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New TOD thread:

BP's Deepwater Oil Spill - Start of the Static Kill - and Open Thread 2

And a note:

And Subthread:

pressure dropping

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That was indeed the case Tuesday, according to Bolton. He said pressure was dropping steadily. In late afternoon, it had dropped from more than 6,900 pounds per square inch to about 4,500 pounds per square inch.

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That was indeed the case Tuesday, according to Bolton. He said pressure was dropping steadily. In late afternoon, it had dropped from more than 6,900 pounds per square inch to about 4,500 pounds per square inch.

That makes no sense what so ever. They stated prior to the Top Kill that they would have to increase pressure to 8,000 PSI to get injected product to force the oil/sand/gas mixture back down into the well. This is so typical of BP/Obama. When the test deviates from expected parameters, assume the unexpected parameters were the real expected parameters. How on Earth did they blow out a new seal by dropping the pressure by 2,400 PSI ?