Posted on 06/30/2010 7:26:01 AM PDT by Steve495
I’ve been meaning to write a more comprehensive post about the Gulf oil spill for more than a week and this post is my attempt to do so. But first I want to quickly note President Clinton’s comments about blowing up the well, and why some engineers think it’s a bad idea.
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Very good video of Bottom Kill procedure and status.
They are very, very close.
Horseshoes & hand grenades!
Your (very informative) technical diagram at the beginning of the article virtually insured that you lost all the marshmallow major politicians, MSM “journalists” and other ill-educated dreck in our education establishments
However, for we engineers, thanks.
Thank you, it’s appreciated!
Well thanks for the 101 but there isn’t anything new in the article.
—bflr—
Could you tell me why this would not work?
Form a circular concrete barrier with the Blowout Preventer in the center. Put valves on the sides. Put a large door on the top. Close the door ontop, which would divert the flow out of the valves. Then shut off the valves. The structure would have to be massive enough to contain the hydraulic force of the leak.
Wow. Impressive. They are a lot closer than I thought. You can bet BP pulled out all the stops on equipment and overtime to get this well stopped ASAP. If they can get it done early BP can look like heroes for a change.
Anybody?
Could you tell me why this would not work?
Form a circular concrete barrier with the Blowout Preventer in the center. Put valves on the sides. Put a large door on the top. Close the door ontop, which would divert the flow out of the valves. Then shut off the valves. The structure would have to be massive enough to contain the hydraulic force of the leak.
The differential pressure is 8000 psi. The structure you are talking about would be about 20 feet across. The lifting force on the structure would be over 350 million lbs.
Great video. When this thing is over BP should market a DVD with all these shots to help pay for the operation. Kind of like the Mt Saint Helens videos.
So with a safety factor, are we talking about 4 million cubic feet?
The volume of it would be about 160 feet on each side, if it were a cube?
Use a portion of a ship hull as a form. Float it down into place and pump it full of concrete.
There is NO new information here however.
I’ve been told that the force of that well is like an underwater volcano.
I could imagine a perpendicular dam much like you see on an aqueduct but laying on it’s side.
Just have to figure out how to build it, make the tools that would specific to a job like this, configure ROV’s for it’s purpose and train operators.
A bit like fixing a disaster in space without the correct tools, which you can’t buy from MAX or Sears and then training the operators for each specific task.
Time, time, time....
Still a great idea.
The problem involves the sub-surface gas and oil. If you cap it, it will find other ways out of the ground. Too much pressure and not enough resistive force in the well shaft or surrounding materials. It’s one of the reasons they have opened up the flow so much to help relieve the pressure.
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