Holy Chu! Recall the 2-pipe anomaly? It’s back [from LATimes 6-29]…
… "The gushing BP oil well is a mystery still unfolding, and late last month, a team of scientists from the Energy Department discovered a new twist: Their sophisticated [B]imaging equipment [/B]detected not one but [B]two drill pipes, side by side[/B], inside the wreckage of the well’s blowout preventer on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
[B]BP officials said it was impossible[/B]. The Deepwater Horizon rig, which drilled the well, used a single pipe, connected in segments, to bore 13,000 feet below the ocean floor. But when workers cut into the wreckage to install a containment cap this month, sure enough, they found two pipes. …
This 2-pipe anomaly in sheared BOP/riser demands confirmation as either true or false. Did BP save lots of time/$ by not removing some unwanted pipe-thingy?