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kiers Donating Member (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-10 09:43 PM
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24. No mention in MSM news about BOPs yet!!!!
so "smart" is the TV news coverage! we should a had all sorts of drawings and stuff about how these darn things are supposed to work.

found this article: (apparently bolts on BOP's are made of mud). this is a well known problem!

http://www.ipeia.com/Misc_Docs/2009%20Prinsloo.pdf

QUOTE FROM ARTICLE:
"Given a failure rate of nearly 50% of ¾” bolts from four wellheads in the initial stages,
the Owner was concerned that more blowouts could happen in the field"
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