[Bigun]

That fact was recognized and discussed almost from the beginning here at FR.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2498826/posts

[Smokin' Joe]

Sorry, I really do not have the time to pick through a few hundred posts to see what was posted when. If you have a direct link to the post, please put it up.

Also, the well has, from conductor to the last liner, what, six, seven different casing strings in it? When you sy "outside of the pipe" do you mean outside of all the strings, or is it in the annular space between two of them?