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How big is that hole anyways?
The pipe is 9" in diameter. At 60,000 barrels per day, the flow rate is about 30 gallons per second (120 liters per second) and the velocity is around 9 feet per second (3 meters per second).

Somewhere down the pipe, the diameter is reduced to 7".
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