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Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:30 am to meauxjeaux2
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Lighten up
thanks, but I think the question does have some merit.
It seems like the BOP is designed to seal/crimp when there is pipe in the BOP. Now if there is some pipe still in the BOP which would interfere with the operation of the valve then put the valve below the rams and design the upper portion of the BOP to detach, thus exposing the pipe joint obstructing the valve...then grab the pipe, lift it up, cut it, let it go south...then close the damn valve.
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:31 am to Chicken
quote:could that be flashing between meters and feet?
seems like that value is jumping all over the place...from 3000+ to 1000+
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:32 am to MoreOrLes
no, look at the video, its not too bad of a cut
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:36 am to redstick13
quote:
With a ball valve? Uh huh.
then install a needle valve
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:36 am to Rantavious
if they could get some type of valve on there, I imagine a gate valve would be better
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:38 am to Chicken
quote:
could that be flashing between meters and feet?
No. 1 meter is about 3.3 feet
So 3000 meters would be 9900'.
Conversely, 1000' is only 300 meters.
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:42 am to RummelTiger
right, it doesn't compute, but a better example would have been:
1047 meters = 3435.03937 feet
1047 meters = 3435.03937 feet
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:44 am to Chicken
quote:
right, it doesn't compute, but a better example would have been:
1047 meters = 3435.03937 feet
Sorry...
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:46 am to LEASTBAY
quote:
if they could get some type of valve on there, I imagine a gate valve would be better
great...it seems like the BOP is designed to prevent a blowout (well, duh) but when you are now dealing with a blowout...I can't believe that the system isn't valved for the occasion when the rams fail
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:48 am to Rantavious
maybe its too much pressure, you would think they had some sort of way to manually close some of the rams, maybe they do but it is broke I dunno
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:55 am to LEASTBAY
Why are they making a vertical cut on the riser now? Only thing I can think is they're cutting a wedge so they can try and compress the opening a few inches.
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:57 am to Schwartz
making the cut smoother for some reason
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:58 am to LEASTBAY
Yeah but they're making a vertical cut on the low side...wouldn't make the cut any smoother.
Posted on 6/3/10 at 10:59 am to Schwartz
Are they maybe trying to cut the riser away from the drill pipe for some reason?
Posted on 6/3/10 at 11:00 am to Chicken
I think you need to be looking at the DPT number, at least on most of the ROV's. Like the Intervention III ROVII
Posted on 6/3/10 at 11:01 am to Schwartz
quote:
Why are they making a vertical cut on the riser now?
looks like some kind of fitting still left on the pipe stem that they are trying to remove to allow the next apparatus to go down over the stem, imo
Posted on 6/3/10 at 11:02 am to LEASTBAY
cutting a gusset off that they couid not get to under the bent riser
Posted on 6/3/10 at 11:02 am to CrazyTigerFan
Edit: Nevermind. Couldn't see an obstruction from the angle I was watching.
This post was edited on 6/3/10 at 11:04 am
Posted on 6/3/10 at 11:04 am to Schwartz
Yeah, I see it now, too. That makes more sense than what I was thinking anyway.
This post was edited on 6/3/10 at 11:05 am
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