Question by my life is not over: possible solution to oil spill?
I came across a comment which I need opinions on
“I have developed a concept to reduce the ecological catastrophe of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
In my opinion, the unique solution to reduce scales of ecological accident in Mexican
Gulf is to immediately start downloading liquid nitrogen into the oil well’s breakthroughs.
The low temperature will increase the viscosity of oil and may even freeze it.
The freezing will slow down the speed of emission of oil and make it easier to facilitate the collection of oil in the off shore sector.
BP has tried cement, mud and a dome to contain the oil spill. The “Top Kill†concept has not worked and will not work, it is dead concept.
So, BP wasted time with “top kill�
And a new plan “B†of the BP only exacerbates the ecological situation.
I can offer “Know-Howâ€If you would like to discuss this concept with me please contact me:
Constantine Balakiryan”
Does this make sense? would this help any?
Best answer:
Answer by Panaz
Liquid Nitrogen isnt cheap if i recall right, I say we should use Hay, If we use Hay the farmers will get a huge boost plus hay has been proven to absorb the oil and minimize the possible damage by a huge amount
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5 Responses
i think you have a great base. more ellaborating on “how” they can do this. It is a terrible problem that needs to be fixed and you got the right idea. Keep with it.
Liquid nitrogen isn’t cheap? If it’s cheaper than 100 million to use it, then BP is doing alright.
However, the oil will thaw out pretty quickly as nitrogen evaporates at -200 degrees.
I saw an interesting video on YouTube. This guy used cat tails (the plant) to clean oil out of water he dumped in a bucket. He also said that if one person picked cat tails for 7 hours, they could gather enough to get 2 tonnes of oil out of the water, which would help people affected by this get a job. The oil is also salvageable, which cuts costs for BP since that’s their main goal here.
Liquid nitrogen would be hard to deliver in enough bulk, and pumping it into the well would only RAISE the pressure of the oil coming out, and aerate it, making it disperse faster in the water! Also, a large volume of Nitrogen dissolved in the water would serve to decrease the amount of Oxygen the water can hold – thus probably killing more marine life in anoxic conditions.
Nope, that is a non-starter!
Liquid nitrogen is very expensive & you’d struggle to find even half the amount needed to pull this off.
Nice Idea, but here is the real issue
Any attempt to freeze, plug, crimp or restrict the flow of oil out of the pipe would cause pressure to be created that would tend to push the drill pipe out of the well. The blowout preventer is anchored to the sea bed so that it could take and control the force of the oil trying to escape, not the drill pipe.
But the blow out preventer failed, so there is no way to cut off the flow and control the pressure
If you just crimped the drill pipe, or created an ice plug in the pipe, the pressure in the well could blow the pipe out of the well, leaving you with an unlined hole in the earth that would be even harder to plug.
This is why all the things BP had tried have had one thing in common, they have not placed any additional pressure on the drill pipe, If that pipe is ejected out of the well, we may never be able to stop the blowout.