Equipment delays thwart placement of cap on BP well or are theyreconsidering?

Could it be that the enormous back pressure caused by placing a cap on
the well have BP and the experts reconsidering?l Could the cap lead
to the bubble bursting?

http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-...f-disaster-may...

RT

"vtcapo" wrote in message
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Could it be that the enormous back pressure caused by placing a cap on
the well have BP and the experts reconsidering?l Could the cap lead
to the bubble bursting?

http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-...f-disaster-may...

RT

Your frigging bubble burst a long time ago, elCrappo, as
evidenced by all the checkout cashiers who cannot make
change for a buck ... thanks a lot. But, you taught them
how to apply a prophylactic correctly and that's what
counts ... if we could only convince them to wear protection
during actual intercourse, so that they won't propagate ...
but, chalk it up to yet another failure of the retirement
driven Liberal educational departments.

On Jul 15, 10:16*am, "Hagar" wrote:
"vtcapo" wrote in message

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Could it be that the enormous back pressure caused by placing a cap on
the well have BP and the experts reconsidering?l *Could the cap lead
to the bubble bursting?

http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-...f-disaster-may...

RT

Your frigging bubble burst a long time ago, elCrappo, as
evidenced by all the checkout cashiers who cannot make
change for a buck ... thanks a lot. *But, you taught them
how to apply a prophylactic correctly and that's what
counts ... if we could only convince them to wear protection
during actual intercourse, so that they won't propagate ...
but, chalk it up to yet another failure of the retirement
driven Liberal educational departments.

I was reading through your paragraph thinking that you would avoid
using the word LIBERAL and there you go ruining it in your last
sentence.

You are so predictable......

RT

On Jul 15, 6:59*am, vtcapo wrote:
Could it be that the enormous back pressure caused by placing a cap on
the well have BP and the experts reconsidering?l *Could the cap lead
to the bubble bursting?

http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-...f-disaster-may...

RT

"Urgent- Help with Shale formation exploration"

PetroSynergy (Petroleum)
15 Jul 10 14:17
Dear all, I am currently employed by one of the "Big 5" Oil and Gas
companies in the US(NOT BP). Last night at 5 of our well sites in a
shale field where we have a 33.3% stake, we had all of our well
pressure alarms go off. Upon arriving, we could see that all of our
stacks were flaring off a large quantity of natural gas(these are all
unattended collection facilities). We drove around the fields and were
correct in that every other collection facility(from other companies
with a shared stake in the field) was flaring off as well.

We currently have geologists flying in from Texas and California. Over
the phone they tried to explain to us that we had been collecting too
deep from the wells, and a large piece of rock must have shifted from
above our casing increasing the well pressure. It seems logical but in
all of my years I have never heard of such a thing. I know this is
uncommon, but has anyone ever heard of it?

Since all of the wells are currently experiencing pressure higher than
they were designed for, what is the next step? Drilling a much larger
"relief well"?

There are currently 15 or so collection sites flaring off. The design
pressure is 1500PSI, the field is old enough where we cannot find
papers on the original wells pressure. The current pressures are in
excess of 2300 psi. This is not a large field. 60 feet of net gas pay
was discovered during the original exploratory drilling.
-

~ BG

On Jul 15, 6:59*am, vtcapo wrote:
Could it be that the enormous back pressure caused by placing a cap on
the well have BP and the experts reconsidering?l *Could the cap lead
to the bubble bursting?

http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-...f-disaster-may...

RT

"Urgent- Help with Shale formation exploration"

PetroSynergy (Petroleum)
15 Jul 10 14:17
Dear all, I am currently employed by one of the "Big 5" Oil and Gas
companies in the US(NOT BP). Last night at 5 of our well sites in a
shale field where we have a 33.3% stake, we had all of our well
pressure alarms go off. Upon arriving, we could see that all of our
stacks were flaring off a large quantity of natural gas(these are all
unattended collection facilities). We drove around the fields and were
correct in that every other collection facility(from other companies
with a shared stake in the field) was flaring off as well.

We currently have geologists flying in from Texas and California. Over
the phone they tried to explain to us that we had been collecting too
deep from the wells, and a large piece of rock must have shifted from
above our casing increasing the well pressure. It seems logical but in
all of my years I have never heard of such a thing. I know this is
uncommon, but has anyone ever heard of it?

Since all of the wells are currently experiencing pressure higher than
they were designed for, what is the next step? Drilling a much larger
"relief well"?

There are currently 15 or so collection sites flaring off. The design
pressure is 1500PSI, the field is old enough where we cannot find
papers on the original wells pressure. The current pressures are in
excess of 2300 psi. This is not a large field. 60 feet of net gas pay
was discovered during the original exploratory drilling.
-

So, what exactly is the BP wellhead pressure doing?

Is it above 6000 psi and holding or climbing towards 9000 psi as it
should?

~ BG

On Jul 15, 3:37*pm, Brad Guth wrote:
On Jul 15, 6:59*am, vtcapo wrote:

Could it be that the enormous back pressure caused by placing a cap on
the well have BP and the experts reconsidering?l *Could the cap lead
to the bubble bursting?

http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-...f-disaster-may...

RT

"Urgent- Help with Shale formation exploration"

PetroSynergy *(Petroleum)
15 Jul 10 14:17
Dear all, I am currently employed by one of the "Big 5" Oil and Gas
companies in the US(NOT BP). Last night at 5 of our well sites in a
shale field where we have a 33.3% stake, we had all of our well
pressure alarms go off. Upon arriving, we could see that all of our
stacks were flaring off a large quantity of natural gas(these are all
unattended collection facilities). We drove around the fields and were
correct in that every other collection facility(from other companies
with a shared stake in the field) was flaring off as well.

We currently have geologists flying in from Texas and California. Over
the phone they tried to explain to us that we had been collecting too
deep from the wells, and a large piece of rock must have shifted from
above our casing increasing the well pressure. It seems logical but in
all of my years I have never heard of such a thing. I know this is
uncommon, but has anyone ever heard of it?

Since all of the wells are currently experiencing pressure higher than
they were designed for, what is the next step? Drilling a much larger
"relief well"?

There are currently 15 or so collection sites flaring off. The design
pressure is 1500PSI, the field is old enough where we cannot find
papers on the original wells pressure. The current pressures are in
excess of 2300 psi. This is not a large field. 60 feet of net gas pay
was discovered during the original exploratory drilling.
*-

So, what exactly is the BP wellhead pressure doing?

Is it above 6000 psi and holding or climbing towards 9000 psi as it
should?

That BP Gulf wellhead pressure must be somewhat lower than
anticipated, as otherwise they'd be bragging at least a little.

How about they start telling us what they got, and how fast it's
hopefully climbing?

Is their surrounding seabed rising, even a little? They should be
measuring this bulge with a true absolute depth transponder and GPS to
within +/- 1 mm.

~ BG

On Jul 15, 9:59*am, vtcapo wrote:
Could it be that the enormous back pressure caused by placing a cap on
the well have BP and the experts reconsidering?l *Could the cap lead
to the bubble bursting?

No. I seriously doubt the pipe will rupture elsewhere.
And I'm on record as being one of the few people who said it could be
fixed without the need for a "relief well".

I also agree with one person who said that the oil from that deposit
should be used to pay for the clean-up with zero profits to BP.

On Jul 15, 6:41*pm, studio wrote:
On Jul 15, 9:59*am, vtcapo wrote:

Could it be that the enormous back pressure caused by placing a cap on
the well have BP and the experts reconsidering?l *Could the cap lead
to the bubble bursting?

No. I seriously doubt the pipe will rupture elsewhere.
And I'm on record as being one of the few people who said it could be
fixed without the need for a "relief well".

I also agree with one person who said that the oil from that deposit
should be used to pay for the clean-up with zero profits to BP.

100 billion may not cover the environmental and endangered species
damage, much less the local economical impacts to those downwind and
downstream of that BP blowout. The underwater deadzone impact that's
at least ten fold greater than indicated on the surface hasn't even
been fully assessed.

“Today at a congressional hearing NOAA admitted that the neurotoxin
pesticide Corexit that BP has used to disperse the Gulf oil spill may
be in Gulf seafood and that the organization really does not care to
much about testing for it.”

“More toxic? Corexit is far more toxic than oil and so is the arsenic
that scientists are sounding the alarm is on the rise in the Gulf of
Mexico because of the BP Gulf Oil Spill.”

“In fact a fisherman merely splashed with Corexit sufferred from
rectal bleeding and G4 has reported that Corexit is eating through
boat hulls as well causing damage to internal organs.”

BP’s wellhead pressure isn’t high enough:
“Hunter, who witnessed the test from BP’s war room in Houston, told
The Washington Post that the pressure rose to about 6,700 psi and
appeared likely to level out “closer to 7,000.” He said one
possibility is that the reservoir has lost pressure as it has depleted
itself the past three months.”

The ocean floor or seabed is clearly leaking more. If there’s
cavities or geode pockets being filled to even that low pressure of
7000 psi, it’s not likely going to stay put.

~ BG

On Jul 15, 6:59*am, vtcapo wrote:
Could it be that the enormous back pressure caused by placing a cap on
the well have BP and the experts reconsidering?l *Could the cap lead
to the bubble bursting?

http://www.helium.com/items/1882339-...f-disaster-may...

RT

6700 psi just doesn't cut it. Apparently even 7500 psi may be a bad
sign.

The expanding seabed dome should be lifting measurably. With GPS and
true depth transponders should give us +/- mm contour readings as to
the shape of that Gulf area basin floor.

~ BG