Environmental attention has recently shifted to the wastewater that comes back to the surface during drilling.
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If all went without the tiniest hiccup, something that never happens when you are drilling five miles below the surface, and if the drilling proceeded at 150 feet per day as it has been recently, they could drill to the targeted depth in just five more days.
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The company also claims that the gel does not carry drilling chemicals back to the surface, a problem with traditional fracking.
But we have to acknowledge that there are inherent risks to drilling four miles beneath the surface of the Earth, and these are risks -- (applause) -- these are risks that are bound to increase the harder oil extraction becomes.
The effort, called a "top kill, " involved plugging the ruptured deep-sea well by pumping heavy drilling fluid into it from the surface, nearly a mile above.
During the spill, half of the oil and most of the gas from the drilling rig never made it to the surface.
The process involves drilling a bore hole and using explosives or water to force gas to the surface.
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Rescue crews have been drilling three separate wider holes to send down the rescue capsule and hoist the men to the surface.
They generally require the drillers to file a plan for royalty-sharing when the drilling permit is issued for a specific unit, based upon known geometry of hydrocarbon reservoirs and surface area.
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