Anybody seen any discussion either supporting or challenging just 2 relief wells?

JBoy

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Sat May-29-10 12:15 PM
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Anybody seen any discussion either supporting or challenging just 2 relief wells?

My intuition is that 2 relief wells isn't enough to give a sufficient probability of success, but it's something that can be calculated.

I'm concerned that the cost of drilling each relief well is the driver, not the hard engineering numbers.

How many nines does that give you, BP?? Actually, if someone in the government isn't all over that answer, then that in itself is a problem.

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dipsydoodle

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Sat May-29-10 12:30 PM
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1. Despite the fact the field covers 25,000 sq miles

I'm guessing they need proximity to the current one and its possible that more than two could create an even bigger problem.

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FarCenter

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Sat May-29-10 12:35 PM
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2. They are only drilling one at the moment

Drilling on the other has stopped so they can move its blow out preventer to the gushing well as part of one of the contingencies.

There is a lot of negative comment about that.

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flamingdem

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Sat May-29-10 12:47 PM
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3. It's all about the bottom line, BP $ucks nt

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aquart

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Sat May-29-10 01:05 PM
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4. I thought I read that they had stopped work on the second relief well?

So now it's just one?

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JBoy

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Sat May-29-10 02:33 PM
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5. Yeah, a backup that's being cannibalized for parts isn't really a backup.

That's partly what got me thinking about this.

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Cleita

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Sat May-29-10 02:43 PM
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6. Deutche Welle has a lot of interesting articles on it

Edited on Sat May-29-10 02:45 PM by Cleita

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5599250,00.html including some on a similar problem the Norwegians are having with one of their platforms threatening to blow in the North Sea and how they are handling it.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5518362,00.html

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dixiegrrrrl

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Sat May-29-10 02:58 PM
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7. Nice links..many thanks.

:hi:

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