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re: Links to live feeds from remotely operated vehicles (ROV)
Posted on 5/27/10 at 9:39 am to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 5/27/10 at 9:39 am to tgrbaitn08
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You said forever.
I meant this actual hole with the BOP in place. Didn't know if I misunderstood along the way and there was a way to salvage it instead of the relief well. I didn't mean this reservoir of oil as a whole.
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 9:41 am to Kracka
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This whole event has really opened my eyes to how clueless our society is. I hear over and over really stupid stuff at work, on the radio, facebook, via email, etc. All it takes is a little bit of reading from a factual source and you can find the answers to alot of things and educate yourself just a little bit. I know everyone I work with went to college, but they still spread this stupid rumor stuff around all day long like a bunch of 5th graders. They sure know about what happened on Lost last night though.
truer words have not been spoken on this board in a long time.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 9:42 am to Tommy Patel
Anyone hearing anything? I'm hoping no news is good news. 
Posted on 5/27/10 at 9:43 am to lsuhunt555
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Are you and others you work with optimistic that this will work?
i hope so, if they're able to confirm they're putting mud away, that's a huge hurdle overcome.
i'd guess that they would pump a huge volume of cement and hope a good enough percentage is heading downhole. you may be able to induce some dehydration and start flashing setting it as you're squeezing it down.
and to the guy who said "why didn't they try this a week ago" it's because they were building all of this stuff and modifying the BOP's.
This post was edited on 5/27/10 at 9:45 am
Posted on 5/27/10 at 9:45 am to lsuhunt555
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Are you and others you work with optimistic that this will work?
If the mud holds then yeah getting the cement in there shouldn't be a problem. Remember, most of this started because BP made the Horizon crew put seawater in the hole and take the mud out. Thinking that the seawater would be enough weight to keep the pressure from blowing out the well.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 9:49 am to Kracka
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Remember, most of this started because BP made the Horizon crew put seawater in the hole and take the mud out. Thinking that the seawater would be enough weight to keep the pressure from blowing out the well.
that's not exactly true. they never thought SW would hold back the formation -- they thought the recently run and cemented casing string was strong enough to hold it back and that reducing the hydrostatic pressure downhole by displacing to SW wouldn't effect them.
in essence, they thought the well was secured.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 9:51 am to Kracka
Maybe so. I'm not sure what he does. I just know he works for BJ and he's an engineer
Posted on 5/27/10 at 9:54 am to MCJeff
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He's been there a few years. He graduated from ULL in like 06
Does he work at the southpark complex or near Carencro?
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:00 am to oilfieldtiger
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This whole event has really opened my eyes to how clueless our society is. I hear over and over really stupid stuff at work, on the radio, facebook, via email, etc. All it takes is a little bit of reading from a factual source and you can find the answers to alot of things and educate yourself just a little bit. I know everyone I work with went to college, but they still spread this stupid rumor stuff around all day long like a bunch of 5th graders. They sure know about what happened on Lost last night though.
Really? This opened your eyes??? WTF? Sorry everyone isn't a genius in the oil industry you jackass.
A LOT of the "rumors" have become fact! They are only rumors until proven right in the media to guys like you.
This was a much better option than some sort of TEMPORARY Top Hat bullshite. We were warned of it freezing before they even tried it. I guess those were "rumors" uh?
Screw you, let people speculate all they want. It is a disaster of monumental proportions and all the information is as new to you as it is to the public.
So please, take your brilliant FACTS READING ONLY arse off the board and go where people of only your IQ status can understand. Best Buy maybe
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:00 am to Kracka
I'm pretty sure Southpark
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:02 am to MCJeff
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I'm pretty sure Southpark
The only guy I know with those initials, doesn't go by his first initial of J. Instead he goes by I think his middle name. If not I am out of ideas.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:03 am to Kracka
He's from Opalousas, lives off Johnston by ULL. He's about 26.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:10 am to the LSUSaint
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Sorry everyone isn't a genius in the oil industry you jackass.
Uptight much?
I am talking about just finding out a few of the facts before one speaks. I don't mean you have to be able to break this stuff down like a petroleum engineer.
I am referencing the stuff about boycotting BP gas stations, BP wanted to save the well, which is why they didn't cap it right away, BP is not really cleaning up because they are trying to capture oil to sell it, etc, etc.
And of courrse you have the stupid blogs who tried to say it might have been the N. Koreans or the gov. that blew this thing up.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:10 am to Kracka
I think he's a field engineer
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:11 am to MCJeff
just heard on WWL that they were able to push the oil back below the sea floor. Waiting to pump cement if they can keep the oil pushed down.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:11 am to oilfieldtiger
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that's not exactly true. they never thought SW would hold back the formation -- they thought the recently run and cemented casing string was strong enough to hold it back and that reducing the hydrostatic pressure downhole by displacing to SW wouldn't effect them.
BP must have REALLY thought that the well was secure to send the Schlumberger crew off of the rig BEFORE they could run the cement bond log. That CBL would likely have spotted the problem before the mud was exchenged out of the column.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:14 am to gliterein
Yeah, My uncle who just retired from Schlumberger said they sent the loggers home on Sunday evening.
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:16 am to gliterein
if they do get the well capped, the next few days will likely see alot of action by state and local people as far as getting cleanup started
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:19 am to YatTigah
quote:Should have started this weeks ago.
getting cleanup started
Posted on 5/27/10 at 10:22 am to gliterein
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That CBL would likely have spotted the problem before the mud was exchenged out of the column.
that's possible, but the way the BP memo reads re: the negative test, there were indicators that things weren't what they seemed then as well. log data has to be interpreted, and there's no guarantee it would have been interpreted in such a way as to say there was an eminant problem of this magnitude.
it's not necessarily common for CBL's to be run at that point in the operation. a lot of times when a well is drilled and another rig will return at a later date to complete it, the CBL will not be run until the completion begins.
however, a lot of times this dependent upon the wellbore geometry, so i'm not trying to make a blanket statement as to what is industry SOP and what is not.
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