Reply #17: You're quoting somebody who says the data flow would be the same from a 9" pipe as a 21" pipe.

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From your link:

"'The drill pipe, from which the oil is rising, is actually a 9-inch pipe that rests within the riser,' Slavin said.

"But Wereley says that fact doesn't skew his calculation."


So he discovers the speed of particles coming out of a 20 inch pipe and calculates 70k barrels a day. When he finds out the oil is actually coming out of a 9 inch pipe, he says that doesn't change his calculation?