Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon - Gulf of Mexico Disaster - Drilling Rig Explosion and Oil Spill
Semi-technical news and discussion of the recovery effort. Images show approximate ship disposition.
- BP Live video feeds.
- Current status from The Oil Drum:
- (05 Aug) Cement. Discussion of moratorium and permits, in the comments.
- (04 Aug) Description of Static Kill,
More, and Progress update.
- (20 Jul) Leaks not fatal, pressure allows possible topkill.
- (15 Jul) Testing progress report.
- (14 Jul) Testing the Capping Stack.
- (12 Jul) Replacing the cap.
- (08 Jul) Relief well intersection.
- (01 Jul) Relief well progress, and mud motors.
- (29 Jun) Relief well within 150 feet.
Video on relief well.
- (23 Jun) LMRP Cap damaged.
- (19 Jun) Examining causes of the blowout.
- (15 Jun) Potential failure mechanisms reported to US Congress.
Root cause tree.
New BP spill recovery plan.
Interpreting flow rate.
- (11 Jun) Status update. Dispersants.
- (06 Jun) Pressure tutorial.
- (05 Jun) The LMRP Cap seal.
- (03 Jun) Description of the well structure, BOP, and LMRP. Illustrations for US Congress.
- (02 Jun) Cutting the riser to prepare for LMRP installation.
- (30 May) Top-kill Fails.
Further Explanation.
LMRP (Lower Marine Riser Package)
- (29 May) Top-kill, Junk Shot.
Failure?
Junk and Flow.
LMRP (Lower Marine Riser Package)
- (28 May): Top-kill (pushes heavy mud downhole to counter-balance and stop
petro flow) plus Junk Shot (stop up leaks in the BOP so that the heavy mud goes downhole). Flow Analysis.
- (26 May): Top-kill.
comments on operation.
- (25 May): Top-kill.
- (21 May): Current analysis of the well failure.
- (20 May): RIT flow, sheen.
- (18 May): Plume reporting inaccurate. Top-Kill: drilling mud
through the BOP. Oil slick and Gulf Loop Current.
- (17 May): Riser Tap (RIT).
- (16 May): Riser Tap (RIT).
- (15 May): Riser Tap (RIT).
- (13 May): Well characteristics.
- (12 May): Top Hat, Methane hydrate crystal blockage.
- (11 May): Cement failure analysis.
- Deepwater Horizon Response Website
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