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To: bacchus_ii who wrote (22699)6/17/2010 6:36:52 AM
From: Bob Fairchild1 Recommendation  Respond to of 50096
 
True enough. Pressure should raise the boiling point. It would be interesting to know the true condition of the casing and if there is in fact a sandblasting effect taking place. I found it highly suspicious that BP was resistant to viewing the oil leak from a high definition camera until recently. A scan of the surrounding area by an impartial third party might allay any fears that there is also oil/gas escaping from the ocean floor in the vicinity.



To: bacchus_ii who wrote (22699)6/17/2010 8:43:11 AM
From: stuffbug  Respond to of 50096
 
I highly doubt that the temperature is close to 400 degF. My understanding is that total depth (TD) is just over 18,000 ft and that the well was drilled in 5,000 ft of water. Thus, TD is 13,000 ft below the ocean floor. This would put the bottom hole temperature in the 300 degF range.


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