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BP's Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill at the Oil Drum Overview - Especially for New Readers
Posted by Gail the Actuary on May 3, 2010 - 9:19am
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This is a post we plan to update and keep up during the time the oil spill is an issue. See the Discussion section at the end for comments about the proposed post.
Trying to follow a complex ongoing story like the oil spill on a blog like The Oil Drum is difficult, so I thought I would put together some pointers and useful links, especially for new readers. In this, I include
Drumbeat
Oil Drum articles closely related to the Oil Spill
Oil Drum background articles, helpful to newcomers
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Gulf oil leak and comments on cementing pipes and well completion
Posted by Heading Out on May 3, 2010 - 10:05am
BP held a press conference a couple of days ago in which they reported on progress in trying to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, following the blow-out and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon. The well was in the final stages of being closed down, after having been completed, so that the initial drilling rig could leave the site. This meant that the pipe that would ultimately carry the oil and gas to the surface, the production casing string, had been put into place. To hold that pipe in place, and to make sure that it is sealed so that no fluid can flow into the gaps between this tube and the rock walls left by the initial drilling of the hole, the casing had been cemented in place. I am going to repeat part of the post where I talked about that, to explain what this involves. I begin as the hole is still being drilled.
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