The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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the annular is at the top of the BOP. If there is a gas bubble under it you no longer have a BOP ...

Kadaicher,
yeah, i understood that you were describing how the flow of gas up the riser was initiated; however, just to be clear for folks that probably arent familiar with these things - the annular that you are talking about is different from the annular space I was describing. I was describing a process and path by which the gas could've flowed from depth to the seafloor without coming up the central pipe and gone around the BOP to allow what you described to happen.

that risers are strong is evident from the fact that the riser we're talking about is still sticking up 1500 ft above the seafloor with no support other than from itself.

thanks for the input.
Charlie