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**Rnlvifov** · 06-03-2010, 03:09 AM

Get out your calculators ... One guy offers some numbers and a diagram:

The diagram notes that the Oil Reservoir Pressure is ~ 13,000 psi at a depth of ~ 18,360' ...

ZerOhead
June 1, 2010

... the well layout again ...

Thar she be..

http://www.theoildrum.com/files/GOM%...0Figure_2a.jpg

A 36 inch diameter means the oil pressure of around 8,000 PSI (numbers courtesy of Thad Allen..)

means let's see... 36/2 (radius) =18... then squared = 324... then times Pi = 1,018 sq inces... times 8,000 PSI equals...

Eight million one hundred and forty four thousand pounds of upward pressure on the BOP of course one has to subtract the weight of the water column above it to come out with a final answer of...

Just over 6 million pounds of upward pressure on the BOP and wellhead! Ouch!

06-03-2010, 03:09 AM	#42
Rnlvifov Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 433 Senior Member	Get out your calculators ... One guy offers some numbers and a diagram: The diagram notes that the Oil Reservoir Pressure is ~ 13,000 psi at a depth of ~ 18,360' ... ZerOhead June 1, 2010 ... the well layout again ... Thar she be.. http://www.theoildrum.com/files/GOM%...0Figure_2a.jpg A 36 inch diameter means the oil pressure of around 8,000 PSI (numbers courtesy of Thad Allen..) means let's see... 36/2 (radius) =18... then squared = 324... then times Pi = 1,018 sq inces... times 8,000 PSI equals... Eight million one hundred and forty four thousand pounds of upward pressure on the BOP of course one has to subtract the weight of the water column above it to come out with a final answer of... Just over 6 million pounds of upward pressure on the BOP and wellhead! Ouch!
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