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Originally posted by cosmicpixie
Originally posted by Man1fesT
The oil the Deepwater Horizon rig was tapping is 2 - 2.5 miles below the Ocean floor, it's extremely unlikely a section of the floor that thick will just give way and collapse leading to massive tsunamis... The worst that will happen is once/if the well is capped the amount of oil leaking from the floor will increase and there will be no way to stop it. For all we know the Ocean floor could have been leaking for years, it looks like such a small amount that being so deep it could've gone unnoticed for a very long time.
BP admits it can't cap the well or it might blow
The reservoir is estimated to contain from 3-6 BILLION barrels of oil
RE: Sea level increase by 20 to 50 feet in five years
Originally posted by Son of Will
Not sure on the validity of this or not, but I do know that the notion of "BP tapping into a volcano" has been firmly rebuked by our resident ATS experts in the relevant fields. I have yet to see a credible source talk about anything except a big leak of oil into the GOM. No tidal waves, no collapse of the sea floor, no drilling into volcanoes.
This isn't my opinion, I'm just reiterating what I've heard experts say about such things. Not deep enough to hit a lava pocket. So much pressure that the oil pockets are actually not pockets, but rock that has been infused with oil. At that depth everything is like the consistency of clay. So, when the oil is extracted, there is only a marginal amount of resettling.
I hope I'm right on this one...
Originally posted by whywhynot
If much of this comes to pass gold will not help you
Originally posted by In nothing we trust
Originally posted by whywhynot
If much of this comes to pass gold will not help you
Unless you can eat gold and oil you would be correct.
Originally posted by XXXN3O
reply to post by Gold_Bug
What is the white substance seeping out from the centre? Anyone know?
You can see it on this live link.
Lotta bubbles as well, wonder if theres any gases?
[edit on 18-6-2010 by XXXN3O]
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by XXXN3O
Tried to hook up to the link just now .ACCESS DENIED.