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June 22 (Reuters) - As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.
Texas A&M University oceanography professor John Kessler, just back from a 10-day research expedition near the BP Plc (BP.L) oil spill in the gulf, says methane gas levels in some areas are "astonishingly high."
Kessler's crew took measurements of both surface and deep water within a 5-mile (8 kilometer) radius of BP's broken wellhead.
"There is an incredible amount of methane in there," Kessler told reporters in a telephone briefing.
In some areas, the crew of 12 scientists found concentrations that were 100,000 times higher than normal.
"We saw them approach a million times above background concentrations" in some areas, Kessler said.
The scientists were looking for signs that the methane gas had depleted levels of oxygen dissolved in the water needed to sustain marine life.
"At some locations, we saw depletions of up to 30 percent of oxygen based on its natural concentration in the waters. At other places, we saw no depletion of oxygen in the waters. We need to determine why that is," he told the briefing.
Methane occurs naturally in sea water, but high concentrations can encourage the growth of microbes that gobble up oxygen needed by marine life.
Kessler said oxygen depletions have not reached a critical level yet, but the oil is still spilling into the Gulf, now at a rate of as much as 60,000 barrels a day, according to U.S. government estimates.
"What is it going to look like two months down the road, six months down the road, two years down the road?" he asked.
Methane, a natural gas, dissolves in seawater and some scientists think measuring methane could give a more accurate picture of the extent of the oil spill.
Kessler said his team has taken those measurements, and is hoping to have an estimate soon.
"Give us about a week and we should have some preliminary numbers on that," he said. (Editing
"Liquids of different densities (that dont become a solution) separate into layers...Density is measured in kg/m³ meaning....kilogrammes per cubic metre.Pure waters density is 1000kg/m³...therefore one cubic metre of pure water weighs one metric tonne. Oil is usually around the 800kg/m³ area (as there are many oils wich all have different densities) this means a cubic metre of this oil is 800 kg. Therefore the lighter less dense fluid floats to the top...Just like helium is lighter than air, a balloon full of helium would fly upwards, as oil does in water.
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That whole region is doomed if this oil rain continues.
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"Liquids of different densities (that dont become a solution) separate into layers...Density is measured in kg/m³ meaning....kilogrammes per cubic metre.Pure waters density is 1000kg/m³...therefore one cubic metre of pure water weighs one metric tonne. Oil is usually around the 800kg/m³ area (as there are many oils wich all have different densities) this means a cubic metre of this oil is 800 kg. Therefore the lighter less dense fluid floats to the top...Just like helium is lighter than air, a balloon full of helium would fly upwards, as oil does in water.
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the ocean has many natural micro organisms that will break it down sun does as well
all so hot weather help to break it down as well
it just will take a long time if not diluted eghough ect
the Kuwait oil spill is still suffering from a fucked up the sea bottom from sunken oil over time
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