Did anyone understand what was going on?

You cannot watch a movie about the event of this magnatude and expect the movie to explain everything. You need to do some research and learn about the event first.

Research:

http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/deepwater-horizon/

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6493

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Rick
Failure is not an option

There was some bad sh!t happening on an oil rig, which caused a big fire. Workers died and there was massive environmental damage (pretty much unseen). I didn't think it was all that difficult to understand.🐭

OP, don’t watch Apollo 13 then.

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No one here understands "what was going on" except the one guy here that "worked on rigs for 30 years" who will appear soon.

Had no idea. I very much enjoyed not being spoon fed anything. I felt it actually enhanced the "fly on the wall" experience of watching real events unfold.

Yes, worked oil rigs for 10 years before becoming an engineer.

Flow line: general term, likely the a high pressure pipe attached to the wellhead, drill pipe or BOP. (Blow out preventer). In this case i would guess its on the top drive.

Kill line: the high pressure pipe attached to BOP on top of the wellbore. The well is considered killed if the hydrostatic pressure is greater than the formation pressure. This is achieved by using a higher density fluid, aka drilling mud. It also lubricates the drill bit.

There should be mud: They are probably seeing formation fluids at surface which indicates the formation pressure is greater than the hydrostatic pressure. If this is not controlled the high pressure formation will naturally equalize pressure with the lower pressure atmosphere, resulting in a blow out.

There any many preventative step to take to remedy this situation, all of which failed here.

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