[QUOTE=Alf;40455]Cold fluids normally shrink/contract things don’t they? At least that’s what happens when I jump in the sea.
No disrespect, but is there something I’m not seeing here [B]ExCompanyMan[/B]?[/QUOTE]
Tend to agree but still would like to get it confirmed with a simulation. Look, the BOP did not close in the well, and failed it main purpose, either because there was a leak and it did not receive the signal (unlikely) or because the casing moved up and prevented the rams from closing around the DP. Also remember that if there was a leak going up the annulus then hot reservoir fluids would be traveling up; so you would have cold sea fluid in the casing and hot reservoir fluid behind it; god knows the effect on the steel with that.
Just brain storming…