Recent content by gwangi

I'm new here and unfamiliar with the rules on specificity to subject matter being discussed so please excuse me for introducing a tangential question about the oil leak. I recently asked this question in Earth forum but it seems I should have asked it here. According to news media sources...

I misread an earlier comment in another thread. The poster said that the temp at the wellwead leak was +10 F above freezing (+42 F) not +10 F. Found some interesting and pertinent at engineering toolbox. but it looks like I have to spend some in a relearning curve before I can apply any of...

The only source of information I have is the standard news that everyone hears, and according to that the vast majority of the stuff is billowing around a few hundred feet above the bottom, while only a small quantity is actually floating. And even that description changes day by day. Is it...

this oil leak in the Gulf has got me wondering about a few things. There are a lot of questions being asked and the only answers seem vague and uninformed. I'm new here so bear with me as I learn the etiquette. My primary question is why is this oil staying near the bottom when its STP...