"@ 20:00hrs the red SPP curve on the chart I have is just UNDER the 3rd black scale mark. ie just UNDER 1500psi."
No argument there but scroll down to 21:30 when pumping stopped for the last time. I see 1250 psi not 1450 psi. My point is that at 21:30 they had ‘reasonably’ been ignoring gain for 1 1/2 hours.
It appears to me that what could have saved the day would have been an accurate measurement of the bbls in vs bbls off loaded delta. Maybe that is what Alcor refers to as volume control? Hard to tell without explanation. Jimmy Harrell testified (as did one other gentleman) that there was no way to pump directly overboard while displacing. Telling me that the lawyers are interested in this.
Regarding Donald Vidrine, they’ll have him under oath soon enough. I’ll withhold judgment about him until I hear what he has to say. I sold him some tools 1981-82. I promise you he is no idiot.