Oil release from Macondo Well MC252 following the deepwater horizon accident

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5616-5622

  Griffiths, Stewart K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE CALCULATIONS; DEEPWATER; GULF OF MEXICO; INITIAL FLOW; OIL FLOW RATE; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; SEA FLOOR; WELLHEAD PRESSURES;

ACCIDENTS; BLOWOUT PREVENTION; EROSION; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

FLOW RATE;

OIL; WELL WATER;

DEEP WATER; DISCHARGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEAFLOOR;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FLOW RATE; GULF OF MEXICO; PRESSURE; WATER SUPPLY;

GULF OF MEXICO; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; OILS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84861123522     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204569t     Document Type: Article

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