The density of bauxite is approximately 3, which means that one square
inch will have a mass of .43*3=2.1 pounds mass per inch, and 26-27
pounds per foot. So 20,000 pounds of pressure would require a column of
bauxite 770 feet deep. Anything less than that would simply get blown
right off. In actuality since it is a mile or so under water, it would
take less than that since the water would add weight above it, but it
would still take a substantial amount to hold it down.
Marshall
Garrick wrote:
How many holes are you going to drill. Six with six charges? I think
it is best to go deep for any explosions because the oil/gas is so
high pressure it will make its way past 20 feet of rubble. Even done
your way
I wish a real nuke expert would give an opinion to the media but I
think there is such a nuke-phobia it wouldn't be used even if it was
proven to be the best course. I rather nuke it if that's a good way to
go than see oyster beds and fishing grounds fouled for 20 years
I wonder what Edwin Teller would say.
g
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Malcolm <s...@asis.com
<mailto:s...@asis.com>> wrote:
Garrick,
the idea of the small shaped charges is to surround the pipe with them
and blow it closed, or at least down to a dia. where it could be
capped.
Blowing the whole thing even wider is not a good idea, and
anything on a
scale you envision would probably produce cracking and widen existing
faults which would lead to a catastrophic impossible-to-control
blowout
of the entire pocket. Wrong way to go.
Malcolm
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 13:32 -0400, Garrick wrote:
> Hi
> I'm no engineer but I think a very small nuke is what you need to to
> collapse the well from a hole bored side by side with the gusher
hole.
> Drill down a few hundred feet and detonate. I doubt 3-4 lbs of
> conventional explosives will do it unless inserted directly down the
> well which sounds impossible to me. This is a very high pressure
well.
> I could swear I read was drilled through basalt to get to the
oil but
> can find nothing on the internet about basalt
>
> I want that nuke to cap that well by destroying it. If that oil
> reservoir is tapped again BP will have to drill a new
hole....Hey it's
> doing that anyway right now. Two of them
>
> g
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