Mother Nature (WRATH)

[Dragonwing]

Sorry about that

I tried it out on a machine that has a duo-core with multiple windows open and it froze, but my overclocked quad rig does just fine. I'm not sure about the "dump" you mention.

Well, at least there's good news:


15 July 2010 BP Subsea operational update

Following installation of the capping stack and in line with the procedure approved by the National Incident Commander and Unified Area Command, the well integrity test on the MC252 well commenced today. (1315 Hours CDT) After One Hour, the visible plumes have all but vanished. [ Video ] Test duration is expected to range 3-48 hours, longer is better as it indicates pressure high and holding.


Tom Hunter, retired director of the Sandia National Laboratories and a member of the federal government's scientific team, witnessed the test inside BP's war room in Houston and told The Washington Post that the pressure rose to about 6700 psi and appeared to be likely to level out "closer to 7000." He said scientists will labor to understand the meaning of such pressures. One possibility, he said, is that the well has simply depleted itself to a certain degree over the course of nearly three months. "It's just premature to tell. We just don't know whether something is leaking or not," Hunter said.


Press Briefing Tweets:

At 10:30am we closed the kill line. At that point the only flow was going out the choke line. -Kent Wells
At 12:30pm we started to close the choke - we did it half a turn at a time to slowly close the well in. -Kent Wells
At 1:15pm CT we issued that the well integrity test was starting. The official start time was approx 2:25pm. -Kent Wells
We will announce if there is an issue & we have to open the choke back up. -Kent Wells
Gauges you see on ROVs are not for pressure in the well. No guages to observe as we use transducers to monitor well pressure. -Kent Wells


Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident Commander:

"We're encouraged by this development, but this isn't over. Over the next several hours we will continue to collect data and work with the federal science team to analyze this information and perform additional seismic mapping runs in the hopes of gaining a better understanding on the condition of the well bore and options for temporary shut in of the well during a hurricane. It remains likely that we will return to the containment process using this new stacking cap connected to the risers to attempt to collect up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day until the relief well is completed."

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