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It would pretty much have to be ROVs (or manned sub, I suppose). 5,000ft is _way_ deeper than you can SCUBA dive.
by JshWright 16y ago
It would pretty much have to be ROVs (or manned sub, I suppose). 5,000ft is _way_ deeper than you can SCUBA dive.
- fleitz 16y agoI thought the BOP was 30,000 feet down or is that the length of the bore hole? I've been fairly ignorant as to paying in depth attention to the whole debacle.
- pasbesoin 16y agoIIRC, from memory, the well head is at circa 5200 feet and the borehole extends from there circa 18,200 feet further, to a short distance below the intended production zone. (I may be mis-remembering.)
- hga 16y agoYep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturation_diving#Extreme_depth_effects http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturation_diving#Extreme_depth... Worse, it sounds like the state of the art for atmospheric diving suits will only get you half-way there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_diving_suit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_diving_suit