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Update? Does someone know if they have completed the riser cut? It looks like they are preparing to shear, but I was unclear whether they made the cut at the top of the BOPs.

No, the riser has not been cut at the BOP, although it looked like the plumes from the splits were larger (although the angle was slightly different).

is it me or does the shears not fit around the pipe?

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is it me or does that saw blade not look like the correct one for the application. the teeth are going to keep getting caught.

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Not sure about that but this does look like an incredibly difficult thing to do.

Aggie engineer in my office:

Why isn't that saw throwing sparks?

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JudgeHolden

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Funny Fred!!

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TigerFred

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MMS has published and NTL regarding the moraturium on DW wells.....have you seen it?

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but once the riseer is cut at the BOP would the Top Kill not have a better chance of being successful?

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Quite the oposite. Once the riser is cut, any little bit of back pressure that the long tube and frictional forces were providing are gone, IMHO. I think there should be less back pressure to pump against and force mud downhole. Also there may have been some obstructions within the riser portion that will have been cut off.

My question is, "is that the closeset to the BOP that they can make the cut? I owuld think the closer the better for capturing the effluent and having one "point source" to deal with." Just an observation.