2006-09-08 17:37:46 · 7 answers · asked by mabell 1 in Environment
I think the oil companies pump water down there to help move the oil up. And even if they didn't it would probably fill with ground water.
The weird part of some drilling is that most of the pollution comes from the drills opening up pockets of ancient sea water trapped for millenia.
2006-09-08 17:41:24 · answer #1 · answered by John K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry I don't have an answer, but I do know that the ground level can settle lower from the water table being dropped from over-welling. I imagine removing oil could have the same effect, although modern oil drilling most likely accounts for this, whether replacing the oil with water, or the layers of earth above do not require the support of the oil anyway.
2006-09-08 17:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
while the oil is extracted from the earth noting will ensue. with the aid of fact the oil isn't saved in huge caves as many rather everyone seems to be believing. the certainty is that the oil is saved in formations of porous stones (i.e. sandstone)and the oil are made from the area between the partickles that are recent interior the stone.
2016-11-06 22:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they pump out the oil salt water moves in ,there is some gas space due to the pressure but when the gas comes out salt water replaces it.
2006-09-09 08:07:52 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the situation is anything like our skin, the earth will have less pimples
(less oily skin always makes for less pimples)
2006-09-08 17:43:05 · answer #5 · answered by ASLotaku 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We'll probably implode.
2006-09-08 17:40:02 · answer #6 · answered by unicornfarie1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flatulence
2006-09-08 17:39:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋