re: #76 Lemon

A great, and very sobering piece by 60 Minutes.

Does anyone know how much oil is estimated to be undersea still? I know they plan to have relief wells in August, but will it still be leaking with as much force, or will the pocket be somewhat depleted by then?

I guess I’m just wondering how long it would continue to leak if it couldn’t be stopped.

The pocket would eventually be depleted, or the formation would collapse in on itself and close off by itself, but no telling how long that could take.

They have managed to get a pipe down there and are now bringing oil up to a ship at the surface. So the leakage is a bit more contained than it was. Unsure as to how much this will contain it, but it’s something.