Posted by fayeroe on August 6, 2010, at 18:05:21
In reply to Re: BP 'MAY' drill again in Gulf of Mexico » sigismund, posted by sigismund on August 6, 2010, at 17:47:23
> >I saw a map of the existing wells in the Gulf. There were around 3,000. I remember there were 3 sectors.
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> That of course was not the whole Gulf.
> That was just off the coast of the USA.In Oklahoma I will see wells that are one "section" apart at times. Most generally there will be more than one. A section in Oklahoma is 600 acres. I don't know how Texas divides their land.
I have never been able to grasp the concept of underwater drilling so I'm sure not up on how many wells are there. I will pull a map up and look at it.
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