Deepwater Horizon - Transocean Oil Rig Fire

[company man 1]

Details of todays events as told by someone who understands what they were looking at.
1) Arose @ 6:30 & had 2 big cups of coffee with sweet-n-low.
2) Turned on news on CNN due to disappointment that FOX said screw the gulf coast today.
3) Heard word that BP had been running tests throughout the night & hadn't seen anything on video until 1:00 A.M. So I figured they were just checking hydraulic valves on choke & kill lines.
4) CNN gives news that BP will wait to pump top kill until later in the morning.
5) I have the news on watching CNN do reports from Fourchon when I see the flow coming out of 21" start to increase & change color form black & smoky on top to distinct brown. I call my son & wife & say they are pumping on the well.
6) I get on this thread & let people know there is definite change in flow coming out of the 21" riser which can be researched on my previous threads.
7) I continue to watch the massive increase in flow out of the 21" telling me they are doing some heavy pumping into the well head causing the well to be overtaken by the pump rate thereby alllowing the mud to be pumped downhole.
8) At sometime that can be traced to my previous posts I could see they went from barite to cement based on the color of the returns. Anyone who has any oilfield experience knows that the colors in returns are one of the standards used in well monitoring.
9) Sometime between 0915 Hrs. & 09:50 Hrs. I visually detected the slowing of pumping rates & the slowing of rates to almost zero returns, at which time I became convinced the well was plugged or very close. That sense of euphoria lasted about 30 seconds. Then I saw the return rates speed up immediately. the vision of cement then barite coming out of the riser I watching made me sick. Then it made me cry. Why would someone who is anonymous, someone who wanted this well plugged as much as anyone lie? Why would they make this up or hallucinate because of their desire for the well to be plugged? The answer is simple. They wouldn't. I wanted the top kill to work as much as anyone.
I did warn, however, that it was a one shot deal & there would be no redo. I saw the big show this afternoon & it wasn't 20 minutes into it that BP decided to turn off our only discernable view of success. Why would they do that? Why would they hide again? Why would they not inform the public of their pumping operation this morning? Now they say it is too early to tell if the top kill worked. At the rates they are having to pump to vercome flow rate, it would only take a few minutes to fill the casing annuls & begin placing mud into the formation once they overcame flow. They would be able to tell by the pumping pressure if they were overcoming. They could easily have informed us by now if they are pumping into the formation or else why did we wait so long for simulations & tests to be run, which I didn't see this morning? I will be more than willing to admit I am a pschopathic hallucinating pathological liar if anyone can give a good reason why.
I did not hide 5 hours of vital rig data which fills in all the blanks on the evening of 4-20-10.
I have not been dishonest about the rate of flow from this well since then. I did not tell the EPA to stuff it when they warned my company to quit using Corexit. I don't know what heck is going on, but I do know what I saw.
I am anonymous & gain nothing from lying, misleading, hiding, covering up, or fingerpointing.
But I know someone who does. I will say this for the record. BP will not exixt in the United States in 6 months. I could have taken them coming clean & saying we gave it our best, but this whole thing is now a joke that is being perpetrated upon this country & the results will be animosity toward this whole industry, which isn't right.

[rlanasa]

Much of the color change we see on video is the change in angle and distance of the cameras and lighting. There was no kill pumping in the morning as there was not CG approval until the afternoon.

Details of todays events as told by someone who understands what they were looking at.
1) Arose @ 6:30 & had 2 big cups of coffee with sweet-n-low.
2) Turned on news on CNN due to disappointment that FOX said screw the gulf coast today.
3) Heard word that BP had been running tests throughout the night & hadn't seen anything on video until 1:00 A.M. So I figured they were just checking hydraulic valves on choke & kill lines.
4) CNN gives news that BP will wait to pump top kill until later in the morning.
5) I have the news on watching CNN do reports from Fourchon when I see the flow coming out of 21" start to increase & change color form black & smoky on top to distinct brown. I call my son & wife & say they are pumping on the well.
6) I get on this thread & let people know there is definite change in flow coming out of the 21" riser which can be researched on my previous threads.
7) I continue to watch the massive increase in flow out of the 21" telling me they are doing some heavy pumping into the well head causing the well to be overtaken by the pump rate thereby alllowing the mud to be pumped downhole.
8) At sometime that can be traced to my previous posts I could see they went from barite to cement based on the color of the returns. Anyone who has any oilfield experience knows that the colors in returns are one of the standards used in well monitoring.
9) Sometime between 0915 Hrs. & 09:50 Hrs. I visually detected the slowing of pumping rates & the slowing of rates to almost zero returns, at which time I became convinced the well was plugged or very close. That sense of euphoria lasted about 30 seconds. Then I saw the return rates speed up immediately. the vision of cement then barite coming out of the riser I watching made me sick. Then it made me cry. Why would someone who is anonymous, someone who wanted this well plugged as much as anyone lie? Why would they make this up or hallucinate because of their desire for the well to be plugged? The answer is simple. They wouldn't. I wanted the top kill to work as much as anyone.
I did warn, however, that it was a one shot deal & there would be no redo. I saw the big show this afternoon & it wasn't 20 minutes into it that BP decided to turn off our only discernable view of success. Why would they do that? Why would they hide again? Why would they not inform the public of their pumping operation this morning? Now they say it is too early to tell if the top kill worked. At the rates they are having to pump to vercome flow rate, it would only take a few minutes to fill the casing annuls & begin placing mud into the formation once they overcame flow. They would be able to tell by the pumping pressure if they were overcoming. They could easily have informed us by now if they are pumping into the formation or else why did we wait so long for simulations & tests to be run, which I didn't see this morning? I will be more than willing to admit I am a pschopathic hallucinating pathological liar if anyone can give a good reason why.
I did not hide 5 hours of vital rig data which fills in all the blanks on the evening of 4-20-10.
I have not been dishonest about the rate of flow from this well since then. I did not tell the EPA to stuff it when they warned my company to quit using Corexit. I don't know what heck is going on, but I do know what I saw.
I am anonymous & gain nothing from lying, misleading, hiding, covering up, or fingerpointing.
But I know someone who does. I will say this for the record. BP will not exixt in the United States in 6 months. I could have taken them coming clean & saying we gave it our best, but this whole thing is now a joke that is being perpetrated upon this country & the results will be animosity toward this whole industry, which isn't right.

[company man 1]

BP reports we are seeing drilling mud outflow now. The took the siphon out at 6:30 yesterday. Oil is on 100 miles of shoreline and 30 acres of marsh land. $800M spent so far. No cement pumped yet. 17,000 ideas submitted from the outside or 3rd parties to resolve the crisis. 7000 barrels pumped with no new holes created. There are four holes in the riser bend point. Non toxic water based drilling fluid is in use at twice the density of oil. The junk shot is on the sea floor loaded and ready to go if needed.

7000 Bbls. is a little more than 1 barrell per minute.

[RiverPirate]

Much of the color change we see on video is the change in angle and distance of the cameras and lighting. There was no kill pumping in the morning as there was not CG approval until the afternoon.

Are you sure?

Seems like they have made it pretty well known that there would be a lot of tests run prior to the attempt at the Top Kill. Isn't it likely that these tests may consist of trying to get some cement and or mud pumped in to see what happens?

[company man 1]

The junk shot is the only thing we agree on. Wouldn't Thad Allen have been on QE4000 to grant instant approval? What was the wait? They only had like 36 days to decide.

Much of the color change we see on video is the change in angle and distance of the cameras and lighting. There was no kill pumping in the morning as there was not CG approval until the afternoon.

[company man 1]

Are you sure?

Seems like they have made it pretty well known that there would be a lot of tests run prior to the attempt at the Top Kill. Isn't it likely that these tests may consist of trying to get some cement and or mud pumped in to see what happens?

Very risky. from what I saw this morning, they had the well overrun & were pumping cement. I just hope the junk shot works.

[rlanasa]

7000 Bbls. is a little more than 1 barrell per minute.

Agreed they started slowly with the entire stack surrounded by cameras and gradually ramped up the volume and pressure to make every at attempt to avoid catastrophic failure. So far so good. More than 9 hours into the process and the original leaks have not grown in size. The well and BOP are holding up to the increased loads.

[bks]

I have a question about the purpose of the relief well(s): Is the idea to inject something below the current
blowout to seal the well, or is the idea to take oil from below the blowout, relieving pressure so that the
current hole can be sealed?

--bks

[rlanasa]

The junk shot is the only thing we agree on. Wouldn't Thad Allen have been on QE4000 to grant instant approval? What was the wait? They only had like 36 days to decide.

Thad Allen is in Washington and the approval is a process not a one man show with a clip board and a simple nod.

[rlanasa]

I have a question about the purpose of the relief well(s): Is the idea to inject something below the current
blowout to seal the well, or is the idea to take oil from below the blowout, relieving pressure so that the
current hole can be sealed?

--bks

A drilling rig drills a relief well or second well to intersect the original, flowing well as deeply as possible. A specialized heavy liquid is then pumped into the flowing well to bring it under control. This liquid is denser than oil and so exerts pressure (known as hydrostatic pressure) to stem the flow of oil. Once the flow is stopped, the well can be returned to a safe condition.

[rlanasa]

UPDATE ON GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL

Federal On-Scene Coordinator Rear Admiral Mary Landry and the Unified Area Command, acting on the validation of government scientists and in consultation with the National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, have given approval to proceed with the top kill operation today to stop the flow of oil from the MC252 well in the Gulf of Mexico.

The procedure is intended to stem the flow of oil and gas and ultimately kill the well by injecting heavy drilling fluids through the blow out preventer on the seabed, down into the well.

BP began the operations at 1:00 p.m. (CDT).
For information about the response effort, visit www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com.

[rlanasa]

Release date: 26 May 2010
BP started the "top kill" operations today to stop the flow of oil from the MC252 well in the Gulf of Mexico.

The procedure is intended to stem the flow of oil and gas and ultimately kill the well by injecting heavy drilling fluids through the blow out preventer on the seabed, down into the well.

Pumping started at 19.00 (UK) and 13.00 (CDT) and continues.
Further information:
BP Press Office London: +44 20 7496 4076
BP Press office, US: +1 281 366 0265
Unified Command Joint Information Center:+1 985-902-5231
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
www.bp.com/gulfofmexicoresponse

[brentfonty]

Is anybody watch the CNN Oceaneering Video Portal? If so what the heck is going on

[rlanasa]

Is anybody watch the CNN Oceaneering Video Portal? If so what the heck is going on

It looks like the entire area around the camera is filled will drilling fluid or sediment. They may have amped up the flow, move the camera closer of just stirred up the water with the props.

[brentfonty]

It looks like the entire area around the camera is filled will drilling fluid or sediment. They may have amped up the flow, move the camera closer of just stirred up the water with the props.

Are you watching the single one or the multiple one?

[bobc]

I've been lurking since the beginning. Really appreciate the good questions and answers from many. I would however be suspicious of answers that are copied from google searches http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?...tentId=7061734.

A drilling rig drills a relief well or second well to intersect the original, flowing well as deeply as possible. A specialized heavy liquid is then pumped into the flowing well to bring it under control. This liquid is denser than oil and so exerts pressure (known as hydrostatic pressure) to stem the flow of oil. Once the flow is stopped, the well can be returned to a safe condition.

[rlanasa]

Are you watching the single one or the multiple one?

Both definitely more turbidity all around the riser kink is totally browned out

[brentfonty]

What is the ROV doing on the picture on the left on the second row?

[rlanasa]

Lot's of mud in the water now two cameras are browned out.....

[rlanasa]

that camera view up now, with the three small ruptures, is a new one on me... is this new? to clarify: exactly how many ruptures are there and where...?

This one is the riser kinked over on top of the BOP if you look close this one has a total of four leak points.