Three years to drill a relief well. I suspected as much. I knew it would take at least a year, perhaps a year and a half, under best conditions. People don’t realize that. So, a blow out in the Arctic will gush free for at least one year. Imagine that.
The Kulluk (above) is a refurbished old rust bucket rescued from mothballed oblivion in Northern Canada, and one that no drilling contractor wanted to invest a dime in.
Comment from a former employee of Shell Oil USA on the Calgary Herald article…
Regulators warn drilling oil-spill relief well off Canadas Arctic coast would take three years
Three years to drill a relief well. I suspected as much. I knew it would take at least a year, perhaps a year and a half, under best conditions. People don’t realize that. So, a blow out in the Arctic will gush free for at least one year. Imagine that.
This estimate comes from Canadian sources which are more realistic than the politically motivated ‘opinions’ of the MMS and Shell.