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ThatDamnedPanda -> RE: It May Be Much Much Worse..... (6/8/2010 9:16:08 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Owner59
An unnamed BP official said they discovered damage to the casing below the ocean bottom and substructures of the well.
This subsurface failure was discovered was discovered during the "top kill" procedure where mud was pumped down the well with thousand horse power pumps at hundreds of gallons per minute.
The mud was flowing into the rock formations around the casing from under the surface.
This means it`s possible that nothing can be done until the relief wells are drilled.
At best,they can divert some,....of the crude but that`s it.
No surprise there. This isn't news at all, man. It's definite that nothing can be done to stop the leak until the relief wells are finished. That's been a foregone conclusion since Top Kill failed. That was the last chance to actually stop the leak before the relief wells were drilled.
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ORIGINAL: Owner59
This is a leak is 5000 feet below the ocean floor,..... which is 2 miles under the ocean`s surface.
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How do you fix a leak that is 5000 feet below the ocean bottom, that is 2 miles below the ocean`s surface?
The leak is not 5000 feet below the ocean bottom, it's at the ocean bottom - 5000 feet below the surface. Now, the blown seal that was leaking mud and oil into the subsurface strata during Top Kill is about 1,000 feet below that, but the relief wells will intersect the borehole many thousands of feet deeper than that. They'll stop the leak 2 and a half miles below the blown pipe. It'll take a while - months, to be sure - but once they stop it, it'll be well and truly stopped, forever and ever amen. That well will never pump another drop of oil again.
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