The well is in more that 5000 feet of water and was drilled to more than 18,000 feet bellow the sea bed. The original number was 23,000
[QUOTE=company man 1;33823]First of all the column is no longer 18,000’ it got sawed off by about 5000’ due to the removal of the riser. That is why I would like to see the numbers so I can review if they have taken into account the difference of mud wieght it takes now to kill the well as opposed to the original mud weight since they don’t have the extra 5000’ of heavy fluid anymore. Don’t even try to convince me they have already thought about that & run your mouth pontificating about nuumbers you have not seen & defending these dumbasses.
I can very well see a scenario that after days of pumping the information comes out & it is found out that hey did they take into account the difference between 5000’ of seawater & 5000’ of 14.3 ppg mud & add that to their overall weight? anyone stupid enough to order a partial displacement of a well with seawater before even testing the cement job is definitely stupid enough not to account for such differences in hydrostatic pressure. That is why I want to look at those numbers & You can bet your butt those will come out & be reviewed. If they are & found to be wrong, it will be time for the short ropes & tall trees to come out.
Secondly, they didn’t do it is secret, they did it on live television & the taking heads weren’t smart enough to realize what was going on if they happened to be paying attention at the time.
Edit: I’d also have you believe that BP with all its infinite knowledge & wisdom allowed a multimillion dollar state of the art drilling rig go up in flames & destoy the real estate value of the whole gulf coast.[/QUOTE]