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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:59 PM Original message |
1 mile of water pressure vs. pressure of oil coming out of pipe |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. The hydrostatic head pressure of the water column above the wellhead |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. The problem with oil is it floats so when the hemorrhage stops |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:20 PM Original message |
I forgot that oil naturally floats on water...so equilibrium really wouldn't matter. Water would |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, but there's one mile of water and five miles of rock pressurizing the oil.. |
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Pryderi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. So the only way for the 2 to reach equilibrium is either for the reservoir to be almost empty, or |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I think the hole being bigger would only increase the flow rate.. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't know what all the fuss is about, there are only 50,686 drill holes in the gulf. |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's the overbearing rock that is the reason for the large difference in pressure |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. So |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. No, that's not what he's saying. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Eh? |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. This again? |
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time_has_come (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was reading a BP -apologist argument today that the flow could never exceed 25,000 because that's |
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