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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (924790)3/6/2016 7:39:54 PM
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You should differentiate between rigs and wells. Rigs are often left in place knowing they'll function as artificial reefs for fish.

Is someone monitoring the many natural oil seeps in the GOM?

Twice an Exxon Valdez spill worth of oil seeps into the Gulf of Mexico every year, according to a new study that will be presented January 27 at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

But the oil isn't destroying habitats or wiping out ocean life. The ooze is a natural phenomena that's been going on for many thousands of years, according to Roger Mitchell, Vice President of Program Development at the Earth Satellite Corporation (EarthSat) in Rockville Md. "The wildlife have adapted and evolved and have no problem dealing with the oil," he said.

Oil that finds its way to the surface from natural seeps gets broken down by bacteria and ends up as carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. .....
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000127082228.htm
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