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Oil spills from Prudhoe pipeline
Anchorage Daily News ^ | November 29th, 2009 10:57 PM | Associated Press

Posted on 11/30/2009 5:02:20 AM PST by thackney

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To: thackney

I love your threads and appreciate your postings. I’ve learned more about the petroleum industry than I’d ever known or could find out alone.

Thanks. You’ve helped me make many liberals miserable with all your hard facts and data. They really hate reality.


21 posted on 11/30/2009 6:14:10 AM PST by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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The 8,400 sq. ft. footprint is less than one-third the size of the footprint of John Edwards’ 28,200-square-foot North Carolina house and the enviros aren’t protesting that. And....the Edwards’ house is permanent....the oil spill is probably all cleaned up by now.


22 posted on 11/30/2009 6:26:56 AM PST by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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BP reports oil spill near Prudhoe Bay

Just damn!

23 posted on 11/30/2009 6:51:59 AM PST by houeto (Free Republic will not support RINOS!! Rudy McRomney, et al, can go straight to hell!! -JR)
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Too bad environmentalists cannot comprehend the immense effort that goes into keeping Alaska “clean and pristine”.

That would be too easy and totally against their radical agenda.

24 posted on 11/30/2009 6:53:22 AM PST by b4its2late (Before you can control a horse, you have to break it. Sound familiar?)
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To: freekitty

Two points:

First, it is important not to confuse Prudhoe Bay with all of the Alaskan North Slope, although some media reports will mix these terms up. Prodhoe Bay is one of more than 30 fields Oil fields already drilled on the North Slope. But it was the first and was the largest.

Production is reduced, but continues. Currently there are a lot of enhanced oil recovery methods being used to recover more of the oil in place. Prudhoe Bay field is currently expected to recover ~60% of the oil in place, which is very high compared to most fields.

Of the fields already tapped (important distinction) Prudhoe Bay remains the largest remaining reserve with current production technology.

At the time of this report (most current) Prudhoe Bay was producing more barrels per day than any other field. But I believe since then (2006 data) Alpine may have exceeded it.

More info at:
Alaska, Division of Oil and Gas 2007 Report
Section Three, Historic and Forecast Production
http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/products/publications/annual/2007_annual_report/3_HistProj_2007.pdf


25 posted on 11/30/2009 7:17:29 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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In other news, I dropped a dollop of shaving cream on my bathroom floor and wiped it up. That had a greater impact on my house than this spill had on Alaska.


26 posted on 11/30/2009 7:18:43 AM PST by Truth is a Weapon (Truth, it hurts soooo good!)
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To: Repeal The 17th
"8400 ft² = 0.192837 acres"

I noticed the same thing. I guess 84,000 square feet sounds a lot scarier than about a fifth of an acre. What we really need are scientific projections of polar bear and caribou deaths directly related to this enormous environmental disaster.

27 posted on 11/30/2009 7:44:14 AM PST by Fetid Facts (Under Democrats, "The law is a ass--a idiot.")
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To: thackney

LOL

I worked the Komi oil spill (back in 95) - the oil was 3 to 9 meters deep in places. Now, THAT was a spill.

http://www1.american.edu/ted/KOMI.HTM has some of the details - but even this is inaccurate. Up to the time of Gulf War I and Saddam blew the oil perminal, this was the biggest land spill to date.

SPOT has some good images as well.


28 posted on 11/30/2009 7:55:34 AM PST by ASOC (This space is for Sale or Rent - just like CONgress)
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BP has a very good spill responce team up there that is well equipped. I was working in Prudhoe until September this year. People don’t understand just how much effort they put into prevent and respond to spills. BP will not allow a cup of coffee to be poured out on the tundra!


29 posted on 11/30/2009 9:51:49 AM PST by El Laton Caliente (NRA Life Member & www.Gunsnet.net Moderator)
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To: pas

I like hugh and alex.


30 posted on 11/30/2009 10:12:29 AM PST by DWC (what do kids know about)
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