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The drilling rig is a semi-submersible platform (not anchored to the sea floor). It has been destroyed by fire and is lying in 5,000 feet of water at the ocean's bottom. As it plunged into the ocean, it drifted and is a good distance (I believe around 1,400 ft) from subsea wellhead. The drilling platform will never be repaired.
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What is the deepest oil well?
Answer34,200' in the Gulf of Mexico35055 feet in Gulf of Mexico plus 4000 feet of water above the sea floor. From Associated Press article by Chris Kahn Sept. 3, 2009 in Topeka Capital-Journal
What are some ways that they have tried to clean the oil spill?
The US Coast Guard has used several tactics to clean the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. One of them involves using containment buoys to trap the oil from spreading. Another way they have tried to clean it up is using ultra absorbent hair-like ropes that soak up the oil.
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.
Can you shut off an oil well by squeezing a pipe shut?
Yes, an oil well can be "shut off" by the use of a device that has a hydraulic ram that can crush and seal a pipe (or simply shut a valve) to secure a wellhead. The so-called "blowout preventer" is such a device, but in the case of the current disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the device failed (owing to a failure to replace a battery, as one report had it).
How much oil is coming out of the oil rig in the gulf each day?
Approximately 5,000 barrels per day. Since a barrel is equal to 42 gallons, this is the same as 210,000 gallons per day. About 800 000L of oil is spilling a day.
Why can' the oil pumping be stopped in the Gulf of Mexico June 2010?
The oil is not being pumped from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. The oil comes from a broken pipe.
How are animals being affected by oil spill in gulf of Mexico?
They are killed by the oil.
What are the causes of dolphins being endangered?
the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico
Is there oil in the Gulf of Mexico?
Of course. Haven't you heard about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
What oil tanker did the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico?
The Mega Borg tanker spilled oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 1990.
How is the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico being resolved?
some workers are cleaning it up
Where are most oil wells in Mexico found?
In southeastern Mexico, along the Gulf of Mexico coast. The largest of such oil fields, known as Cantarell, is IN the Gulf of Mexico's waters and is currently exploited by the means of offshore platforms.
How did the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico affect dolphins?
how would the oil spill in gulf Mexico affect the dolphins.
What caused the spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
What caused the the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was an oil well blowout and explosion.
Was there an oil spill in New Mexico?
No, there was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Where did the Mexico oil spill happen?
In the gulf of mexico!
Is there danger of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico being set on fire?
not really, but it might be possible
