Does anyone know the circumference of the busted riser? It's hard to gauge

[readmoreoften]

without that bit of information and I'm having a hard time tracking the number down. I'm thinking it might be larger than I originally thought.

[Oceansaway]

1. i heard 28 inches around...nt

[readmoreoften]

2. What? That's way bigger than I thought. Whoa.

[Duer 157099]

3. I don't, but I'm thinkig it's around 12" ?

The pipe they had inserted to draw off some of the oil was 5" I believe, so from diagrams I supposed the big pipe was a bit over double that?

Just a WAG; hope someone who knows will post.

edit: I'm talking diameter

[The Straight Story]

4. Diameter is 2' from what I heard (no link, just blurb on the news) (nt)

[kirby]

5. It is actually 21" - link provided

Source: BP

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9033657&contentId=7062142

[readmoreoften]

6. Thank you. So it has a 21 inch diameter.

About the size (1 inch less) than two sheets of 8.5x11 paper laid out in landscape position. Thanks!

[Jamastiene]

7. This might help.

http://www.deepwater.com/fw/main/Deepwater-Horizon-56C15.html

Deepwater was built by Hyundai. The link above is the specs for it.

21 inches in diameter is 65.97344572538566 inches in circumference.

[readmoreoften]

9. Thanks, Jamastiene.

[Jamastiene]

10. You're welcome.

More info from the link.
Riser: Vetco HMF-Classs H 21in OD riser; 90 ft long joints with C&K and booster and hydraulic supply lines.

[snooper2]

8. Your handle is so ironic...

:rofl:

readmoreoften...

It's been going on for a month and people who are "concerned" don't understand basic facts of the problem. Mineral Man's thread is so on target

[Swamp Rat]

11. Actually, much of that OP was debunked that wasn't a truism or logical fallacy

MineralMan may have had good intentions, but many folks here were misinformed and/or distracted.

[dgibby]

12. CNN is reporting that pipe is 2ft in diameter. n/t