Marshall..... I was off a bit. There is methane mixed with the oil under very high pressure. This is what was drilled into and produced the big gas bubble that blew past the blowout preventers, then exploded, destroying the rig. The methane hydrates are on the ocean floor and were clogging up the containment dome effort. I had thought the methane hydrates were in the oil reservoir. As you said they need cold temperatures and high pressures to exist on the ocean floor as crystals
g On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Marshall Dudley <[email protected]>wrote: > OK, the article indicates that the methane hydrate is at the bottom of the > Gulf, that is being formed from ice water at the bottom, and gas from below. > I thought you were saying that it was coming up from the well, where the > oil temperature is likely well over 100 degrees. > > If you wish to discuss this further, please do so on the OT list, where > most other responses have moved. I posted the original article here by > mistake. > > Marshall > > Garrick wrote: > >> >> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22methane%20hydrates%22&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS358US358&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wn< >> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22methane%20hydrates%22&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS358US358&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wn >> > >> >> >> Methane hydrates are all over the news......Yep They are "plaguing" the BP >> well according to the news >> >> G >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Marshall Dudley >> <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Are you sure there are methane hydrates there? They require >> temperatures below freezing, and we are talking about the Gulf. >> Although ocean temperatures drop as you go deeper, crust >> temperatures increase, normally at a nominal 1 degree per 100 feet >> as you go down. That is 52 degrees per mile increase in >> temperature. I don't see how it could be possible to have hydrate >> with that deep hole. >> >> Marshall >> >> >> >> > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > > > -- Gurdjieff-- How can you expect fairness and decency on a planet of sleeping people?
