Reply #16: here are a few more tidbits of the conversation with the engineer [View All]

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jgrindal.@Dasani_01 Correct. Relief wells for this site started early may and will complete in August.
1 minute ago via web
Just got called to the deck, be back in a bit.
14 minutes ago via web
@SuziLeVeaux No, the relief well will be used to kill the "wild" well.
14 minutes ago via web in reply to SuziLeVeaux
@drgrist Even if we fail on the top kill, the relief well(s) will kill the well. Period.
15 minutes ago via web in reply to drgrist
Killing a well doesn't preclude you from recovering the oil in the resevoir, it just means to you have drill a new well.
17 minutes ago via web
@avivao Doing this required mobilization of some very rare equipment, and it has taken this long to get everything prepared for it.
19 minutes ago via web in reply to avivao
@unenergy Actually, I started my twitter account 6 months ago to follow @zacharylevi but I just recently had something interesting to tweet.
20 minutes ago via web in reply to unenergy
@David_in_Austin You may also be seeing the actual mud line, which is 4"
22 minutes ago via web in reply to David_in_Austin
@avivao To clarify, I am not a BP engineer. I am a consultant.
23 minutes ago via web in reply to avivao
@David_in_Austin Unfortunately, I can't see the feed that you can (we have limited bandwidth out here), but the riser is 21",
25 minutes ago via web in reply to David_in_Austin
@SoloAnn I don't know the well names off hand, and its doubtful you'd be able to find anything. Most problems are handled relatively quietly
26 minutes ago via web in reply to SoloAnn
@JDietz1 Not exactly. I fully expect a very unhappy letter once all is said and done.
27 minutes ago via web in reply to JDietz1
@destingirl54 Doing this required mobilization of some very rare equipment, and it has taken this long to get everything prepared for it.
29 minutes ago via web in reply to destingirl54
@minterda No, that is our injection rate of the mud. The leak is significantly lower than that, but we have to power the mud into the hole
29 minutes ago via web in reply to minterda
@LesleyMag I know it has worked on some mid-depth wells (800'), but I'm not the exhaustive resource for that piece of info.
31 minutes ago via web in reply to LesleyMag
@nay731 On-site.
32 minutes ago via web in reply to nay731
@minterda Sorry, I'm still pretty new to this twitter thing.
33 minutes ago via web in reply to minterda
@minterda sorry, bbl is my shorthand for "barrel"
36 minutes ago via web in reply to minterda
Just so everyone knows, Top Kill operations have been very successful in other wells, this is the first time at this depth. Pls RT #oilspill
37 minutes ago via web
@Crimson_Cougar Just talked with one of the ROV pilots, things are progressing pretty well, next few hours.
38 minutes ago via web in reply to Crimson_Cougar