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[...] up the pot with my questions at the Oil Drum website about the physicality of removing the drill pipe from the well....and the displacement of mass.... I'm going to include a few questions and [...]

[...] ;  The problem of differential sticking is eliminated. Differential sticking is when the drill pipe is pressed against the wellbore wall so that part of its circumference will see only reservoir [...]

[...] exist on the water surface or shoreline. Conversely, by promoting dispersion of oil into the water column, dispersants increase the potential exposure of water-column and benthic biota to spilled oil. [...]

[...] of these tiny droplets and bubbles drags significant volumes of sea water upward into the water column, forming a plume. In deeper water, so much water is incorporated into the plume that [...]

[...] of these tiny droplets and bubbles drags significant volumes of sea water upward into the water column, forming a plume. In deeper water, so much water is incorporated into the plume that [...]

[...] may be present in shallower coastal waters. However, wave action will often mix the water column and eliminate the thermocline. Water pressure also affects sound propagation: higher pressure [...]

[...] Storm Products Marks the possible beginning of a geomagnetic storm. SUMMARY: Proton Event 10 MeV Integral Flux exceeded 100 pfu Solar Radiation Storm Products Infrequent effects on HF through polar [...]

[...] water (although presence of warm water may increase the dissociation rate). Dissociation of methane hydrate into gas and water is similar to ice melting and is controlled by heat transfer. Hence [...]

[...] that they had to use cables and winches to straighten out the flex joint on top of the  BOP stack, before they added the 3-ram capping stack. Why...? Because it was bent,..... and if it was bent, [...]

[...] are read with pressure transducers that are placed around the well riser and other parts of the BOP stack. Pressures are also read at all points in the system from a-b, from the pumps to the [...]

[...] velocity rotation, or ultrasonic transducers ( Which were used to measure flow rates through the BOP stack, no ? Why they would have to be placed all the way around the flex joint to measure flow is [...]

[...] outsider, so it's probably not even possible. I still don't understand how you pump mud into the BOP stack through the choke line(?)with the valves in the top of the cap open ( to remove the DP at the [...]

[...] day, you see there are 3 phases of oil released underwater. Jet Phase: The speed of the oil and natural gas being expelled from the pressurized, confined space of the well into the water makes the oil [...]

[...] deepwater spills normally behave.There are 3 phases known. Jet Phase: The speed of the oil and natural gas being expelled from the pressurized, confined space of the well into the water makes the oil [...]

[...] " miracle " microbes would be put to use already in the petroleum industry making natural gas.... ....Only thermogenic gas can migrate fast enough to establish pathways in the strata, only [...]

[...] -combustible and readily available, but air, reduced oxygen air, processed flue gas and natural gas have all been used in this fashion.   " "  The problem of [...]

[...] operation impact. Possible high-latitude power systems affected, satellite drag effect, high-latitude HF radio, high-latitude aurora. WATCH: Geomagnetic A-index of 50 or greater predicted Geomagnetic [...]

[...] ; developing technology, just out of curiosity  of course.  The following is from the Oil Drum " If the integrity of the end of the well is compromised (i.e. the rock fragmented, the [...]

[...] it's test results of the secret proprietary salts in COREXIT products, I read at the Oil Drum they have begun testing.             [...]

[...] the overall density of the water in the area ? ...these were two questions posed at the Oil Drum to someone who works in the oil business, his answer ? http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6883 [...]

[...] of what was possibly causing the bubbles I was seeing to travel vertically, somebody at the Oil drum ( great site Btw ) asked me this . "  Isaac - perhaps you could venture into this new [...]

[...]    Many time I have been watching the feeds of the ROV cams, only to see so many different lighting types, but also different colors, I'm sure you have too.. [...]

[...] leak that has been identified, it also would explain all the venting we are seeing on the ROV cams, BTW, there are 3 cams on each ROV, we get to only see 1..  So let's next look at the [...]

[...] to this particularly flatulent post,: : I think that many of the things we see on the ROV cams can easily be explained with modern scientific knowledge. Hydrate chunks will " swim & [...]

[...] they got a laugh. From the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics " Promotion of Methane Hydrate Dissociation by Underwater Ultrasonic Wave " " The methane hydrate that exists in the [...]