Formation Pressure News Today

Thats holding that formation pressure back. that allows the reservoir fluids, either oil, glass, or water, or a combination of all, to come to the surface. when that happens, usually on top of the drill stem, you have whats known as blowout preventives. and those blowout preventives are supposed to be activated to contain the reservoir liquids, the hydrocarbons, it appears in this case they did not function. >> is that common? have you ever heard of that not functioning to the point where it cau...

Rescue, have to be self-sustaining, and as i recall, fire is the biggest concern on an oil rig. a lot of their safety is built around not having fires and not having fires spread. >> thats -- thats correct. explosions and fires are probably the worst thing that could happen on an oil rig there. because youre in a very, very confined area. and so youre very vulnerable to that activity. >> lets talk about this. they have firefighters, trained firefighters, on the rigs at all times. everybody gets ...