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jellybaby in reply to @starfish&coffee

Once oil starts gushing out you can’t just plug the hole again.

How much oil gushes out? I got the impression a lot was pumped out. All those nodding donkeys with the sun setting behind them in movies must be doing something.

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Stonehedge in reply to @jellybaby

It depends on dozens if not hundreds of factors. Its extremely complicated.

The ability to turn off production has been a mandatory requirement for new wells a long time (decades I think) but accidents happen. Like Deepwater Horizon.

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deleted in reply to @Stonehedge

Deepwater was a decommissioned well that hadn't been capped properly I think... Brother in law's job is calculating the concrete required for this, and I don't think he even has GCSE maths which is slightly terrifying and makes me quite amazed that more accidents haven't happened.

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