Saturday, August 20, 2011

The Week In Green Numbers : North Sea Oil Leak Special!

100 tonnes

- initial report of how much oil had leaked

216 tonnes

- subsequent estimate of how much oil had leaked

1,300 barrels

- size of the leak in barrels

30 years old

- age of the pipe which is leaking

800 feet

- depth of the pipe

60 square miles

- surface slick on Sunday

0.5 square miles

- surface slick on Monday

16 square miles

- surface slick on Tuesday

112 miles

- location of the leak from Aberdeen

13,500 barrels per day

- production of the Gannet Alpha rig, where the leak originates

294

- oil spills per year in the North Sea between 2005 - 2009

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