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Plugging the Deepwater Horizon Leak
This is a crude block diagram of a clamp on apparatus that could be used to block most of the flow from the Deepwater Horizon riser pipe leaking in the Gulf. The clamp-on apparatus is extremely...
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Since I wrote yesterday, it’s become obvious they have the necessary sawblade at the bottom of the Gulf. Now it is stuck… This may be a good thing for now. The leak can be greatly reduced by the...
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Leak Repair Parts
1. Cut a slot in the riser pipe with circular saw 2. Slowly insert steel plate to gradually block most of the bore, slowing crude flow rate, gradually building backpressure. 3. With flow rate throttled...
View ArticlePlugging the Deepwater Horizon Leak-New Perspective
I’ve been a small part of a discussion on Grist.com regarding solutions for stopping the Deepwater Horizon oil leak. I’m going to re-post the solution contained in my latest comment regarding a...
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Leak Flow reducing apparatus
These are a couple of quick drawings of the drill-stem attached flow reducing mechanism I discussed on Grist.org. Successively larger versions would be sent down well to reduce the flow for an...
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Stopping the Deepwater Horizon Oil Leak
Another Makeshift Bridge Plug self-anchors to the Drill Stem The premise of this is to have a lower resistance as the device is pushed down the well on the drill stem, then with a rotating motion,...
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