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Top Kill Hits a Snag

Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:23 pm
Posted by back9Tiger
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:23 pm
Posted by MoreOrLes
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:28 pm to
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Could they not see that early on or were they just waiting for it to diminish and it did not.?
Posted by LSUis0ver9000
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:30 pm to
Posted by LEASTBAY
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:35 pm to
wtf, a snag?? too much mud escaping????? That means to me that it isnt working.
Posted by Ziggy
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:36 pm to
Posted by back9Tiger
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:37 pm to
Dunno, heard they are picking it back up at midnight. They must have found oil in the mud.
Posted by LSUis0ver9000
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:37 pm to
I think the problem is that the pressure of the oil is greater than the mud and they cant overcome it
Posted by LEASTBAY
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:38 pm to
so does whatever they pumped down there earlier just run out??
Posted by LSUis0ver9000
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:40 pm to
no, they have enough. It's pumping 2200 gallons a minute
Posted by LEASTBAY
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:41 pm to
quote:

no, they have enough. It's pumping 2200 gallons a minute


I thought they stopped????

from the article

" A technician told the newspaper that pumping had to be halted while crew reviewed plans."
This post was edited on 5/27/10 at 4:42 pm
Posted by LSUis0ver9000
Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:42 pm to
no they're still pumping (from what i see on tv).
from the News Conference, they're not talking about the snag...i dont know why...
This post was edited on 5/27/10 at 4:43 pm
Posted by MoreOrLes
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:43 pm to
This is essentially like pumping into the top of a T. One end of the T is open (Broken riser/BOP") and they are trying to get the mud to flow through the path of MOST resistance.

JMO Cause I dont know shite about how they expected it to work without plugging the open end of the riser at least a little.
This post was edited on 5/27/10 at 4:44 pm
Posted by LEASTBAY
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:43 pm to
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no they're still pumping (from what i see on tv).


maybe its a bad source, I see it going too, they are updating on CNN tv right now
Posted by COTiger
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:44 pm to
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This post was edited on 5/27/10 at 4:45 pm
Posted by COTiger
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:44 pm to
Keep in mind what you are reading on line from news sources is "old" news.
Posted by LSUis0ver9000
Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:45 pm to
they updated this 14 minutes ago
quote:

Setback delays 'top kill' effort to seal leak
Posted by MoreOrLes
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:45 pm to
CoTiger any new info?
Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:45 pm to
per BP on CNN TV

they werent pumping since last night, they stopped and just watched it overnight and refilled the mud. They might start pumping again tonight.

what we have been watching is the mud escaping from what they pumped yesterday
This post was edited on 5/27/10 at 4:47 pm
Posted by COTiger
Colorado
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:49 pm to
I'm waiting for info but I think what LEASTBAY posted above is correct.
Posted by LEASTBAY
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Posted on 5/27/10 at 4:50 pm to
i posted this in the sticky thread, they havent been pumping mud for 16 hours now, they may add bridging material to mud when they start again to try to clog it
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