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To: newheart

I thought they would have to cut the top off the riser to perform this procedure. That will immediately open her up full blast. I suspect that is why the feed will be cut.


10 posted on 05/25/2010 1:56:30 PM PDT by east1234 (It's the borders stupid! My new environmentalist inspired tagline: cut, kill, dig and drill)
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To: east1234
I thought they would have to cut the top off the riser to perform this procedure. That will immediately open her up full blast.

Not for the top kill; the mud will be flowing into the BOP and (hopefully) wellbore via the choke and kill lines at the bottom of the BOP.

It's doubtful that the riser is limiting flow, in any case.

40 posted on 05/25/2010 4:32:11 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("It's not the number of burnt cars that worries me. It's the fact that everyone finds this normal..")
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