[QUOTE=BLISTERS;36348]Corky I concur with your post but differ with figures of expanded gas volumes. If we have 40 bbl gas at the mudline, and 14.3 mud above it, this gas will expand to [(14.3ppg x 0.052x5000 ft) x 40 bbl ]/14.7 . Put simply 10,117 bbls at surface atmospheric of 14.7 psi. No wonder the flash from the blast was picked up by satellite but shear luck so many made it off the rig safely not counting those who did not whom BP apologists are still trying their level best to place the blame on. BP will not get away with this.[/QUOTE]
Huh?? Which figures of expanded gas volumes are you differing with? All I said was that you can clearly see the flames coming out of the starboard 16 inch diverter overboard line in the picture.