Reply #16: The riser pipe fell over.... [View All]

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Before the explosion the riser pipe was a mile long and connects the BOP to the rig.

The rig sinks and tears the riser pipe about 200m above the BOP.

with nothing supporting the riser it "falls over" and settles to the ocean floor with one end connected to BOP (and a leak there because pipe bent so far) and the other end open about 200m away.