Once the well is dead, they should be able to shut the pumps down & close the manifold off & the flow should stop. They will have to use calculations based on pressure at various pump rates while slowing pumps down & estimate how much mud is coming out of all of the leaks. This is a straight up guessing game & they will have to overestimate the amount of kill cement. I hope they cement all the way back to the pumps, because there will most likely not be any redos.[QUOTE=KASOL;33870]Link to the Top kill figure: http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/incident_response/STAGING/local_assets/images/TopKill_05-16-10_1750xvar.jpg
I can understand that may stop the flow with kill mud and flow rate even though a lot of the flow must go out the riser, but what happens when they shut down the pumps ? Cementing this is a huge challenge since you do not have full control of where the cement goes. Again, I will be impressed if they pull this topp kill off :)[/QUOTE]
Edit: Newsflash: Rumor mill: Just got word about 15 minutes ago 4th hand at least that the hole is plugged & they are about to pump cement.
For the record I don’t see any indication looking at the stack, but I sure hope I’m wrong.