Deepwater Oil Spill - locking the hanger and relief well role

A short time ago I wrote about the concerns with the casing hanger in the Deepwater Horizon well, and the risk that it might lift and allow ...

Deepwater Oil Spill - what will the relief well find?

With Labor Day weekend, and the recovery of the blowout preventer from the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico, the remaining parts...

Deepwater Oil Spill - Flushing and Fishing

BP has now responded to Admiral Allen’s request for more information, and has obtained permission to replace the BOP and stack on the top of...

Deepwater Oil Spill - how to deal with a dead well?

The Admiral confirmed, in his Friday press conference , that the negative pressure test on the Deepwater well held steady for 24-hours with...

Deepwater Oil Spill - is the well dead already?

Much of the focus of recent efforts at the Deepwater Horizon well site have been focussed on getting the relief well down to do a bottom kil...

Deepwater Oil Spill - hitting the well annulus

Trying to work out exactly where the relief well has reached, relative to set target depths is slightly complicated by the difference betwee...