The worst case scenario, if the wellhead is lost, could be 6 million barrels a day, or 4 Exxon Valdezes per week. From Wordnik.com. [Unnatural Disaster « Gerry Canavan] Reference
The wellhead is the last component to be constructed. From Wordnik.com. [6. Water sources, their protection and development] Reference
It would not even be able to get close to the wellhead, which is 5,000 feet below the surface. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
If they are indeed communicated, pressure will build on the wellhead, which is exactly what's happening. From Wordnik.com. [Robert L. Cavnar: Adm. Allen Confused -- So, Now, Everybody Else Is, Too] Reference
The removal of the cap means that the wellhead, which is 5,000 feet below the surface, was pouring oil unabated into the Gulf. From Wordnik.com. [MarketWatch.com - Top Stories] Reference
"Start at the source, a mile beneath the surface," he says of the ruptured wellhead, which is accessible only to remote-controlled submersibles. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Booming and skimming operations will be affected by winds and waves, even though the wellhead is a good 400 miles from the storm center, now about 150 miles southeast of. From Wordnik.com. [www2.nbc4i.com - News] Reference
Currently the major op at the wellhead is a dome where some of the oil is being captured and pumped to vessels at the surface the rest is overflowing the containment vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Obama’s Oil Spill Sleights of Hand | RedState] Reference
He was just a kind of wellhead for all of this emotion and this burgeoning sexuality as America loosened up after the Second World War. From Wordnik.com. [Why Is Elvis Presley Still The King?] Reference
Right now the wellhead condition is in good condition. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf Oil Spill: Risks Remain With Gulf Well Cap Coming Off] Reference
And so we haven't even sampled close into the wellhead yet. From Wordnik.com. [Scientists Find Thick Layer Of Oil On Seafloor] Reference
Glory backed up, feeling the warm stone of the wellhead at her back. From Wordnik.com. [The Warslayer]
I'm talking about big oil, big gas, a 1 percent surcharge at the wellhead. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2006] Reference
The accident occurred when a barge ran over a wellhead last Tuesday morning. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Chameides: Gulf Oil Blowout and Gusher: Environmental Catastrophe or Much Ado About Nothing?] Reference
Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts says oil is spewing from the wellhead. From Wordnik.com. [Louisiana Oil Geyser: 20-Foot Oil Leak Shooting Up In Plaquemines Parish After Hit By Tugboat (PHOTOS)] Reference
"Dispersants are only being used over the wellhead in Louisiana," Vogelsang said. From Wordnik.com. [Riki Ott: An Open Letter to US EPA, Region 6] Reference
His research has shown concentrations of oil still floating miles from the wellhead. From Wordnik.com. [Majority of spilled oil in Gulf of Mexico unaccounted for in government data] Reference
We are blind to the wellhead that BP committed to Markey that they would all let us see. From Wordnik.com. [Robert L. Cavnar: BP ROV Video of Leaking Wellhead Cut Off for Third Day - Why?] Reference
"We continue to have integrity at the wellhead; pressure continues to slowly rise," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Relief Well Drill Rig Heads Back to Gulf Leak Site] Reference
At the closest point, the area is about 55 miles northeast of the Deepwater Horizon wellhead. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Reopens 3,114 More Square Miles of Gulf to Fishing] Reference
Massive containment structure: Set 600 feet from wellhead over only one leak from wrecked riser. From Wordnik.com. [Robert L. Cavnar: Questions BP Needs to Answer] Reference
A tugboat called Pere Ana C was pushing a dredge barge when it struck the wellhead at about 1 a.m. From Wordnik.com. [Barge Hits Abandoned Oil Well Off Louisiana Coast] Reference
July 30-31: Lt.Cmdr. of USCG confirms, "Dispersants are only being used over the wellhead in Louisiana.". From Wordnik.com. [Riki Ott: An Open Letter to US EPA, Region 6] Reference
It may come first in the board room but it does not down at the wellhead where the real dangers are faced. From Wordnik.com. [BP oil spill report – as it happened] Reference
But the mud that was forced down the broken wellhead to permanently plug the gusher is only half the story. From Wordnik.com. [BP Monitoring Well After Oil Flow Stopped] Reference
Murawski said NOAA's testing so far has not found high levels of oil floating miles away from the wellhead. From Wordnik.com. [BP reports 'static kill' success; scientists say majority of oil has been dispersed, removed] Reference
ROBERTS: As long as some neighbor doesn't come along and blow your wellhead, you should be pretty good, I would think. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2007] Reference
They crossed the grass, beneath the awnings that were still rigged round the wellhead, and Harper pulled open the door. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Sword]
SCHIAVONE: Unlike the U.S., which buys energy on the open market, China is seeking to buy energy resources at the wellhead. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2006] Reference
And their strategy is to establish wellhead control in emerging oil sources, most, if not all of them, in politically precarious hotspots. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2006] Reference
Ships running underwater robots that provide live feeds of the wellhead also remained in the area, showing visual proof that the cap was working. From Wordnik.com. [Officials in gulf and BP resuming work on relief well] Reference
And even then, the EIA study says, "Because oil prices are determined on the international market, however, any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant.". From Wordnik.com. [A False Accusation About Energy] Reference
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