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2010-07-04 Economy

Exec says BP could plug well by end of July

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The sooner the better.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-07-04 01:20|| 2010-07-04 01:20|| Front Page Top

#2 I can't find much detailed information on what their plan is. Seems like they could try to drill into the wild well and kill it today (they are only about 50 feet away), but for some reason are not. Maybe they are running another string of casing in the relief well before going closer (I would.) Maybe they are waiting until they change the wild well riser connection so they can increase back pressure while they try to kill with the relief well - would suggest a lack of confidence in the standard relief well system, and thus some negative information we have not been given.) Or maybe they will wait for both the wild well connection change AND for the second relief well to catch up before trying. Wish we were being given more information.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-07-04 10:55|| 2010-07-04 10:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Things may not be bad enough that they'd be allowed to solve the problem. It's an economically important formation that in the long term is still usable.

I suspect they're waiting for a sequence of events that will allow them to do something extreme that will wreck the ability to use the formation.

Remember BP isn't really in charge any more; the government is.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-07-04 11:31|| 2010-07-04 11:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Gathering Tritum to replenish the B-66.

Posted by Shipman 2010-07-04 13:56|| 2010-07-04 13:56|| Front Page Top

Seems like they could try to drill into the wild well and kill it today (they are only about 50 feet away), but for some reason are not

It is my understanding that there is a lot of cementing work going on to ensure that the new well doesn't suffer the same fate as the original one. They are allowing that cement to fully cure before attempting to intersect the current well.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-07-04 16:25|| 2010-07-04 16:25|| Front Page Top

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