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To: Metacomet who wrote (253922)	6/13/2010 4:41:25 PM
From: neolib	Respond to of 306849

No, distance is not the problem, its the extra flowrate IMHO. However, Matt specifically said it was another well, which has blown out and was missing its BOP so that the full casing was exposed and it was flowing 100KBpd, and IIRC he has this at 6 or 7 miles away. Quite a bit of detail. Where he gets this all from I have no idea. There has been plenty of speculation about the BP well having a casing rupture, and that possibly this has resulted in oil making it to the surface, possibly even at some significant distance. I'm open to that possibility, but the evidence in support of it is mostly (entirely??) lacking. Many of these theories hark back to claims that top kill failed because of this casing rupture. AFAIK, top kill failed because they were attempting to do it through the BOP constriction. The mud was flowing back out the top of the well. They could never seal the top, and the flowrate of mud through the BOP constriction didn't let them get ahead.