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Yes it is. There is a live feed up if you care to look. (See the Related Link below.)
As of May 29th, BP announced that 3 consecutive attempts at a 'top kill' had failed. The 'top kill' process involves pumping heavy fluids into the blowout preventer to restrict oil flow, and then permanently sealing it with cement.
On June 3, BP implemented its next contingency plan, which was the Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) Cap containment system. This plan involved cutting a part off the blow out preventer to leave a cleanly cut pipe which can then be capped. This effort did cap the oil well, however it only managed to contain 472,000 gallons of oil, which still leaves hundreds of thousands of gallons still spewing into the ocean.
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Is it possible for oil to get into rain?
no its phisicly impossible. rain is when water from lakes rivers ponds the ocean etc. evaporate into the sky and become clouds. if oil is in water and the water evaporates oil will rain. wrong. oil cannot evaporate. only water. if your talking about the oil spill from bp hope this helps.! (oh and if you really hate the spill i suggest stop buying from bp your supporting them)
What are the solutions to the gulf oil spill?
Sack all the management of BP and change the engineers in charge of the job. There are others who have the answers to this monumental problem.
Is 20000 barrels of crude oil a day a lot?
Generally yes. The damage caused by an oil spill is related to a number of factors. But an oil spill of 20,000 barrels per day is very difficult to capture. The other factors include the proximity of the spill to the beaches and threaten ecosystem. Another factor is the number of days that the oil flows from the well. With the BP spill, it may be close to 100 days before the well is killed.
Why is it difficult to clean up the Gulf of Mexico's oil spill?
Oil spills are difficult to clean up in general. If oil spills from a tanker, the most oil than can go into the water body is the volume of oil in a tanker. However in this case, the well is producing approximately 5,000 barrels of oil per day (210,000 gallons). So, even mobilizing everything available to control the spill, oil booms, skimmers, use of dispersants, controlled burns, more oil keeps leaving the well. The large canopy that they are preparing to put over the well is not the final solution, but it should reduce the rate of oil that is entering the gulf waters. It should mitigate the damage. It is necessary to kill the blown out well, and BP is in the process of drilling two relief wells.
How do you stop the gulf oil flow?
It isn't easy. The BP oil spill results from uncontrollable flow (a blow out) from a well. The oil flows from a reservoir about 13,000 ft below the sea floor. The oil is flowing at very high pressure. The well's opening is about 5,000 ft below the surface of the water. BP understood that they could stop the oil from coming out of the well, if they drilled another well (called a relief well) that intersected the blown out well. They also knew that it would be faster if they could stop it from the top. They were able to stop it from the top by attaching a "stand alone riser", which is a pipe with some big valves, to the well. This stopped the well from flowing but it wasn't the permanent answer. The permanent answer was to drill the relief well, and pump a lot of cement in the bottom of the blown out well. This way the oil can not leave the reservoir and no more oil can flow from the well.
Is the BP oil spill bad for the environment?
Yes it was, and still is.
How was the BP Oil spill cleaned up?
It hasnt been cleaned up its still leaking. Bp has no idea how to close off the pipe or get it cleaned up they have completly screwed our marine life in the gulf.
States that were afected by the BP oil spill?
Which states were affected by the bp oil spill?
What problems did the BP have with the oil spill in the gulf?
BP was the company who owned the oil that caused the oil spill.
When did the BP oil spill start?
The BP oil spill began on April 22, 2010.
Does the capped pipe ever leak from bp oil spill?
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil announced that BP would be temporarily banned from new contracts with the US.
Why is the oil spill named bp?
BP was the large energy company who was in charge of final operations at the site of the BP oil spill.
What are the other names of BP oil spill?
The 'Deepwater Horizon oil spill', also called the 'BP Oil Spill', the 'Gulf of Mexico oil spill' or the 'Macondo blowout'... ---- Wikipedia
What is the BP oil spill?
The BP oil spill can refer to either the BP oil spill of March 2, 2006 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. BP oil spill of April 20, 2010 in the Macondo Prospect oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
What is the same or differences about the Exxon Valdez and the BP oil spill?
the Exxon Valdez spill happened before the BP oil spill. and the they are the same because they are both an oil spill
Is the BP oil spill worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill?
This oil spill (the Bp one) is the worse known in the entire U.S history
How many occurrences of oil spills has BP had?
BP has had 2 major oil spills: The BP Alaskan oil spill of 2006, and the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil spill of 2010.
