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Subject Kinks in the piping created as the rig sank to the seafloor may be all that is preventing the Deepwater Horizon well from releasing its maximum flow.

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Original Message 6 million gallons a day is a conservative estimate from what I've read.

Folks, a bent pipe has been greatly weakened. In engineering terms, it has exceeded its elastic limits. These kinks are fragile. The pressure from the wellhead may be 38000 psi.

I am not saying this to be dramatic, but this is a ticking time bomb.

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