On Jun 25, 8:11*pm, "Robert Green" wrote:
"LSMFT" wrote in message

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The story as I understand it is that if the flow was completely shut
off, it would cause the well to rupture at a different point. Never
expected that I would begin to understand how oil wells work...I thought
ya' just drill a big hole and yell "gusher" )

So if the blowout preventer had shut it off it would have ruptured the
pipe? I don't think so.

There's some evidence that BP used substandard piping that could indeed
rupture further down if the cap succeeds. *I've read from more than one
source that at least some geologists fear that if that happens, oil could
begin coming up in places far from the well head. *There's some video
evidence from some of the robot DSV's that this has already started
happening.

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-sp...06/oil_spill_c...
says:

"In a well of questionable design with a questionable cement job that's gone
through a major explosion, too much pressure on the well could trigger a
rupture, sending oil pushing through fissures in the rock of the ocean floor
and bubbling up through the seabed, where it can't be contained. That's why
BP abruptly stopped the "top kill" efforts to seal the well May 28 after the
company previously had said the procedure would continue for a few more
days. It's also why the company is continuing with efforts to contain the
oil flowing out of the well rather than seal the well outright by adding
another blowout preventer on top of the malfunctioning one. It's also one
reason why the containment cap that's currently capturing oil has vents in
the side that allow pressure to escape."

From what I've read the problem is strong concentrations of highly
pressurized methane gas coming up with the oil. *Gas seeps far more easily
than crude, and "paves" openings for the crude to come up through fissures.
The reason that haven't been able to close it off quickly is that it's a
hell of a complicated problem happening way down in the inky, cold dark
water.

It's something I've experience doing home plumbing. *Fix a leaky faucet and
the now increased pressure in the whole system forces another leak to appear
elsewhere.

Like the collapse of the WTC, when a disaster of this magnitude occurs, we
really don't have the expertise to deal with correctly from the start, but
we do tend to do a much better job the next time. *This will happen again
but with the right tools on standby and ready to roll, the results won't be
as disastrous.

Bobby G.

What's this "BP used substandard pipe". It was an American
organisation doing the drilling. The failed wellhead valve was made in
America too,(Haliburton)
And Obama gave permission to drill in deepwater in preference to
easier shallow sites.
And your own judicial system has deemed it OK to keep right on
drilling.
I think maybe you should try and hit the East coast of Florida now
you've destroyed the West coast. Kinda even things up.