To: commish
how will they prevent the ice crystals that were forming inside and clogging the originally top-hat they attempted?
3,789 posted on
06/03/2010 1:53:46 PM PDT by
a real Sheila
(Obama isn't even voting "present!")
To: a real Sheila
how will they prevent the ice crystals that were forming inside and clogging the originally top-hat they attempted? See all the different lines they are attaching to the cap? Those will be pumping methanol and warm sea water into the well to prevent hydrate formation. Or at least that is the plan.
3,795 posted on
06/03/2010 1:56:44 PM PDT by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
To: a real Sheila
The methane crystals were coming up from the sea floor sediments.
This is a closed system, so shouldn’t be any methane, well, at least not methane hydrate.
3,796 posted on
06/03/2010 1:57:08 PM PDT by
djf
To: a real Sheila
I believe they will be pumping in antifreeze
3,797 posted on
06/03/2010 1:57:34 PM PDT by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
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