[QUOTE=domer;36841]Today Thad Allen said “It’s the same point Development Driller II, which is the, drilling the relief well is proceeding at pace and they are 9,000 feet below the sea floor right now and starting to close in on the well bore itself. We anticipate over the next three to four weeks they will close in and be able to tap into the well itself. At that point, they will pump mud down it and attempt to the, what we call, the bottom kill and actually cap the well. Development Driller III is the platform that is drilling the second well or the backup well, the risk mitigator well a mere currently 4,500 feet below the sea floor and continuing to drill ahead.”
But I thought the DD3 was suppose to be the first to tap in??[/QUOTE]
Here’s what I saw… but I am not vouching for anything I see that even the numbers he reports are not consistent.
http://markimoore.com/relief-well-status-as-of-june-16-2010/
Relief well status as of June 16, 2010
The primary relief well is currently at a depth of more than 15,000 feet. The relief well is beginning to angle at 23 degrees to intercept the MC252 well shaft. The well is being drilled by The Development Driller III and is approximately 11 days ahead of schedule.
The secondary or backup relief well , being drilled by The Development Driller II, has drilled the second relief well to a depth of 9,774 feet.
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