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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
Hektore,
That makes sense, except for the fact that the rig was over this well. Does that mean they were preparing to move this rig to another well in the near future? Just trying to wrap my brain around all of this.
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I haven't seen anything laid out about the particular well/rig in question, so I cannot speak to this specific case. I only know that capped, unused wells are not uncommon.
My guess would be that moving the rig off the well is not likely the initial cause as it's something that happens quite often. As for who's fault it is right now, I'd say both Halliburton and Transocean are responsible as they both had equipment in the well which was supposed to be able to prevent this from happening independently of one another. Knowing what I do from the drilling I've done, I think a big important question right now is: What was the hold-up on taking the BOP out of the hole if the cap was finished?