the new attempt to seal things off will make use of methanol, an antifreeze, and perhaps warm water circulated around the riser to try and avoid the same sort of thing happening again.
封锁喷出物的新尝试可使防冻剂甲醇得以利用,或许还能提升立管周围的海水温度以避免类似事件再次发生。
when the rig sank, the riser broke near the top while remaining attached to the blowout preventer at the bottom, bending itself like a pretzel in its subsequent collapse.
当鉆井下沉时,海底立管在顶部附近破裂,另一端还连在防喷阀上。在随后的倒塌中,它像脆饼一样弯曲。
the insertion device, about a fifth of the diameter of the riser itself, is not supposed to block the flow of oil completely.
插入装置大约只有立管直径的五分之一,不可能完全抑制原油流出。
outside the riser are several hoses and smaller pipes for recirculating the synthetic mud and controlling the blowout preventer.
在立管外面是一些软管和小管,用于回收合成泥浆和控制防喷器。
what was the most difficult part of the transformation into the advanced early riser for you?
在培养早起习惯的过程中,你遇到的最大的困难是什么呢?
the top kill experience seems to have suggested to the company that the riser is not in fact holding back the oil very much; and besides, the other options have not worked out.
封顶的经历似乎已向英国石油公司表明:实际上,这根立管根本没有控制住漏油;并且除此以外,其他的补救选择也于事无补。
when the deepwater horizon sank, this riser collapsed and folded in on itself, but did not sheer off from the blowout preventer.
当鉆井平台下沉时,立管倒塌,自动弯折,但不会转离防喷器。
however, consideration of this factor alone would lead us to construct finite element models that capture the stress states of every fillet and stress riser in the system.
然而,如果仅关注这一要素,会误导我们尽力去建立一个能够分析每个单元的应力状态和系统应力梯度的有限元模型。
it’s hard to become an early riser using the wrong strategy. but with the right strategy, it’s relatively easy.
使用错误的策略很难使你养成早起的习惯,但是使用这些正确的策略,却相对容易的多。
riser pipe: a four-foot-diameter steel pipe called a riser connects the ship to the borehole.
立管:直径四英尺的钢管(称为「立管」)将船和鉆孔连接起来。
bp thinks spraying dispersants into the oil plume where it leaves the riser may be 20 times more effective than waiting until it reaches the surface.
英石油考虑在提升管裂口附近油污滚滚的地方喷洒分散剂,这样做也许比在海面喷洒的效果好上至少20倍。
cutting through the riser had been seen as a riskier strategy than the top kill, which is why it wasn't tried before.
在人们看来:同「封顶」相比,切断旧立管是一项更具有风险的策略,这就是为什么之前不愿尝试的原因。
at a 1.6-mile depth, the assembled riser weighs 1, 000 tons.
在1.6英里的深度,组装好的立管重1000吨。
you signed up to try and become an early riser not because you want to sleep less but because you want to do more.
你努力了然后成了一个早起者,这不是因为你想要睡得少一些,二是因为你想做的更多。