[QUOTE=BLISTERS;48412]I hate to agree with an asshole. Well control does involve volume control, but Wellcontrol does not begin and end with volumes control. It starts at drawing table and safe implementation of a non-shonky well design including implementation. Well planners have to be constantly mindful of the maximum required integrity and not let cost control overide this fact. And Alcor will have to widen his boring narrow view of well control and take a look at the bigger picture if he sincerely wants to find the root cause of this problem and not pretend, or confuse fantasy with reality like as if he was on that rig on that fateful night with those hard working brave men.Either that or, or go apply his skills in Japan where it is badly needed right now. There’s several levels of prostitution and yours is the lowest I have ever encountered considering your tenacity at trying to warp what really happened on that rig. Are you totally impervious to shame you wanker ? You might appear human, physically, but beats me what type of spirit is housed in that body and mind of yours. I hope those men who died, whom you try so hard to pin the entire balme of this disaster on, pay you a visit just as you are start falling asleep or better still just beofre you wake up to a new dawn. Have a nice day.[/QUOTE]
Obviously, I hit a very raw nerve!
The point I’m making is really quite simple. In the absence of any advice as to how Contractors avoid a similar outcome, I advocate a system of total and absolute control of volume and pressure throughout the drilling and completion of all wells drilled. As I’ve pointed out before, anything can fail in the well, and the only method of knowing if the barriers have been breached is to observe volumes and pressure. Both the Macondo and the well Sedco 711 drilled, resulted in sudden realisation that the wells were flowing, too late. This is simply not good enough. A directive should be sent by the authorities who’ve replaced the MMS informing all Operators and Contractors that it is hereby illegal to displace a well without monitoring volumes…in order to ensure we CONTROL the well. This has not taken place…in the media! But, you can bet your ass that the practice is not ignored anymore, like silent whispers that the media don’t get to hear about…in case it affects the trials to come!
Naturally, I wasn’t on the rig on the fateful night. We’ll never truly know what actions were taken, but we know that serious mistakes were made, and of the 11 who died at least two were involved in the assessment of pressure and volume. And, they had a sheen test which wasn’t performed according to industry standards. We can ignore these facts and come to conclusions which nail BP or we can face up to the fact that Contractors are supposed to have in place systems to control massive intake of hydrocarbons into the well. This is a fact.
What message do all the other drilling vessels worldwide receive when no-one is allowed to implicate those who perished or even consider the fact that they made mistakes? It’s like there’s a media providing misinformation because the suggestion that any of the 11 who died were victims only. The truth is that two had a hand in their own fate and two more were accountable for volume issues. Nevertheless, 11 needlessly died and in order to prevent repetition you’re going to have to ‘stomach’ points being raised by others who try to probe the reason for failure, especially when you are only satisfied with nailing BP, as if the investigation stops there!
[B]And, well control is volume and pressure control, contrary to what you have learnt in the industry. It would be handy to have a working BOP too. When you have these in place you don’t get blowouts! [/B] This is a very emotive subject, and I seek to find where fault lies. What the courts conclude is another matter, because I don’t trust them to conclude truthfully.