That post is ridiculous and the author doesn’t have a clue what he is talking about. Notice how there is no proof of anything he or she says? For instance there is no such thing as “normal well” with a psi of 1500 psi. There is no such thing as a “normal well”, each one is different.
70,000 psi at the depth of 18,000 ft? That would make surface pressure what about 65,000 psi? remember they drilled and controlled the pressure hydro-statically for more than 24 hours and they are drilling 2 more wells right now into the same formation.
I didn’t bother looking up Benzine or Metholine Chloride, but my basic H2S orientation taught me that the safe working limit of H2S is 10 parts per million for 8 hours a day. So 1200 parts per billion being dispersed 5,000 feet below the sea probably isn’t going to do much harm to anything.
I’m sure someone with more time could pick apart that ridiculous post even further. It is bogus and far from grounded in fact and you should be quite wary of reposting it.
That post is ridiculous and the author doesn’t have a clue what he is talking about.
It comes from the site "Oildrum" where the industry professionals get together and talk about industry issues. It's been quoted several times by other FReepers on several different threads.
I would rather take the word of industry professionals who are working in the field and discussing this issue among themselves, than many of the posters here on Free Republic ... :-)