How long will it take to clean up an oil spill?

Answer 1

For the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, they hope that with relief well drilling, they will kill the well within 3 months. It will be very hard to determine how long remedial actions will go on for at this point. As of today, May 2, 2010, they are taking actions of how to lessen the impact, ( dispersants, controlled burning, skimmer, floating booms) but the effectiveness remains to be evaluated.

Answer 2

About 1 and a half year if theyre slow. and bout 6 mnths if theyre fast.

Answer:

The clean-up of an oil spill can be taken to mean many things. Some use the absence of floating oil on the surface as the indicator for cleaned-up, and this can be quite rapid. Others look at recovery of the marine environment, removal of oil from beaches and other contaminated areas, the recovery of sea-life - essentially the return to a pre-spill ecology. This can take years. The impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill are still evident by this second method 15 years after the event. The Gulf of Mexico spill was much larger with a more biologiacally active and sensitive ecosystem.

Answer 3

it will take a few years or more to clean up the spill.

Answer 4

1 hour

the person who wrote 1 hour is an idiot,. thousands of animals are killed and you,r jokeing about it!

Answer 5

Year & years my friend. With as much damage as BP has done both environmentally and economically to the United States, God only knows how long it'll will take to reach that point.

Answer 6

It depends how big or small the spill is.