I know, what is that thing? I can’t find anything explaining what it is. I know that something happened yesterday and the flow has increased ever since then. It also splattered the camera and they had to take it up. I watched as they lowered the new or cleaned one and they were looking all around at gauges, valves, pipes and other stuff. Very stressful to watch, especially if you live on one the coasts that would be affected, and I do.
I don’t have any idea. It showed up somewhere around 3PM Pacific. I can see that it appears to have valves, but I have no clue what it is. The flow has been steady today. No big eruptions that I saw. Yesterday I believe they tried to pump in mud, but something happened that stopped them from pumping in the cement as planned.
In the end, it is going to REQUIRE drilling a second well. Relieve that pressure, which means wide open pumping at max flow to slow the uncontrolled release. (at leas ONE spot in the US will be pumping at max rate... /sigh
I am gonna totally guess, but I think the mud caused a back pressure wave that blew the mud pipe away from its insertion point. I would not be surprised at all. That Oil is under tremendous pressure.
I know, what is that thing? I can’t find anything explaining what it is. I know that something happened yesterday and the flow has increased ever since then. It also splattered the camera and they had to take it up. I watched as they lowered the new or cleaned one and they were looking all around at gauges, valves, pipes and other stuff. Very stressful to watch, especially if you live on one the coasts that would be affected, and I do.
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From Sun. May 23
Major Change Down Below...
http://monkeyfister.blogspot.com/2010/05/major-change-down-below.html
What is supplying the light source at 5k ft below the surface?