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Posted on 6/18/10 at 1:49 pm to Oyster
So, how long does it take to drill the remaining 200 ft? That's like six or seven stands of pipe?
Posted on 6/18/10 at 1:51 pm to BoudinJoe
2.22222222222222 stands of pipe
this is the hardest part though
this is the hardest part though
Posted on 6/18/10 at 1:54 pm to mylsuhat
I don't believe it. Reports that I have heard was that they had a lot longer to go. Plus the reputation of the poster who posted this doesn't have a good track record of posting anything credible.
Posted on 6/18/10 at 1:55 pm to mylsuhat
Yesterday BP reported they were at 13989 with final depth to be 18000. So not sure what this is about. I guess they changed intercept depth.
Posted on 6/18/10 at 2:45 pm to jeff967
I think ist's more like 2,000ft away instead of 200.
Posted on 6/18/10 at 2:47 pm to jeff967
Reuters is just bad at math!
2000 ft. not 200 ft.
2000 ft. not 200 ft.
This post was edited on 6/18/10 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 6/18/10 at 2:50 pm to CajunZ81
Here is a link to update on reuters: LINK
Sounds like they are within 200 feet of the well, but that is a horizontal measurement. They are still drilling down, so they have way more than 200 feet left to drill. At-least that's how I read it.
quote:
The first relief well is within 200 feet (61 metres) of the side of the blown well, Kent Wells, BP's senior vice president of exploration and production, said on Friday.
But that relief well must be drilled down farther before it can intersect with the blown well, Wells said. And drilling will become slower as the drill bit seeks its target.
"We're homing in on exactly where the well is. We're actually going to go right beside it -- that's what takes the time," Wells said.
Sounds like they are within 200 feet of the well, but that is a horizontal measurement. They are still drilling down, so they have way more than 200 feet left to drill. At-least that's how I read it.
Posted on 6/18/10 at 2:52 pm to JasonLSU
that is the way I read it too
Posted on 6/18/10 at 2:56 pm to JasonLSU
Ok....that explains it better.
Posted on 6/18/10 at 3:36 pm to CajunZ81
It isn't as simple as it sounds. And it doesn't sound simple if you have common sense to start with.
They are getting close. But it isn't going to happen like you would think. Remember they are trying to hit a bulls eye thousands of feet beneath the surface of both the gulf and the sea floor. A target that is literally just a few inches wide and just nicking that target isn't good enough.
Once they get within 10 feet of the well bore, they will still be roughly 1000 feet above where it will intersect the actual well.
Don't ask me why because I don't know. It apparently has something to do with them being able to determine where they are in relation to the well so that they can hit the target.
They are getting close. But it isn't going to happen like you would think. Remember they are trying to hit a bulls eye thousands of feet beneath the surface of both the gulf and the sea floor. A target that is literally just a few inches wide and just nicking that target isn't good enough.
Once they get within 10 feet of the well bore, they will still be roughly 1000 feet above where it will intersect the actual well.
Don't ask me why because I don't know. It apparently has something to do with them being able to determine where they are in relation to the well so that they can hit the target.
Posted on 6/18/10 at 3:51 pm to omegaman66
quote:
It isn't as simple as it sounds. And it doesn't sound simple if you have common sense to start with.
i don't think many people think that this is an easy/simple task by any means.
I wonder if it's like "you have one shot at it and if you fail, your screwed" type of thing? If they miss the spot, i doubt it would be as simple as backing it out and going forward in a different direction. It might be similar to running a wood screw into a piece of wood at a certain angle then reversing it out then in the same hole trying to screw it in at a different angle...it keeps wanting to follow the original path. I'm no expert, just trying to make sense of it.
Posted on 6/18/10 at 4:24 pm to Oyster
Within 200 ft of the well bore but still has a ways to go downward.
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* As of June 18, the first well had been drilled to 10,677 feet (3,254 metres), or 2 miles (3.2 km), beneath the seabed. The second well had reached 4,662 feet (1,421 metres), or eight-tenths of a mile (1 km).
* The first well also was within 200 feet (61 metres) of the side of the blown-out well, but had to continue drilling down to find the right intersect point.
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LINK
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* As of June 18, the first well had been drilled to 10,677 feet (3,254 metres), or 2 miles (3.2 km), beneath the seabed. The second well had reached 4,662 feet (1,421 metres), or eight-tenths of a mile (1 km).
* The first well also was within 200 feet (61 metres) of the side of the blown-out well, but had to continue drilling down to find the right intersect point.
"
LINK
Posted on 6/18/10 at 9:35 pm to TigerFred
Tiger Fred just because I posted an atricle that brings MMS into suspision does not mean I lack credibilty! I realize u must work for MMS and I stepped on ur toes. However the article I linked her is a Reuter report quoting a BP official. I took my thread title out of his quote.
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HOUSTON June 18 (Reuters) - The first of two relief wells being drilled to plug the massive Gulf of Mexico leak is within 200 feet (60 metres) of the blown-out well, a BP (BP.L: Quote) (BP.N: Quote) executive said on Friday.
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if u note I also said it was not consistant with recent reports. So if u want to slam someone in this thread go after Reuter or the BP official. I honestly hope you and ur MMS buddies come out of this disaster without harm.
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HOUSTON June 18 (Reuters) - The first of two relief wells being drilled to plug the massive Gulf of Mexico leak is within 200 feet (60 metres) of the blown-out well, a BP (BP.L: Quote) (BP.N: Quote) executive said on Friday.
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if u note I also said it was not consistant with recent reports. So if u want to slam someone in this thread go after Reuter or the BP official. I honestly hope you and ur MMS buddies come out of this disaster without harm.
Posted on 6/28/10 at 2:26 pm to GM4UA
The 200 ft. they're talking about I think is 200 ft. horizontally. Now they have to start ranging with a wireline tool to locate the casing exactly. So even though they are very close, the last part will go slowly. Every time they run that magnetometer in the hole, they have to pull the drill string out and then put it all back in to drill more.
LINK
LINK
This post was edited on 6/28/10 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 6/28/10 at 2:28 pm to MountainTiger
So they have to make a round trip after every joint of pipe they drill?
Posted on 6/28/10 at 2:30 pm to Oyster
You are the dumb arse who posts retarded shite and then get pissed when you get questioned about it.
Don't get pissed because people don't believe you.
Don't get pissed because people don't believe you.
Posted on 6/28/10 at 2:31 pm to bpinson
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So they have to make a round trip after every joint of pipe they drill?
Not after every joint, no. Just whenever they want to get another range and distance reading. Also once they get within a few feet, I believe there is an MWD tool that they will be using so that they don't have to use the wireline tool anymore.
This post was edited on 6/28/10 at 2:33 pm
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