Maybe some good new's! Relief Well is within 200 feet

Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:26 am » by **Savwafair2012**

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BP exec says relief well within 200 feet of blown well
8:30am EDT

June 18 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) is drilling a pair of relief wells intended to kill the gushing leak in the Gulf of Mexico, which could happen in August at the earliest. Until then, the company is ramping up stopgap efforts to contain as much crude as possible from its Macondo well.

* A relief well provides access to a blown-out well far beneath the seabed, at or close to the bottom of the problem well.

* Typically, it is drilled parallel to the problem well through multiple layers of rock and sometimes salt. Then the drillbit curves to intersect with the problem well. This is how BP's relief wells are being drilled.

* As of June 18, the first well had been drilled to 10,677 feet (3,254 metres), or 2 miles (3.2 km), beneath the seabed. The second well had reached 4,662 feet (1,421 metres), or eight-tenths of a mile (1 km).

* The first well also was within 200 feet (61 metres) of the side of the blown-out well, but had to continue drilling down to find the right intersect point.

* The drilling process is lengthy because it must stop at points along the way. That allows drillers to insert piping, called casing, to hold the well open and prevent a cave-in.

* BP is slowing the pace of drilling for the first relief well so electromagnetic sensors can be used to detect the blown-out well and gradually move closer.

* BP has detailed information on the Macondo well that is helping it choose the right path for the relief wells.

* BP intends to first pierce the space between the wellbore and the casing in the blown-out well, and then pierce the casing. That will ensure the well connects with the flow path of gushing oil and gas.

* Once intersected, BP can pump heavy drilling fluid down the relief well into the blown-out well.

* The weight of the mud reduces high pressures in the reservoir that send crude billowing up to the leak.

* As pressure is reduced, the flow of oil slows.

* Once sufficiently slowed, BP can pump cement into the Macondo wellbore and plug the leak at or near the source.

* A relief well can still work if it doesn't precisely intersect with a blown-out well.

* In that case, if a relief well gets close enough, holes can be punched through its casing to allow drilling mud to flow through fissures and fractures in the reservoir rock to reach the blown-out well.

* If the Macondo well is too damaged to revisit, it is possible the company could turn one of the relief wells into a producing well. (Reporting by Kristen Hays; Editing by Xavier Briand)

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Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:30 am » by **Boondox681**

i hope it's true.
ol' mother earth could probably use a break

Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:46 am » by **E6722maj**

good luck to them :alien:

Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:49 am » by **Dank1**

good lookin sav :mrgreen:

Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:01 am » by **Nibirutracker**

not going to work. :cry:

Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:06 am » by **Mayafan**

get out off the erea
thats what i would do
methan gas runnnnnnnnn

Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:22 am » by **Dank1**

mayafan wrote:get out off the erea
thats what i would do
methan gas runnnnnnnnn

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