What happens when there is an earth collapse?

Question

Saudi Arabia pumps a cubic mile of crude oil out of earth every seven years at its present rate (which they hope to increase). In that this has been going on for many decades, if there is a land collapse, what will happen to the US, in that we depend on the Middle East for 60 percent of our oil?

Answer 1

first, not sure where your data is from.. but..

the US consumption of oil is 20 million 42 gallon barrels per day.
of that, 50% is domestic and 50% is imported. 1/2 of imported oil comes from the middle east. That's 5 million 42 gallon barrels per day. Saudi Arabia supplies 30% of that for a total of 1.5 million barrels per day...

(1.5 x 10^6/day) x 42 gal x (7.48 ft^3/gal) x (1 mile / 5280 ft)^3 = 1.16 cubic miles per year for the US alone.

Saudi Arabias actual oil output is 10 times that amount for a total of about 10 cubic miles per year. But, all that oil is pumped out in over 80 oil fields and >1000 wells. So let's call it .01 cubic miles of oil per well per year. In addition, as oil is pumped out, other materials take it's place. like soil, water, etc.

Creating a giant subterran cavern that makes the oil wells collapse isn't the biggest issue. The biggest issue is what happens when the oil begins to run out. Current known oil reserves are about 1 trillion barrels Current world consumption is about 110 million barrels per day. Comes out to about 12 years. Now most scientists think we will find more oil and usage will increase but the supplies will only last for about 50-60 years or so.

1/2 of US oil consumption go to fuel refinerys. 60% of that oil is converted to all fuels (including automotive, aviation, diesel, etc). The rest is used for other things. The other 1/2 of oil is also used for other things. What things? Generally, all plastics are petroleum based. When we run out of oil, we run out of gas for cars, rubber products, ziplock baggies, dvd's sunglasses, 1 gallon milk jugs, credit cards, etc.

Answer 2

The earth doesn't collapse, because they don't just evacuate the oil cavities. They replace the oil. Even if it did collapse a bit and the sand dunes shifted, it wouldn't irreparably harm their production.

The world would be in a pickle if we suddenly ran out of oil, but fortunately, we're discovering oil faster than we're using it, so the run-out time is not going to be any time soon. Hopefully by the time it happens, technology will have advanced to the point where we have other viable alternatives. Political instability and the possibility of global climate change are the more pressing drivers towards alternative energy research. Running out of oil isn't the issue.

Answer 3

when crude oil is beening out of earth,the inner water of earth is beening insteade of it

Answer 4

A long air hose from planet ARGON comes down and pumps us back up.

Answer 5

were gonna die