ESCI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hummer H3, Wellhead, Lignite
6 Jun 2020
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4. 9 million barrels of oil (205. 8 million gallons) leaked from the deep-water horizon well. About half the amount of crude oil the us imports per day. 19 times more oil leaked from deep-water horizon than spilled from the exxon valdez in 1989 (10. 8 million gallons). 62,000 barrels leaking per day when the wellhead first broke. roughly the amount of oil consumed in delaware each day. 53,000 barrels leaking per day when the well was capped on july 15th roughly the amount of oil consumed in rhode island each day. 397. 7 million dollars worth of the oil spilled at current market prices (. 17 per barrel). 184,181 times you could drive a toyota prius (48 mpg highway) around the earth at the equator using the lost oil. 69,068 times you could drive a hummer h3 (18mpg highway) around the earth 311 olympic-size swimming pools that could be filled with the oil that leaked from deepwater.
