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To: metmom
The blowout preventer failed for some reason.

Capping a wellhead at >5,000’ depth isn't an easy task.

25 posted on 05/02/2010 8:05:44 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("It's not the number of burnt cars that worries me. It's the fact that everyone finds this normal..")
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To: Ready4Freddy

I was just asking... how long is it expected to take? Is the estimate of 2-3 months from the diagram for the capping? Or, for making it functional again?


27 posted on 05/02/2010 8:09:07 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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