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Eight Ball Valves in Casing of Deepwater Horizon, Hot Taps ?
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Hoping one of you oil men can answer this question for me. In the early morning hours of June 8 there were images from Boa Deep C ROV-2 which showed the casing with 8 ball valves, 4 on a cross Tee…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Keith Jones Jul 10, 2010.

 

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Keith Jones left a comment for John Parkin
"Here's a more detailed schematic of Macondo252JulyMacondoWellSchematic.pdf"
Aug 27, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Those bridge plugs look like an expansion plug, which would sure block flow alright. But that looks like something made to fit inside any smoothbore and lock from the interference of a jam fit of those gripping teeth, more of a permanent kind of…"
Aug 26, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Deeper's science experiment and hired gun is reporting in again here with another bright idea. Aside from the idea about cementing the entire string (which I still thinks makes good sense) there is another thing that I see as a mechanical plug…"
Aug 26, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Ken, Thanks. That's the picture alright. It is a smaller wellhead, but it shows eactly what I was trying to describe. Yeah a picture is worth a thousand words. The advantage for the cement is cement is rigid and it won't flow and…"
Aug 22, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Curtis, I understand that now. Every time I look at that schematic I keep seeing something that I questioned the first time I ever saw it and it still looks wrong every time I look at it. All of that white area around the ouside of the production…"
Aug 22, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"I had an idea that the well was mechanically absolutely finished, ready to go into production, having a sort of "wellpoint" screen / sand filter already in place and was plugged off above with a removable packer or plug , with redundant…"
Aug 22, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"John, I have no information on that final string other than some Halliburton cementing diagrams which are first showing mild gas flow problems and then upgraded that to severe gas flow problems being experienced just before the blowout. That was…"
Aug 22, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"John, I see what you are talking about now. The "tubular" listed on the xls documnent as 9 7/8 open hole and as 8 1/2 open hole is simply bored hole in the rock and is no perforated steel sleeve section. The schematic doesn't show any…"
Aug 22, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Okay, I can give a better serious answer. There's two plausible scenarios for where the cement went. If the casing was substantially intact, the cement went partly out the open hole section and some is left standing inside the casing above…"
Aug 21, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"With 100% certainty I can say that where the cement went is where the holes are :)"
Aug 21, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"John, with regards to the cementing of the 9 7/8 open hole casing below 17,168 feet , I agree it is cemented there now. The strategy for the relief well was based upon the premise that the intersected section could only be cemented from the bottom…"
Aug 21, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Gene, Yeah I understand about what was the plan earlier, (before the static kill) however, the situation now is a different story. On the page before I was asking for information about the open hole section of 9 7/8 which is #45 on the xls document…"
Aug 21, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"You're tired ? I'm tired of nobody being able to explain how a relief well 700 feet below the outer casing annulus is supposed to miraculously communicate with that annulus by drilling into a cement filled production casing 700 feet below.…"
Aug 20, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Don't get your feathers ruffled Deeper, all of them are talking in circles around this thing, and all anybody has to do is read a bit of yesterday's briefings to get that. This is sort of like a situation where a man eater or a grizzly has…"
Aug 20, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"It would be insconsistent with all reports including yesterday's Thad Allen press conference if there was a present open flow path in the annulus, *and* the relief wells are too deep to do anything about it even if there was a problem there.…"
Aug 20, 2010
Keith Jones replied to Drilling Ahead's discussion Transocean Deepwater Horizon Explosion-A Discussion of What Actually Happened?
"Here is the link for the transcript of the latest Thad Allen press conference, Monday August 16. http://app.restorethegulf.gov/go/doc/2931/864119/ It seems to me it creates more risk of trouble with the intercept of a relief well than is worth…"
Aug 17, 2010

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At 3:35pm on July 20, 2010, Mark F Barnes said…
Since you must be bored and like to read dissertations, here you go.

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At 11:50am on June 28, 2010, Russell Crow said…
Thanks for the invite.

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