How about drilling a new well a few hundred feet away or half mile. Would that reduce the pressure? Could the go horizontal and get near the other well?
Boy a lot of penny wise pound foolish in this thing. BP saved a few bucks. This well was a gold mine if they had done it right the first time.
Not in my understanding. Think of it this way, drill a pin hole into the bottom of a pool or even a tub. Would a second hole that size help?
Most oil formations have multiple wells drilled into them to bring the crude topside. How much does one well relieve the pressure? Not much would be my guess and it’s only a guess.
Nothing says they won’t drill other wells at some point into this formation for production assuming they get gov’t okay. Also bet on the next one they won’t take the mud out of the hole and leave just sea water in the hole. This well wasn’t scheduled to be brought online for production until some years hence. That is why they where shutting it in at the time of the blowout.