Does removing oil from the earth causes problems within its core?

Question

By removing oil from the earth, does this cause problems for the core, like not being able to stay on its magnetic axis, therefore, if the earth move about a fraction of a degree from its axis, will cause similarities such as global warming, ice melts at the poles and more imbalances through out the world

Answer 1

Actually Yukos has been drilling about 7 miles deep for several decades. So far nothing but small surface settling.
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"In 1970 the Russians started drilling Kola SG-3, an exploration well which finally reached a staggering world record depth of 40,230 feet. Since then, Russian oil majors including Yukos have quietly drilled more than 310 successful super-deep oil wells, and put them into production. Last Year Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest single oil producer, and is now set to completely dominate global oil production and sales for the next century. "

Silicon Valley floor dropped about 6 - 10 feet when water table went from artesian wells to drilling about 150' for water.

Answer 2

We are not causing any problems with the core. The core is thousands of miles down and we are rarely going more than a mile. When we extract oil, there is plenty of water to take its place. There are a few places that have subsided becuase of the liquid that we removed but it is a minor problem. Too often, some, like the previous answerer, believe that everything man does is extremely destructive to the enviroment. They go to rediculous extremes to make their point. It simply won't imbalance the world because the amount removed is probably less than a trillionth the mass.

Answer 3

The crust is an exceedingly skinny layer on an exceedingly great planet. there's an magnificent quantity of warmth generated in the middle, that's hundreds of miles under the place the oil is. removing even each and every of the oil will have not any consequence on earth's warmth, that's rotation, that's magnetic orientation, etc. Fossil fuels do consequence the greenhouse consequence and international warming simply by byproducts of their use, yet no longer by using their removing from below the crust.

Answer 4

It wouldn't cause problems with the Earths actual core, the oil we plunder from the Earth is never much deeper than a mile down, on the surface layer of the the planet, the crust. It is nowhere near the actual core.

However, removing such large amounts of oil from massive underground caverns may one day lead to huge sink-holes or underground collapses. We know very little about such geology deep down, and it's very dangerous to do such things without more knowledge.

Answer 5

I doubt oil has anything to do with the core as it floats on the surface of the water table. There are some processes which we are actally pumping water into the ground to force the oil out. Mostly in Alberta it is a digging process and the oil is then extracted from the sand. I think removing oil from our water supply would be a bennefical process.

Answer 6

No. All the oil we have ever removed came from the crust. No well of any kind has ever been drilled anywhere near as deep as the core of Earth, or even the mantle.

Answer 7

No study has ever proven or disproved this. But if it is in the ground, why should it not be used.

Removing the oil has never caused anything as far as earthquakes, etc. We live on this planet and use natural resources. Oil is but one of many natural resources we consume.

Answer 8

If it does, I am sure the oil companies wouldn't tell you. At the rate that they are pumping the oil out, there will be a cavity the size of Kuwait which will eventually cave in, but who cares? The plunderers won't be around when it happens.

Answer 9

i am not sure but i don't think it affects it at all. the earth's core is many miles deep within the earth and our drilling is superficial so its a long way for them to reach core.

Answer 10

theoretically you are on the right track, stay tuned for further developments, no one knows the true answer to that one, but we are all bozo`s on the same bus, if it does come unhinged, it will be a catastrophy no one can stop, kind of like dominoes, once the chain reaction starts, how many can you knock over before we`re all going down for the count?