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Just crimp it.
Er, I was thinking Helen Thomas wearing scuba gear. Yes?
I think that it would take around five million pounds of force to jam it in.
(Assume 21” diam opening, 15,000 psi discharge pressure.)
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(In this case, I think it is necessary.)
oh by the way i just heard the saw is stuck
Like this?
Not a bad idea, but it wouldn’t work. First, lining it up properly within the gushing flow at the top of the well would be almost impossible. Second, anything with enough weight to stem the flow would also crack the well head, resulting in a worse leak around the area of the plug.
Keep working on it, though. Not a bad first crack at the problem.
That’d be a great idea, if they were going to cap it.
But me thinks they are going to try everything they can to salvage the spewing oil to they can contain it and sell it.
After all, it’s where the $$ is. Capping it would only end their profits.
I think their first idea is the best one. That oil containment box just wasn’t nearly big enough. It will need to be something huge. They should take a very large ship or barge, cut a hole in the bottom and sink it over the top of the well head/BOP.
I don’t think it can be plugged. Too much pressure. The challenge is the depth of water, water pressure, psi of the oil flowing from the pipe, flammable material, and temperature.
I think a giant turkey baster and some duct tape should do it...
Did you see that “expert” Engineering prodigy who recommended inflating tires in the well bore? Good luck with that one.
People don’t realize what a big deal 15,000 PSI is. This is an enormous amount of pressure. Water pressure a mile down is about 2400 PSI. Well head pressure has been reported at 15,000 PSI. They killed the 1979 PeMex blowout by pumping in lead shot. Lead shot that was 2 inches in diameter. Lead shot won’t sink in this well, the flow is too fast.
They need to get some ability to choke off the flow, and that means building something that can contain the pressure. Hence cutting off the riser pipe to get it out of the way. Should have done that weeks ago, but when you’re working under 0bama’s microscope, fearing criminal prosecution for whatever you try, you cannot work.
Bammy already tried that with a hammer and large cork.The Texas Land Office and Texas Water Commission successfully used ‘oil eating’ microbes to clean up large oil spills in just weeks.
Microbes hunt down and eat the toxic oil and leave only a biodegradable waste that is non-toxic to humans and marine life.
Marshland and beaches were pristine again in just weeks-—not years like the Exxon Valdez spill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VfypUzx1tI&feature=youtube_gdata
Why not use the tubing they were using to pump mud into the BOP to reroute the oil up to the surface. Crimp the riser.