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To: CommanderCricket who wrote (131236)	5/5/2010 10:36:06 AM
From: Salt'n'Peppa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206105

CC, his point is well founded in the article. There are problems with this idea that are the same problems at work with BCB's idea of crimping the riser. 1) Flowing pressure past the BOP stack is huge. I've no idea of the numbers involved here but >5,000 psi is common. If you pinch down on that pipe, this pressure goes up exponentially until/if it is closed. 2) Imagine the weight of a column of oil one mile high. It is huge. This weight from above the ruptures will be fighting against the flowing pressure from below them. There would have to be an almighty seal at the base of the new conduit to overcome these forces and maintain a seal. Perhaps having that rusty box sink up to its "wings" will be enough. Maybe they will be using a pump system on the ship to draw the oil up. So many questions still. S&P

To: CommanderCricket who wrote (131236)	5/5/2010 11:35:55 AM
From: Dennis Roth	1 Recommendation Respond to of 206105

CC. The thing I've been wondering about is if the pipe to the surface becomes clogged with wax. When that hot oil loses heat to the ice cold water as it rises. will the heavier waxy components of the crude build up on the inside of the pipe and clog it? I don't know how waxy the crude is or how rapidly it will cool while rising. Maybe its no problem at all. We'll know soon enough.