BP Oil Spill

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If you have ever mixed oil and water you have seen that oil floats on top of water. Therefore it must have a density that is less than that of water. The benefit of this is that we can find it easier that if it sank in which case we could never find it since it would be at the ocean floor and would mix with all the sand and other constituents of the ocean. By floating we can do many different kinds of cleanup processes.

The problem with oil is that some oils are more dense than water (bunker, heavy industrial ful oils, some crudes) these sink or at least bib along just under the surface of the water. and avoid separation. The other problem is that oils (including the lighter oils) tend to get mixed with water (emulsify) due to wave action and debris forming wahat is knows as mousse. This mixture again is close to the density of water.

Oil spill did a lot of damage, but no homes were destroyed.

The term "tripping the well" got it's start most likely as a reference to the "round trip" made by the drill bit. The first leg of the trip is coming out of the hole, by lifting the entire drill string and unscrewing the upper most drill pipe called a joint, the newly removed drill pipe is laid beside the rig and the drill string is lifted again, etc. until all drill pipe is out of the hole. After service work is performed, for example change to fresh drill bit, then the second leg of the trip is to reverse the process, lowering the drill string as each new joint is made until fully back in the hole with the bit on bottom. You can find a lot of interesting videos on offshore rigs, jobs, etc here:

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When drill pipe is lowered or put into the well in the well, it is called running in or is tripping into the well. When drill pipe is raised or pull out of the well, it is call running out or tripping out of the well.

If you mean the big spill that just happened, It happened in the gulf of Mexico and started when a BP oil rig caught on fire and sunk into the ocean, which is now spilling oil miles below the sea under water. Gee, thanks BP. Hope this helped!

probably except it might not have been round the spill

i pretty sure it was oil

You are correct- they can and they are doing it!

The choke and kill lines running off the side of the BOP can be used to produce the oil. BP is actively implementing the "Q4000 Direct Connect" option. Haven't a clue as to how much would flow from these lines.

The oil will go into the Helix Q4000 vessel, and will have to be offloaded. See details from BP in their video presentation. They said on May 31 that it will take about 2 weeks to implement.

I am hoping for a technical briefing from BP on this option and the LMRP soon. Keep checking the BP website.

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there was about 425 animals killed in the oil spill

I think oil prices will get even HIGHER as we use up that resource on the Earth. But now more and more hybrids are being made and sold that we may see a lower prics. So BUY A HYBRID!!!!!!

Natural gas coming out of the well is mostly methane and ethane. There may be propane and butane given off in lesser amounts. These chemicals do not generally pose a health problems. The most harmful component in natural gas is hydrogen sulfide. It appears that the Macondo well is not producing hydrogen sulfide, or at least not at levels considered harmful to health.

However, as indicated on the link, the EPA is concerned about gases that can be given off as a result of the evaporation of the oil spill and the dispersants that have been added to the oil spill. These compounds, generally grouped as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), include benzene, and can be harmful in small quantities.

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Boats are sent out to skim oil from the surface of the water. Oil floats, so a large portion of the issue is this floating oil. Secondly, oil that makes it to the beaches must be manually picked up and wiped from the object it is coating. Animal life needs to be bathed and scrubbed of this oil. Time will help the issue too.

Nature has always made oil slicks and leaked oil into rivers, streams and ocean currents. Nature can survive these smaller attacks with oil. The larger spilling, such as the Exxon Valdez and both Gulf spills take more effort then nature can produce by herself.

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Oil rigs belong to companies that also have contracts with other companies to have work done on the rigs. So there are many companies involved. Some companies have background checks, others rely on a person's honesty to tell them if they have a felony on their name. Other companies never ask. If a company involved in offshore are aware of a persons felony, they might turn the person down due to the nature of the felony.

So the answer to your question is yes, it is still quite possible to get hired.

The US Coast Guard learned of the accident shortly after it occurred. The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig issued a distress signal. At the time of the accident, the Damon Bankston, a work boat was pulled up next to the rig, and was used as to coordinate rescue operations before the US Coast Guard cutter could get to the accident. The location of the spill was easy to find, as the oil rig was on fire and flames were as much as 200 ft high.

Greenpoint oil spill happened in 1978.

by being more careful when piloting the boat or driving the train. People don't usually drive safely thinking nothing will happen really at the end they dont see it coming and lead it to oil spills.

I had some trouble understanding your question. I hope the following information helps.

Prior to drilling an exploration well. calculations are made to determine in required volume of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) to justify development. The gross volume is determined by the area (acreage) multiplied by the average oil column thickness.

The equation to calculate the volume of oil is N = C x Gross Volume x Porosity X Oil Saturation/ Bo, where C is a conversion constant and Bo is a Formation volume factor to account for the shrinkage of oil from reservoir to surface conditions. When the gross volume is in units of acre-ft, then C = 7758.

Generally, the more expensive the development costs, the more oil an exploration well needs to discover to justify development.

In developing a field, it is common to use a 40 acre at least initially. Offshore, well spacing is generally much larger, commonly 100 to 160 acres. There are notable exceptions, particularly in the early stages of development where the spacing may be much higher.

I hope this answers your question.

I will give a short answer, and then a bit longer one, beginning with the word "however."

The Exxon Valdez oil spill resulted in 0.26 million barrels of oil (abbreviated Gbbls) and the Deepwater Horizon spill was 4.9 million barrels, so the BP spill was 4.64 million barrels larger. One barrel equals 42 gallons.

However, controversy surrounds both estimates. I was surprised how big a range various groups have estimated the Exxon Valdez oil spill volume. The number of 0.26 Gbbls came from Wikipedia. They also give a higher estimate considered by some of 0.75 Gbbls. The estimates do become a bit confusing as they are given in cubic meters, gallons and barrels. Please see the side bar to the right of first link for these estimates in barrels.

The estimate of the oil spilled in the BP oil spill comes from a Technical Task force, and is likely to be contested if BP is sued by the US government. When oil is flowing from a blown out well, accurate estimates are very difficult. The Task Force assumed that the oil rate began at a high rate, and then became less as the reservoir pressure declined. Reservoir pressure is important as it is the force driving the oil up the well. BP has suggested that just the opposite may be true. Oil rates could have been low when the blow out began, with a lot of debris in the well, then the rates increased as the debris was blown out of the well.

So the short answer is 4.64 Gbbls and the long answer is nobody is in complete agreement on the numbers. The uncertainties of estimating volumes will probably mean there will never be complete agreement.

The 'Deepwater Horizon oil spill', also called the 'BP Oil Spill', the 'Gulf of Mexico oil spill' or the 'Macondo blowout'... ---- Wikipedia

No, only beaches in the panhandle area of Florida (near Pensicola) were affected.

The action taken will depend on the quantity of the spill.

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