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In the three weeks since the April 20th explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the start of the subsequent massive (and ongoing) oil leak, many attempts have been made to contain and control the scale of the environmental disaster. Oil dispersants are being sprayed, containment booms erected, protective barriers built, controlled burns undertaken, and devices are being lowered to the sea floor to try and cap the leaks, with little success to date. While tracking the volume of the continued flow of oil is difficult, an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil (possibly much more) continues to pour into the gulf every day. While visible damage to shorelines has been minimal to date as the oil has spread slowly, the scene remains, in the words of President Obama, a "potentially unprecedented environmental disaster."
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Although I don't know much about this kind of thing, I really don't see why there wasn't an emergency valve at the base of the pipe. You would think that, because of the potential for financial and environmental disaster, some sort of precaution would be in place on these oil rigs. If BP has already spent over a half billion on "clean up" and lost what probably adds up to billions of dollars in leaking oil, the cost of an emergency valve would have been a wise investment.
Can't they just lower something made out of really heavy material to 'cork' the opening? 4:20 was a long time ago, I can't believe this is still leaking!
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Although I don't know much about this kind of thing, I really don't see why there wasn't an emergency valve at the base of the pipe. You would think that, because of the potential for financial and environmental disaster, some sort of precaution would be in place on these oil rigs. If BP has already spent over a half billion on "clean up" and lost what probably adds up to billions of dollars in leaking oil, the cost of an emergency valve would have been a wise investment.
Can't they just lower something made out of really heavy material to 'cork' the opening? 4:20 was a long time ago, I can't believe this is still leaking!
they did try to turn it off but the valve is stuck
Although I don't know much about this kind of thing, I really don't see why there wasn't an emergency valve at the base of the pipe. You would think that, because of the potential for financial and environmental disaster, some sort of precaution would be in place on these oil rigs.
Can't they just lower something made out of really heavy material to 'cork' the opening? 4:20 was a long time ago, I can't believe this is still leaking!
They do have an emergency valve, it's called a "Blowout Preventer", and it failed.
It's not easy to just "Cork" a wellhead, the oil is under HUGE pressure.
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They do have an emergency valve, it's called a "Blowout Preventer", and it failed.
It's not easy to just "Cork" a wellhead, the oil is under HUGE pressure.
Yea, I guess it would be too easy to just plug a hole that is so deep in the ocean and under so much pressure. I wonder how much longer it will go before they find a solution?
It's actually a lot WORSE than what we're hearing from the media right now.
The hole is 5 feet in diameter, and the oil is under 70,000psi of pressure. They're thinking it's closer to 4 barrels of oil (42 gallons, or 160L) per SECOND coming out.
It's actually a lot WORSE than what we're hearing from the media right now.
The hole is 5 feet in diameter, and the oil is under 70,000psi of pressure. They're thinking it's closer to 4 barrels of oil (42 gallons, or 160L) per SECOND coming out.
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