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To: Eva
What do you think?

That the top kill might have worked if it had been tried longer?

Perhaps, but the problem was overcoming the massive flow prior to getting a column of mud deep enough into the casing to gain enough weight to stabilize the pressure.

It took a much deeper point of intersection that resulted in a much heaver, longer column of mud prior to penetrating casing nearer the field depth.

With the information I have seen, I doubt the top kill would have eventually worked, but it was possible and certainly was worth trying.

18 posted on 03/03/2011 1:05:13 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer (biblein90days.org))
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To: thackney

Well, much of what was tried down there was a long shot and it worked. No one was betting on that dispersant working as well as it did.


19 posted on 03/03/2011 1:25:50 PM PST by Eva
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