Thread: 'Top kill' fails, BP moves on 'to next option'

Most offshore oil rigs operate in less than a 1000ft

You say their solution were "clearly not going to work" and were done just to "appease the masses." Obviously, then, you must have some suggestion for what they could have done. Now, of course, your plan must meet these criteria.

1) It needs to be easy to engineer. Your time frame is one-month, and, something which most paper-pushers don't realize, engineering takes time.

2) It needs a low risk of failure. If you want it to work, well, it needs to have a low risk of not working. In addition, in case of failure, it needs an incredibly low risk of worsening the problem (which is why a cap was tried before a top kill, because a top kill can, if unsuccessful, make the problem worse).

i like it. Maybe the other birds will learn now!!!!!!!!!!!

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fucking ridiculous

unfuckingbelievable.

My parents are both petroleum engineers, and we were discussing this today... they agreed that it's more likely 8.5-9k psi.

They also mentioned that this is the most catastrophic thing that could ever happen to a well, particularly one that's world class.

the BOP was designed to operate at 5000 feet, no one knows right now why its not working i'm sure we'll find out later and future BOPs designed for use at those depths will benefit.

meh why shouldn't he? BP is stupid if they didn't think they would get bullied around

And it's still wrong.



If they were using 16.5 ppg mud, its 18000 *.052*16.5 which is ~15,000 psi.