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New Cap will capture 80,000 barrels a day - 100%
Posted on 7/6/10 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 7/6/10 at 5:51 pm
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•Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told CNN today that over the next seven to 10 days, officials will be monitoring weather patterns to determine if and when they would try to install a new containment cap, a process that will involve unbolting the jagged edge that exists on the structure now. Once completed, the new containment cap, he said, will achieve a perfect seal and keep oil from escaping. Allen said the new cap "would let us get to a capture rate of 80,000 barrels a day," and said he was planning a trip to Houston, Texas, to talk to BP officials about the plan. (CNN-Wire)
This post was edited on 7/6/10 at 5:57 pm
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Posted on 7/6/10 at 5:55 pm to CE Tiger
In this case, I would rather know a percentage of vented oil that is being captured.
But I think it means that they can capture UP to 80k a day. They are looking to seal altogether.
But I think it means that they can capture UP to 80k a day. They are looking to seal altogether.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 5:55 pm to Volvagia
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In this case, I would rather know a percentage of vented oil that is being captured.
100%
Posted on 7/6/10 at 6:02 pm to CE Tiger
Gtfo 
Posted on 7/6/10 at 6:16 pm to Venicetiger
I'd still like to know why the diamond wire saw was abandoned. That would have enabled them to install a sealing LMRP cap much sooner.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 6:38 pm to CE Tiger
And they waited this long to do this because?
Posted on 7/6/10 at 7:45 pm to MountainTiger
Does anyone know if this is the correct layout on the seafloor?
Posted on 7/6/10 at 7:59 pm to CE Tiger
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THEY WOULD TRY to install a new containment cap
Posted on 7/6/10 at 8:04 pm to windriver
So, would they still need to drill the relief well if they are collecting all the oil? Is this not sustainable? BP has already stated that all revenue made from this will go to the gulf coast. Keep the sucker going if they have it contained. $$$
Posted on 7/6/10 at 8:44 pm to C
They need the relief wells so they can get the damaged BOP off the well. I only have a year experience in the oilfield, but I'm pretty sure a relief well is infinitely better than a cap.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 9:03 pm to LSUKNUT
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Does anyone know if this is the correct layout on the seafloor?
That riser pipe is no longer connected to the BOP so it really doesn't matter what the layout is anymore.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 9:06 pm to C
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So, would they still need to drill the relief well if they are collecting all the oil? Is this not sustainable? BP has already stated that all revenue made from this will go to the gulf coast. Keep the sucker going if they have it contained. $$$
No, it's not sustainable to have all those ships and drill platforms out in the Gulf indefinitely. Their plan is, to quote Kent Wells, "to fill it full of cement". The well is damaged and who knows what will fail next. The safest thing to do is cement it in and abandon it. Then when the moratorium is lifted they can go back and drill another well in MC 252.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 9:21 pm to CE Tiger
As wonderful as this sounds, right now I have to believe this is just another floated PR talking point by BP to give the media and the rest of us some hope....just like topkill/original tophat/etc.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 10:14 pm to Shankopotomus
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I have to believe this is just another floated PR talking point by BP to give the media and the rest of us some hope....just like topkill/original tophat/etc.
These were not mere talking points, they were serious attempts at capping it. Stopping a blowout is inherently an imperfect business, and always has been.
Posted on 7/6/10 at 10:36 pm to Shankopotomus
BP is actually doing a lot to try to stop this leak. I work for the company that built the BOP and we've built two manifolds and the new cap stack for BP for this. We're building something else right now but I'm not sure what it's for.
Posted on 7/7/10 at 2:01 am to Wiggles
Top kill did not work because of a rupture down hole. Top kill might have worked but the coast guard called a stop to the operation because of fear of a failure of the casing which would have rendered the flow unstoppable or even capturable until the relief wells kill it. Good call or bad call... we may never know.
BP could have injected mud at a higher volume and pressure but that was stopped. Mud was going down the well and should have been enough to kill the well but didn't so more pressure and mud might not have worked if it was all going out the well 1000 foot down.
The band saw blade(wire) never broke. It was slipping. Speculation is that the flow was pinning the wire due to the flow flexing the wire upwards. Decision to stop the saw was made for fear the wire would brake off. Apparently this would have been a bad bad thing.
BP could have injected mud at a higher volume and pressure but that was stopped. Mud was going down the well and should have been enough to kill the well but didn't so more pressure and mud might not have worked if it was all going out the well 1000 foot down.
The band saw blade(wire) never broke. It was slipping. Speculation is that the flow was pinning the wire due to the flow flexing the wire upwards. Decision to stop the saw was made for fear the wire would brake off. Apparently this would have been a bad bad thing.
Posted on 7/7/10 at 9:52 am to omegaman66
That's very good info, omega. Do you have an online source for that or is it stuff that other people have told you...insider info so to speak?
Posted on 7/7/10 at 12:53 pm to omegaman66
Not in the oilfield industry but do have some inside info on cap. Talked with the lead on the engineering team two weeks ago and they have been designing cap since 10 Jun. If the bolts will not come out, they have a design to go over
top of that piece to seal and get a good fitting so that a valve to capture oil can be placed on top. Company doing eng. is same as one that makes the piece with the bolts in it. The problem lies in getting a good seal with the irregular shape and it being bent at ackward angle. Like I say, not in the oilfield industry but saw the plans and the design team thinks ity will work but with the possibility of some leakage. This is not thru third party but directly from the design engineer who is a Slidell, La native and grad of USL. Lives in Hou area now. Testing is supposed to be done on the 10th. Will follow up after test is done.
top of that piece to seal and get a good fitting so that a valve to capture oil can be placed on top. Company doing eng. is same as one that makes the piece with the bolts in it. The problem lies in getting a good seal with the irregular shape and it being bent at ackward angle. Like I say, not in the oilfield industry but saw the plans and the design team thinks ity will work but with the possibility of some leakage. This is not thru third party but directly from the design engineer who is a Slidell, La native and grad of USL. Lives in Hou area now. Testing is supposed to be done on the 10th. Will follow up after test is done.
Posted on 7/7/10 at 1:20 pm to TennBYUBENGAL
Just PR to get us to shut up until the relief well is done.
Posted on 7/7/10 at 1:46 pm to the LSUSaint
Combination of things. Most is from online resources. The info on the saw part came from BP employee. Wish I could remember exactly what he said but that happened a number of weeks ago so the details on it are a bit fuzzy in my mind.
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