Hey LSU guy!
Here's a thought - one I never realized might happen!
If they are actually starting with 50000 barrels of mud (Kill fluid) and pumping it at 65 barrels per minute - both figures having been posted in various news sites several times, then it takes only 769 minutes (12.8 hours) before they've drained their tanks. And you just don't call a mud company and request 50000 barrels of, what, 17 pound per gallon mud by midnight tonight! It cannot be made that fast!
Here's another thought. After all this mess is over and done with, it might be quite difficult to find enough materials to build enough mud to drill another well on the entire Gulf coast! Well, not really, but they could get pretty tight!
And I also wonder how well those pumps are holding up at that posted rate.
That's moving some mud, cher!
Pete