Gulf Oil Spill - new record

[sparks]

     To get back to the subject of the thread.  Why are they drilling these relief wells  The official BP spokesman says that it is better to inject the mud at the bottom of the well.  Then why dont you put a frigging pipe down the well that is all screwed up and inject the mud at the bottom of the well. If you can thread a pipe through the Earth and meet up at a point several miles away you should be able to slide a small pipe inside a bigger pipe. 

[WilbyInebriated]

     To get back to the subject of the thread.  Why are they drilling these relief wells

not quite sure the relief wells were the subject of the thread, but it's to get you the oil you 'need' so badly... at least till you get your hydrogen car working. my solar powered electric vehicle works great by the way, do let us know when your H car is done.

[MrMag]

     To get back to the subject of the thread.  Why are they drilling these relief wells  The official BP spokesman says that it is better to inject the mud at the bottom of the well.  Then why dont you put a frigging pipe down the well that is all screwed up and inject the mud at the bottom of the well. If you can thread a pipe through the Earth and meet up at a point several miles away you should be able to slide a small pipe inside a bigger pipe.

Relief wells are the way they stopped the last one 30 some years ago. They will take the pressure away from the main line so that they will be able to cap it.

[WilbyInebriated]

i assume you are referring to the pemex blowout in 1979? i guess we can only hope these relief wells won't take 9 months like it did back in '79!
you really don't think they are going plug it do you? they are of course planning to use the relief wells to tap the original reservoir...

[sparks]

  The other thing I cant understand isnt there more than one conduit out of this well head.  Why hasnt the damaged riser pipe been replaced with a new riser.    The way the casings are designed is they get weaker and larger as they go up.  They rely on the frictional losses in the lower sections or pressure drop through the point and lower sections.  They hit a pressure way beyond the design parameters of the well and blew out all the mud and ruptured the casing.  But no one is talking.  If that casing ruptured that means there is now a conduit into less dense strata and impregnating this strata with pressurized oil and all the rest of the poisons associated with volatile organics.  Some reports of doming of the seabed floor are circulating along with plumes miles away from the well head.   I believe that is why the wells being drilled are being drilled at an angle.  If they drill too close to the casing rupture the relief wells will start spewing.  Why angle a well in like that unless you are trying to avoid a problem area?  If they have a ruptured casing or buckled or whatever why not come clean with it.