[oilfieldtrash]

They were running the 12 casing over the reservoir and displaced to test the packer. It came back on them. It was a blow out. The BOP is open and they will come back in with ROV’s and try to shut the BOP today. Then it wont be able to flow.

[rustbucket]

Is the BOP on the rig or underwater?

[squarebarb]

What does ‘displacedto test the packer’mean? I know a BOP is a blow-out preventer but other than that I am clueless.

Thank you very much for your inside knowledge here.

[ThirdMate]

Thanks for the good info. Do you have any idea how the BOP would fail?

Was it overcome by extraordinary gas pressure? Or a defect in the BOP?

Frgds,
3/M

[masadaman]

You know your stuff, but the next poster raises the issue of "Was it an accident?" Given the timing of the SEC charges of fraud facing Goldman one day before Congressional debate on financial institution legislation, now we have a major rig disaster one day before Earth Day. Just another coincidence?

Likely not easy to sabotage a rig, I'm sure.

[BelegStrongbow]

Beautiful explanation, but loaded with acronyms. For those of us not up on oil lingo, care to expand? Many thanks!