Oil leak

[imamartian]

so oil well burns and leaks oil.... sholdn't they install some sort of boom a mile out, surrounding the rig (all rigs?) for such an incident?

 

[wotan]

I think the quantity of oil would soon inundate the boomed area.

 

[joe-90]

so oil well burns and leaks oil.... sholdn't they install some sort of boom a mile out, surrounding the rig (all rigs?) for such an incident?

Oil emulsifies. Why are you so dumb?

 

[joinerjohn]

so oil well burns and leaks oil.... sholdn't they install some sort of boom a mile out, surrounding the rig (all rigs?) for such an incident?

Oil emulsifies. Why are you so dumb?

Yep, it emulsifies so well in sea water the the US Coastguard has just issued a warning about the oil spill reaching land.

You Plank.

 

[Steve]

Whats taking so long to stop the leak?

I bet it was someone having a fag that caused the rig to burn

 

[wotan]

Watch the price of petrol rise again, as a result.

Wotan

 

[Steve]

Watch the price of petrol rise again, as a result.

Wotan

Indeed, how many times could I have filled my dieselbus car with the oil thats leaked all over the gulf?

 

[joe-90]

so oil well burns and leaks oil.... sholdn't they install some sort of boom a mile out, surrounding the rig (all rigs?) for such an incident?

Oil emulsifies. Why are you so dumb?

Yep, it emulsifies so well in sea water the the US Coastguard has just issued a warning about the oil spill reaching land.

You Plank.

I think you should learn a little before waffling on.


Emulsified oil has a lower density and travels lower in the water strata thus travels under the boom.

 

[Lincsbodger]

so oil well burns and leaks oil.... sholdn't they install some sort of boom a mile out, surrounding the rig (all rigs?) for such an incident?

Oil emulsifies. Why are you so dumb?

Refined 20W50 engine oil might do, but this isnt refined oil, its Mexican Crude. Crude oil is a mixture of every fraction of oil there is from petroleum, paraffin, light oils, machine oils, engine oils, and down to butumen and tar.

Crude oil in sea water behaves in a specific way. The light factions evaporate off, the medium factions disperse into thin films, the heavier factions might emulsify, and the heavy factions do nothing, they just float and stick to stuff and make a mess, and take years to disperse or weather.