[QUOTE=company man 1;37930][B][I][U]BINGO! WE HAVE A WINNER![/U][/I][/B] This was certainly not adhered to by BP’s engineering department and for that they should all hang.
[LEFT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][B][U]At all stages during the drilling of a well it shall be assured that assumptions made[/U][/B]
[B][U]during the casing design are not violated.[/U][/B][/LEFT]
10.4
[/SIZE][/FONT]Is not running the last string of casing part of the drilling process? Then why did they make a change in the original casing design from a tie back to a tapered string? This violation placed the well in direct danger of an underground blowout.[/QUOTE]
The original well design was an exploration well. When they applied to convert to production this was granted by the MMS. The tieback should have been run. However, on application for one string, the MMS approved it.
Could the rig and all personnel have been saved even with this single string from Reservoir to WH? This is a very important question. The answer is yes. Why? Because the negative tests were not completed properly and there were question marks over volumes back after pressuring up the string. The well could have been shut in at this point. I’d like to know who accepted the test results? Who gave the ok regardless of well pressure increasing to 1400 psi?