Currently using Diamond Saw to cut bent riser in Gulf of Mexico...

[missouridawg]

Video here -http://www.bp.com/liveass...age/html/rov_stream.html<div>
</div><div>Interesting stuff.</div><div>
</div><div>And to show you how far-reaching the sixpack herd actually is... I helped design the next contigency plan for capping the well over this past weekend... It's a contraption that will be lowered over the freshly cut pipe... It has hoses that will inject methanol (to alleviate the hydrates) and hot water (to warm things up) into the flow. Can't really say much more, but you should be hearing about it within the next week.</div>

 

[missouridawg]

Video here -http://www.bp.com/liveass...age/html/rov_stream.html<div>
</div><div>Interesting stuff.</div><div>
</div><div>And to show you how far-reaching the sixpack herd actually is... I helped design the next contigency plan for capping the well over this past weekend... It's a contraption that will be lowered over the freshly cut pipe... It has hoses that will inject methanol (to alleviate the hydrates) and hot water (to warm things up) into the flow. Can't really say much more, but you should be hearing about it within the next week.</div>

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

which is obviously bad. Now the thought is this new cap thing will cut it way back though. What are the chances it doesn't work and we end up worse than before?

 

[missouridawg]

that cutting the pipe is necessarily going to increase the flow by such a significant amount that it's noticeable.<div>
</div><div>The design that our team through together this weekend uses a lot of the same concepts as the first "top hat" design... except we addressed the issues the first top hat had, with the hydrates.</div><div>
</div><div>I'm not dumb enough (like the BP ceo) to put a percentage to this... but I have confidence that if it doesn't work, we'll be another step closer to getting something that does.</div>

 

[downwarddawg]

that this wellwould "sand up" on itself.Thesewells have to be workedall the time to keep them from closing in on themselves. With an unrestricted flow like that, it's very common for the hole to fill with sand and shut off flow.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

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[jakldawg]

during this ordeal.<div>I can hear some BP upper-up now: "When you put this increase in terms of fractions, it's only a fifth. It's less than half of half. Which is practically nothing!"</div>

 

[dudehead]

that if successful will result in capturing the flow to tankers as opposed to capping the well? And, if successful, BP would do this until the relief well is done and then they cap this one?

Thanks for the work you're doing and also sharing it with us. If it works, I'm sure DS will give you free chat for life and perhaps throw in a night of free beers with heydog and Brut.

 

[patdog]

Which of course means it will raise the flow by 50% and we'll be damn lucky if it works in the long run. With hurricane season about to start, this is shaping up to be the worst ecological disaster in history, if not the worst disaster period.

 

[anon1751035439]

Right now the oil and gas is spewing from several holes in the pipe. Once they saw the top of the pipe off it will be freely flowing without any hindrance until it is capped. That seems to me a lot more than a 20 percent increase.

 

[Xenomorph]

...every expert who viewed their webcam called b.s. They've finally admitted it's more like 19K but now that number isn't as alarming since it really doesn't matter.

I don't trust BP in this at all.

If I kink my garden hose, take a knife and cut a slit, lots of water will spew out. But not nearly as much as if I take the knife and cut the hose off back at the faucet.

 

[Hansome Jimmy Valiant]

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[Xenomorph]

..I was cutting down a large, dead pine tree. It was on a steep hill and I had a hard time telling which direction it wanted to go. I was half way through when it rocked back onto the bar of my saw. I wound up having to go borrow a saw and come back to cut mine out, all the while hoping the tree didn't skull drag me. It was a ***** and took my entire afternoon.

Good luck BP. You're going to need it.... and a **** load of WD-40.

 

[Shmuley]

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[missouridawg]

If this device is successful, they will be capturing the oil and gas to surface... I would assume that this would continue until the relief wells are drilled... but I honestly don't know of BPs plans. They request something, we design and build it... and that's about the extent of the transaction. The BP guy who was at our yard while we were working on this actually received a phone call... came by and shook all of our hands and left without telling us anything about where he was going or what he was doing. They are pretty hush-hush right now.

 

[AzzurriDawg4]

Those guys would have the relief well drilled by now.

Armageddonku.

 

[Xenomorph]

...hot water 5K' down?

 

[Buford T. Justice]

Ben will have to run the crew

 

[downwarddawg]

What about cutting off the upper flange that attaches the riser to the BOP. Then, lower a valve that is in the "open" positiondown on top of the BOP. The ROV's should be able to tighten the bolts on the flange and then the new valve could be closed. Once this valve is in place, even if it leaks at the flange, you should be able to attach piping/hose to the top of the valve and then open it back up to send the oil to thevessels topside.I'm sure this option has been considered but why wouldn't it work?

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

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[missouridawg]

and keep the water pressurized.

 

[missouridawg]

Imagine taking a fire truck hose (about 200 psi) and guiding something down over it will it's going full blast... It's just not as easy said as done,especiallyin 5000 feet of water and at 10000 psi. I remember hearing this weekend about why they wanted to keep the flange in tack but I can't remember why.

 

[Xenomorph]

...just figured with the ocean being kind of chilly at those depths keeping the water hot would be a problem. And insulated hoses tend to want to float, so you've got to counteract that as well, not to mention the pressure exerted on the hose from the ocean that wants to stop the flow of water so you've gotta have one big *** pump on the surface...

/glad this isn't my problem.

 

[missouridawg]

http://bp.concerts.com/go...techupdatelong053110.htm

 

[KurtRambis4]

What a disaster.

 

[AzzurriDawg4]

Abyss.nm

 

[Agentdog]

What a disaster.

No kidding. Some Debbie-Downer physics professor was on the Today Show today saying the cap was a long shot because none of this had ever been done at 5,000 feet. Predicted it could be years and the entire Gulf could have dead zones. But at this point, with all due respect to those men and women trying desperately to stop this , I am very concerned that BP will not be able stop this thing anytime soon. The one in Mexico in the late 70s took nearly a year, if I remember right. I hope that doesn't happen with this one but I am concerned.

 

[AROB44]

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[beyourowndawg]

Imagine taking a fire truck hose (about 200 psi) and guiding something down over it will it's going full blast... It's just not as easy said as done,especiallyin 5000 feet of water and at 10000 psi. I remember hearing this weekend about why they wanted to keep the flange in tack but I can't remember why.

...they're trying to do with this latest "top hat" (is this the LMRP?)?

 

[missouridawg]

provides you with something to land off on. Without that flange there, you have to seal against the pipe and that's much harder to do than to seal off against the flange.

 

[zerocooldog]

I'm really surprised I haven't heard many talking headscompare this spill to the one you mention (ixtoc i). Of course that spill was in shallow water and the volume released in the Gulf compared to what this one has released is drastically different (ixtoc i >>> dwh) thus far. Although this will certainly damage the ecosystem in the Gulf its not as if this is the first time massive amounts of oil haven't spilled there before.