tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976758.post7314162450863833525..comments2024-03-28T16:08:56.531-05:00Comments on Library Chronicles: Actually they kind of did have a meterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976758.post-9555547890955856172013-06-28T21:24:21.629-05:002013-06-28T21:24:21.629-05:00Here's the even more amazing thing- Tom Hunter...Here's the even more amazing thing- Tom Hunter did the calc while the well was still gushing. He did it pretty much on the fly and only minor improvements have been made since.<br /><br />The dude has some mad engineering skills. He got his PhD from the University of Wisconsin and he ran the US nuclear weapons program (roughly the same position as Dr. Oppenheimer). Yeah, he just did the whole Macondo thing on the side for fun!<br /><br />I find it interesting they couldn't find anyone in the country to second guess Dr. Hunter's simple and ingenious calculation. Note that BP's pet expert spends a lot of his report tip toeing around the Q4000 calc. The only main difference is the Feds assumed a constant or decreasing flowrate. BP's report argues that the flow rate kept increasing over timer due to erosion. <br /><br />In the end, the Feds say an average of 53,000 B/D for 87 days. BP's expert says 37,000 B/D. Both are still staggering and put them up shit creek if gross negligence is called.Claynoreply@blogger.com