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To: GonzoII

So right now we have a cap with overflow relief valves with one pipe to capture a portion of the oil. Why not insert a new pipe inside the old one with a cap connected to multiple hoses to capture all of the oil flowing from this well head? Is that such an astoundingly complicated solution?? How many hoses would it take, two, three, four??


17 posted on 06/26/2010 4:24:28 AM PDT by craigster_nc
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To: craigster_nc

Shake a closed big bottle of Coke then when opening try to add a straw.

If it was easy it would have been done.


19 posted on 06/26/2010 4:29:02 AM PDT by Gimour09
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To: craigster_nc

Are you an oil drilling expert or did you sleep at a Holiday Inn Express?


32 posted on 06/26/2010 4:52:18 AM PDT by kabar
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To: craigster_nc

I had the same idea to thread a new pipe into the old one, on the other hand I’ve heard that the pressure is tremendous and would preclude this fix.

Sounds silly, but why not ask people like plumbers who fix these sort of things on a smaller scale.

Threading a smaller pipe might reduce the flow considerably.

Nuking is out of the question.


40 posted on 06/26/2010 5:05:11 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Praying for minus 24 today....at least minus 23...)
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