[QUOTE=johnebe;35238]Some decisions make it seems like they were in a bit of a hurry…BUT why…? simply to disguise the views of a free flow emerging out the top of the BOP/LMRP…?
That diamond bandsaw appeared to be an elegant design…NOT sure why they didn’t remove/repair/redeploy…
OR come back in with it, like an arborist’s technique, take the branch off 6-12" from the intended final cut line, like they ultimately did with the super jaws…and [I]then[/I] make the final clean cut with the diamond bandsaw…?
Or…a similar tool to the bandsaw that would clamp to the bop/lmrp and then grind/file the pipe…
Moving Forward: How big do they make C-clamps…?[/QUOTE]
Maybe planned in the event of using shears and they went in with a hydraulically inflatable seal of a material that would stand the amount of hi-pressure blow by we’re seeing? What material would that be?