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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:55 AM Original message |
A concrete hockey puck the size of a small house |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. . |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Supposedly there is around 1000' of silt and mud on the Gulf floor |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Better idea: |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. that was pretty much the concept of the first top hat |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. True, except that Top Hat was going to allow continued extraction. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. correct. Every attempt to date has involved saving the well head |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yep, even the current LMRP and the other option, "BOP on BOP". |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I like it NYC_SKP |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. If a 15'-radius cylinder is constructed from 1" steel plate |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. The planet saving diaphragm makes sense to me |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. If this were a good idea it wouldn't have been plan 9. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Yeah.. we're in ACME territory now... |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Lets say the static pressure at the wellhead is 10,000 psi. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. great sig photo |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Suggestion is Not Bad |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. The oil would blow out around the bottom in the soft sediment. Just a guess. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. and a very good guess |
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