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Kadaicher1

one of my friends also postulated that the cement job may have been defective due to hydrate formation between the casing and wellbore. When the casing was cemented the hydrate (which probably would've decomposed during cementing) may have left channels in the cement. That would've allowed the gas to get into the annualar space under the BOP. He also thought it might be possible that the BOP rams actually did close but those channels are allowing the oil to leak around the BOP. Not sure about that last one but then i don't know much about BOPs.
Charlie