BP oil spill, are we all going to die?!?

[Toony]

Drilling at 5k feet presents problems shallow (500') drilling doesn't.

Any guesses as to why they were drilling at 5k?

[Taxi]

Originally Posted by Toony [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Drilling at 5k feet presents problems shallow (500') drilling doesn't.

Any guesses as to why they were drilling at 5k?

Theyre running out of Oil along shorelines and on land. Thats not a scientific affirmation, thats what i could muster from reading recent articles about the spill here and there.

I understand its the same reason why theres an industry in Alberta about extracting oil from bitumous sands (spelling).

[Toony]

Originally Posted by Taxi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Theyre running out of Oil along shorelines and on land. Thats not a scientific affirmation, thats what i could muster from reading recent articles about the spill here and there.

I understand its the same reason why theres an industry in Alberta about extracting oil from bitumous sands (spelling).

"Running out" is a relative term, but yeah it isn't getting any easier to drill shallow. There are still relatively large amounts of oil inland, but environmental concerns typically outweigh rights to those wells. One contributing factor to why they were out there is the 'Deep Water Royalty Relief Act'.

Ya know when you think about it, which is an easier accident to address, one on land or one at 5k feet deep?

[Excision Rottun]

Originally Posted by Taxi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I understand its the same reason why theres an industry in Alberta about extracting oil from bitumous sands (spelling).

The reason they are extracting from the Athabasca Oilsands, is that it contains about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum.

[Taxi]

Originally Posted by Excision Rottun [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The reason they are extracting from the Athabasca Oilsands, is that it contains about 1.7 trillion barrels of bitumen in-place, comparable in magnitude to the world's total proven reserves of conventional petroleum.

Ahh, i see.

Ive heard it said that its responsible for releasing more climate warming gas than any other methods, but not a scientific opinion here either.