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To: Smokin' Joe
All my work was at the local refinery years ago,,,

Some of the old guys sure had some stories to tell,,,

I thought I saved the piece about areas with the highest

bottom hole pressures but I guess Vista ate it !...;0)

34 posted on 06/22/2010 10:24:58 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Bottom hole pressures can fool you. Even here where they are generally considered fairly low, there are wellheads out there with 5000-10000 psi on them. Madden Deep in Wyoming comes to mind as one place on land notorious for losing rigs. There are plenty offshore, too.


36 posted on 06/22/2010 11:54:00 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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