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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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To: Smokin' Joe

Highest bottomhole pressure: 34,660 psi, a world record,,,

I think this one was in a ME field,,,

The best I can remember is that area south of Mobile was

9 or 10,000 lbs,,,ain’t sure,,,

Thunder Horse ran into pressure problems south of the

blowout a year or so ago...


37 posted on 06/23/2010 12:48:35 AM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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