I’m encouraged that his description is exactly what I thought should happen — as they pumped mud in, the pressure dropped because the mud relieved the oil pressure.
Too bad they couldn’t do this 3 months ago — I mean, they obviously could have done this 3 months ago, except they didn’t have the special cap built at the time, and they had to try less risky things first. Hindsight and all.
But it was funny that as they came to actually being able to stop the oil and kill the well, the government mostly stuck it’s nose in and tried to gum up the works.
Kent always leaves out the important details. They had to initially increase the internal pressure of the BOP. The pumps they used were limited to 8,000 PSI maximum. They did not want an increase beyond 1,000 PSI. Fluid cannot be compressed. No way around increasing the pressure to get the kill mud into the assembly. And they blew out a new leak during the short increased pressure time frame. Top of BOP. It was only after a period of increased pressure, that the internal pressure would drop as mud displaced the oil/gas. So yes, the drop in pressure occurred just like everyone expected.