[BITList] BOP's

[HUGH]

Frank,

Many thanks for that -  it all comes back.  On p20 the height relative to a
man can be seen.  In addition to this, there is a Lower Riser Package on top 
of the BOP.

>From a website : 
http://dailyhurricane.com/2010/05/bp-starts-talking-about-blowout-well---sort-of.html

...... BP engineers did begin talking in various industry interviews. 
Upstream Online  reported that they have learned, apparently from Charlie 
Holt, BP's head of drilling and completion in the Gulf, several very 
important new bits of information.  First, they report that BP has indeed 
been able to trigger all six sets of rams on the BOP after making hydraulic 
repairs to the stack, but that the action did not successfully shut the well 
in.  That's new information.  BP did concede, however, that erosion to the 
seals and damage prevented it from sealing, as we had speculated yesterday. 
They also reported on more detail about a risky plan of stabbing a new BOP 
stack on top of the old one.

This plan ties to information I had picked up a couple of days ago that they 
were planning to cut the riser above the stack.  If the cut is successful, 
they could then detach from the lower riser package connector, giving them a 
latching mechanism looking up to land the new BOPs.  The risk, of course, is 
making the flow worse by reducing line restrictions provided by the 
destroyed riser, but isolates the leak to one source that could be then 
controlled.  If they can land that BOP, they could shut the well in, then 
kill it by pumping heavy mud through the kill line.

Hugh.