Operators needing to kill a blowout can increase the relief well pumping capacity by placing an RWIS between the relief wellhead and the BOP to inject kill fluids (Fig. 1). Photo from Trendsetter ...

Relief-well drilling called imperative. August 14, 2010. By Tom Breen. ... "The relief well will be finished," said retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen. "We will kill the well." ...

BP VP Kent Wells just said the relief well is on track to hit the mark this weekend. The first act of the oil spill drama could be over on Monday. But Operation Final Kill also represents the ...

Procedure Involves Plugging Well from Above and Will Make Ultimate Relief Well Solution Easier. ... Allen: "Static Kill" on Oil Well Moved Up. July 29, 2010 / 2:29 PM EDT / AP ...

A drilling rig is heading for the site in case it's needed to bore a relief well to intercept the one being plugged. The natural gas well is in 218 feet of water about 50 miles east of Venice, La.

As of Thursday, BP says the drill for this relief well has reached a depth of 13,978 feet. See a BP image of both relief well statuses, last updated on May 30 There are fewer than 200 workers on ...

The static kill involves pumping heavy mud into the busted well from the top. Then comes the bottom kill, where the relief well will be used to pump in mud and cement from the bottom; that process ...

Drilling on the second relief well, which was created as a redundant measure, is on hold. BP finished pouring cement down the well on Thursday as part of the "static kill," completing the job ...

Tests show that static kill did not permanently stop BP well. August 13, 2010 — -- After 116 days, 206 million gallons of leaking oil that harmed wildlife and livelihoods, and 11 attempts to ...

Although a “static kill,” or “top kill,” cemented the runaway well last week, the relief well is considered a more reliably permanent solution. Skip to content Skip to site index U.S.

Although BP’s troubled well in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be plugged from the top and bottom, the federal spill commander said Friday that government and company officials have agreed that a ...

Macondo relief well on schedule BP remains on schedule to intercept the Macondo blowout in the US Gulf in about two weeks, the head of the US response told reporters today. 29 July 2010 1:22 GMT ...