"Lobby Dosser" wrote in
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"Zz Yzx" wrote in message
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What are your thoughts on the Catastrophe possibility put forth: that
the sea bottom will collapse (due to the BOP falling over) in the
immediate vicinity of the well and cause a tsunami - among other
cataclysmic issues?


The well is about 18,000 feet deep below the seabed. It's highly unlikely
that 18,000 feet of rock will suddenly collapse into a previously oil-
filled void. Remember, the oil is being forced out by pressure. This
pressure has to come from somewhere, and is most likely the surrounding
rock slowly compressing the reservoir. As the reservoir empties, the rock
will slowly settle into the available space.

What is maybe more likely, in addition to general poisoning of the Gulf
ecosystem, is that the water temperature in the Gulf will rise to a point
where the methane hydrates thaw out, releasing untold quantities of
methane, a potent greenhouse gas, not to mention toxic to most life,
resulting in mass extinction on a global level. Sounds like fun?