attovishnu (October 3, 2008 at 10:34 am)

Blow out? Hell no thats god damn Godzilla. You woke him up with yer earth rapin bullshit. Use your money to fix it fuckheads.

wormkilla (September 2, 2008 at 4:10 am)

that would be gas..not oil...just lookin out.

johnsarelli (August 27, 2008 at 12:25 pm)

the buoyancy effect is actually not that important, since it is countered by inflow from sides. What is the critical point is the strong gas outflow from the center, which may tilt the vessel located a little off-center.

1960jimmy (August 24, 2008 at 8:15 pm)

I heard that gas erupted to the surface along a fault which outcropped at the seabed some distance from the rig. This eventually excavated a huge hole which worked its way to the rig location. THe danger with gas in the water is that, apart from being flammable, it reduces the bouyancy of the water.

UFRecords01 (August 20, 2008 at 11:07 pm)

What's going on? I think I get that the oil is basically erupting from the bottom?

brochloon (August 11, 2008 at 12:16 am)

That looks like BOP failure to me, maybe not latched properly? You can clearly see the riser in one shot they must have disconnected the LMRP and hauled ass out of there with the anchors. The rig would sink in the aerated water

RoadRrunner (August 2, 2008 at 5:30 am)

Does anyone know what the water depth (KB to ML is fine) was at that location?

opeyemi0606 (July 28, 2008 at 3:57 pm)

1. What the consequences of this on environment & stakeholders of the platform? 2. How can mitigate blow out?

opeyemi0606 (July 28, 2008 at 3:47 pm)

What re d risks inherent in offshore operations? thanks

oilrigdisasters (July 21, 2008 at 8:37 am)

For top-hole sections, there's no connection between rig and seabed, so they use ROVs to guide the pipe back in the hole. Once top-hole sections are cased off, a wellhead is set on the seabed on top of the casing and a riser (wide-bore pipe) is connected between the wellhead and semi-sub rig. After replacing the drill bit, the assembly run back in hole, usually at a restricted running speed to avoid any hole problems. The casing and open hole guide the pipe back down to bottom.