Hustlin' Hank wrote:
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I thought the pipe was much smaller, like 4-6". I also think the
outside forces (forces exerted on an object at 6000ft below sea level)
are somewhere around 6K psi. I don't think the pressure inside the
pipe is quite as high as you guess. On another factor is the weight of
the water IF it were contained in a pipe to the surface. Anyway, the
oil is normally PUMPED out of the well because the pressure in the
well is unable to overcome the lift required to bring it to the
surface.

Since it is ruptured, it is flowing out at a minimum pressure and then
surfacing.

That is the way I understand it, but I could be wrong in many ways.

Well, the pressure has to be larger than the static head or that would
be sufficient to prevent flow other than diffusion/displacement by
differential density. That clearly isn't the case from the video and
size of the flow.

As another says, those are reported numbers I've seen as well; what,
specifically they have to do w/ reality is also as he notes anybody's
guess....

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