The proven means of shutting in a well after the blow out preventers have failed is to drill a relief well. BP is currently drilling 2 wells, one well as a back up. The problem with this solution is that due to the depth of the blow out, it takes 3 months.
The "top kill" is not a proven means of killing a well at 5,000 ft of water depth. There is a significant chance of failure. As of May 28, it is not known if this has succeeded. If it works, it has shorten the time to kill the well by 40 to 60 days.
Other alternatives are to cut the riser pipe where is comes out of the blow out preventer and to place a second blow out preventer over the first one. This is also unconventional at 5,000 ft of water.
By late July, if top kill or other procedures have not succeeded, the relief wells will almost certainly, succeed.
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The gulf oil spill started on the 20th April 2010.
The BP oil spill is in the Gulf of Mexico.
There was no 'gulf stream oil spill' per say. Rather, the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill has reached the Gulf. This spill started on 2010 April 20, reaching the gulf stream approximately in August.
April 20, 2010.
April - 20- 2010
The media is using a variety of names. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill seems to be the most common name. The name of the rig that caught fire and sank was the Deepwater Horizon. The BP oil spill is also common , but BP has other spills, so BP oil spill 2010 is better. The oil spill from the Macondo well is also clear. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is common, but since there have been others, Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010 is better.
No, there was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Seventeen [17] employees were hurt in the events that began the oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. Another eleven [11] were injured fatally.
how would the oil spill in gulf Mexico affect the dolphins.
What caused the the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was an oil well blowout and explosion.
April, 2010. The Deepwater Horizon spill began with the explosion and fire on April 20, 2010.
The Deepwater Horizon spill began with the explosion and fire on April 20, 2010.