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Yachius
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 05:41 pm: | 
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@Cowboy: First off, I was trying to keep the post simple.
Second, wells in the mesopelagic zone and deeper are already under immense pressure from the ocean above them. A natural fault does not release enough pressure for the oil to rise to the surface, even in the case of a fairly high natural pressure.
As for the lift method, I was under the impression that for deep offshore wells pressurized seawater is used instead of the gas lift because it's a lot cheaper when you have an essentially unlimited supply of water. I don't work on oil wells and I have no reliable way to confirm if thats the case. |
Cowboy
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 08:19 pm: |
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Yachius I did not mean to be short with you I may not have understood your question. feel free to ask anything you want to I will do my best to ans it.Each well has it own history kinda like DR. trying to treat a paicent over the telephone. I did this work for 39yr's as I have no drilling reports to go by it is just a shot inthe dark how ever there is some things you just dont do.I know these men doing this are very good at what they do and I trust them to do the right thing. |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 10:00 pm: |
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As for the lift method, I was under the impression that for deep offshore wells pressurized seawater is used instead of the gas lift
Your impression is incorrect. Offshore wells are rarely, if ever, subjected to pressure maintenance. In fact, in my 36 years in the Gulf Coast oil patch, I have never seen it done offshore.
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Cowboy
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 10:16 pm: |
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Hell if a well is unable to lift a collum of crude it most deffinly want loft sea water |
B00stzx3
| | Posted on Friday, May 07, 2010 - 09:18 am: |
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They should just throw a buncha cat litter in the water. Works well enough for oil spills on the driveway. |
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