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BP Says 'Static Kill' on Gulf Well Is Successful
Fox News ^ | Published August 04, 2010 | NewsCore

Posted on 08/04/2010 1:00:42 AM PDT by Liberty Valance

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Good news!
1 posted on 08/04/2010 1:00:47 AM PDT by Liberty Valance
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Aug 3: An employee sits in the bridge of the Helix Q4000 as it performs the 'static kill' operation at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

2 posted on 08/04/2010 1:03:50 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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The sucker’s dead. Now to drive a stake through its heart...


3 posted on 08/04/2010 1:03:55 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: Liberty Valance; SWAMPSNIPER

4 posted on 08/04/2010 1:12:47 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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Meanwhile, obama’s illegal drilling moratorium has already done orders of magnitude more damage than the spill. And it continues to...


5 posted on 08/04/2010 1:13:15 AM PDT by piytar (Those who never learned that peace and freedom are rare will be taught by reality.)
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To: Liberty Valance

So they plugged it with a shaft full of liquid glop. What keeps the glop and the oil exactly balanced, so that the glop doesn’t fall down into the underground pool of oil, or else get pushed out by the oil? I would have expected a plug made of something solid that clings to the sides of the shaft and cannot move.


6 posted on 08/04/2010 1:20:37 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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Glop? Let’s all hope that glop was gov’t bureaucrats. ;o)


7 posted on 08/04/2010 1:27:29 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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Good news, but the stack is still leaking. They popped another seal leak during the top kill process. I would estimate they have doubled the leaking coming from the stack during this process. Still just about a barrel an hour, but if one of these seals completely blows out, will be hundreds of barrels an hour. Here is the new leak that is still leaking tonight.

August 3rd 2010. 8:51 PM PST. Skandi 1 ROV
Leak during Injectivity Test Top BOP Back Lighted (1 minute)

August 3rd 2010. 10:50 PM PST. Skandi 1 ROV
Leak during Injectivity Test Top BOP Front lighted (1 1/2 minutes)

8 posted on 08/04/2010 1:29:16 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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Density and weight. Create equalized pressure. Oil can not penetrate the mud and it is heavier than oil.Now all they have to do is put the cement doen with an extruder and it is plugged fro good...Yay!


9 posted on 08/04/2010 1:31:20 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (m)
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You can see the new leak they popped during the Top Kill live below. They are actually aiming a nozzle at the leak to drive the leaking product up and away to the right. The red tube hose is a high pressure water hose.

New leak created by Top Kill

10 posted on 08/04/2010 1:36:29 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: screaminsunshine

But can the mud penetrate the oil. If the mud plug is a bit too heavy it will slide down the shaft, until it reaches the underground pocket of oil and falls to the bottom of that. Then the oil will rush back up the shaft.


11 posted on 08/04/2010 1:39:26 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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Nope the mud can not. It can not mix with oil and is too dense and heavier. It seals the pipe and forces the oil back down the hole till there is enough weight to equalize the pressure coming up.


12 posted on 08/04/2010 1:43:47 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (m)
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Looks like it is leaking a mix now of oil, gas and mud. They must be hoping the mud will eventually leak through the busted seals and plug them up. The main problem is that they had to increase the pressure up to probably 8,000 PSI to get the mud into the well head, that blew out another seal and probably opened up the two previously busted seals even wider. If they lose the mud now, gonna be leaking oil real bad through the seals.


13 posted on 08/04/2010 1:44:36 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: Liberty Valance
It's almost time for breakfast ...

Good morning to Morgan City!

14 posted on 08/04/2010 1:55:44 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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I would have expected a plug made of something solid that clings to the sides of the shaft and cannot move.

That comes next.

The following is a technical update video from BP, dated 07/21/10, that shows the process. It's about 11 1/2 minutes long. I hope you have sufficient band width to access it, if not you'll just have to trust me.

http://bp.concerts.com/gom/kentwellstechupdate_072110a.htm

Various audio only updates plus transcripts in .pdf format subsequent to 7/21/10 are available here.

http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9034442&contentId=7063846

15 posted on 08/04/2010 1:58:00 AM PDT by Cheburashka (The vuvuzela: the weaponization of the kazoo.)
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To: screaminsunshine

This assumes the pressure in the oil pocket never changes and can be exactly matched with mud pressure due to mud weight. If there’s a little too much mud, and/or something decreases the pressure of the oil in the pocket (geothermal variation?) the mud-oil interface would go sliding down the shaft.


16 posted on 08/04/2010 2:00:27 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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A short burst of possible drilling mud just came up through the new seal leak. Major oil/gas leak off to the right. Big mud chunks at start of video. Note how the ROV angles the water jet nozzle so you cannot see the leaking mud (15 second mark).

August 4th 2010. 1:32 AM PST Skandi 1 ROV
New Leak from Top Kill Note Possible Drilling Mud Leak at Start (48 seconds)

17 posted on 08/04/2010 2:00:38 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: Liberty Valance
Seen many a place looking like that 50 years ago, some you could only get to by boat ;^)
18 posted on 08/04/2010 2:01:57 AM PDT by The Cajun (Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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OK, now it makes sense. They are only looking to the mud for a temporary plug, not to do the final job of sealing up the well.


19 posted on 08/04/2010 2:03:16 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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Wonder if the leak is coming from the positive pressure from above or from the well kicking back on them?
20 posted on 08/04/2010 2:05:33 AM PDT by The Cajun (Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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