[QUOTE=dell;39791]For those who know what you’re talking about here: Agree, disagree, no opinion?
“This is great news,” Darryl Bourgoyne, director of the petroleum engineering laboratory at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, said today in an e-mailed message. “Pressure of 6,700 pounds per square inch indicates that if there is any leak, it is probably deeper than 4,500 feet (1,372 meters) below the seafloor and won’t reach the ocean.”[/QUOTE]
6700 psi is just a point - one dimension -by itself ambiguous. We do not have 2-dimensional (psi vs time data) access as to how they got to this point of 6700 psi. Is 6700 psi a stabilized shut in pressure ? meaning is this value holding or flat-lining ? or is it a maximum/peak value after which readings dropped indicating leak ? or is it a point on a graph’s that is still climbing or dropping ? I can’t figure how Darryl reckons from this figure probability of a leak based on this figure is likely below 4500 psi. Supposing he was quoted word for word, the fact that he used the word -if- indicates they cannot tell for sure what portion of the shut-in pressure might be due to leak/s because the pressure readings as is in part a nett sum of gas migration up past fluids such as oil and formation water,and back pressure. I hope an expert might be able to enlighten us about this. Does anyone know how much longer testing will go on for ?