At least 42000 gallons of oil per day is leaking from the well head about 5000 feet below the ocean surface. The spill has increased to some 1800 square miles and still growing.+++ Spill grows to 2100 square miles with new oil leak discovered bringing leakage to at least 5000 barrels a day and Coast Guard starts trying to burn-off some of the heavy oil on the surface. 04/28/2010 Update: They say that the oil leak has grown to some 3000000 gallons per day and covering over 10000 square miles. 05/15/2010 Video Rating: 3 / 5
This is a solution proposal for stopping or reducing the current oil leak caused by the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico. The biggest difficulty is implementing it at 5000 feet depth. Would be interested in knowing what others think about the feasability of this proposal and how to improve it. A special thank you goes out to all those helping out in this disaster. Under the current circumstances lets hope for the best. Andy B. Video Rating: 3 / 5
NEW ORLEANS – Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon April 21, 2010. A Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors April 21, 2010. Multiple Coast Guard helicopters, planes and cutters responded to rescue the Deepwater Horizon’s 126 person crew. US Coast Guard video by Air Station New Orleans
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