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To: Aggie who wrote (134765)6/13/2010 8:15:01 AM
From: Bearcatbob  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 206209
 
Aggie,

To me a big unknown is the phase percentages of the flow.

If we say the resource is at 13,000 psi and he sea floor 5,000 psi there is a large amount of gas that can be released from solution. I do not know what the solubility of CH4 is in oil at the two pressures. In effect - you have flow like that from a shaken pop bottle or beer can.

If you throw in the phase composition plus the flow path questions the calculation seems semi impossible to me.

If the new cap is on next week we should have better numbers to use.

Bob



To: Aggie who wrote (134765)6/13/2010 10:35:34 AM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 206209
 
FYI:

youtube.com!

It seems that he has a point on the size of the plume(s). How to account for them with the stuff we can witness on video? Intuitively - I know how much that is worth - it seems impossible for the plumes to be formed by the visible spill.

O! will speak tonight...tell us everything. <g>