extra pressure affect on the overburden pressure which in
and the leak in pipe rams, while the Egyptian well the
turn affect on the total pore pressure of the well.
loss of circulation affect on Hydrostatic head.
2. The two killing methods was different as in Macondow they tried with Kill mud then with relief well and finally the top hat. In case of Egyptian well we tried to kill the well with kill mud and Engineering method was the best 3. Macondo was off shore while the Egyptian well
is
onshore.
5. The depth of Macondo was too high while the Egyptian well was 4600 m as TD. 6. The total cost of killing for Makondo was too high (over 20 billion dollar) while the Egyptian well was low killing cost ($ 50.000). From all the above discussion, we can find that, well control
4. The 2 cases was completely different in the reason of bow
is a vital process as it may cost the life of the rig crew and
out: The Macondo because the cement job was not good
must be early detected to avoid disaster as Macondo well.
The main categories of oil well control
Offshore Blowout preventer.
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