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| BP promised it could stop leak 10 times bigger than Gulf of Mexico spill |
| 2010-06-01 |
| BP was given permission to drill in the Gulf of Mexico after submitting documents promising it was equipped to deal with a spill 10 times larger than the current leak. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Thusly of course no need for Howie Hughes' GLOMAR EXPLORERE + GLOMAR CHALLENGER, etc. Recovery superships??? * "In four to five months" > Yep, but NOT counting the CHEONAN, MIDEAST, AFPAK + AFRICA problems in the meantime. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-06-01 18:39 |
| #2 It took about 7 weeks for the original well to get to where it blew out from where the first relief well is right now, and that included getting stuck and sidetracking. IF nothing goes wrong the relief well could kill the blowout in about that length of time (a little less for a clean job but a little more for added caution.) But they have to not get stuck, not lose circulation, and actually hit a 7" target 3 1/2 miles away (I normally ask for a 100-200' target, but they normally are within ~20' without hardly trying.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-06-01 08:02 |
| #1 I see there's no definition of 'ten times' what. They will stop it - in four or five months. Remember it took Pemex 10 months in 1979 in 160 feet of water. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-06-01 06:28 |