Your task is to estimate the quantity of oil that leaked from the Deep Water Horizon well between 20 April and 15 July 2011. I hope you will be surprised to discover that reasonable estimates from a small quantity of available data are possible and reveal much about this "Tragedy of the Commons." To do this, you need a few important pieces of information: The diameter of the Deep Water Horizon oil pipe is 21 inches. The oil stream emanating from the pipe exits at about 21 inches per second. 12 x 12 x 12 = 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot. To find the cross-section of the pipe, you need to know that the area of a circle is: A = πr^2 Convert cu in/day to cubic feet per day: __________________________ cu ft/day Convert cu ft/day to barrels/day (5.61 cu ft/barrel of oil): _ bbl/day (Note: bbl is the abbreviation for ‘barrels’) Multiply bbl/day x 86 days: _= total barrels of oil leaked. Calculate the gallons of oil leaked: _______= total gallons of oil leaked (There are 42 U.S. gallons in a barrel of oil). Respond: Review chapter 6 of the linked report found in the Unit 5 Student Tasks Guide. Discuss at least three environmental impacts caused by this devastating oil spill.

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Your task is to estimate the quantity of oil that leaked from the Deep Water Horizon well between 20 April and 15 July 2011. I hope you will be surprised to discover that reasonable estimates from a small quantity of available data are possible and reveal much about this "Tragedy of the Commons."

To do this, you need a few important pieces of information:

The diameter of the Deep Water Horizon oil pipe is 21 inches.
The oil stream emanating from the pipe exits at about 21 inches per second.
12 x 12 x 12 = 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot.
To find the cross-section of the pipe, you need to know that the area of a circle is: A = πr^2

Convert cu in/day to cubic feet per day: ______________________________________ cu ft/day
Convert cu ft/day to barrels/day (5.61 cu ft/barrel of oil): _________________________ bbl/day (Note: bbl is the abbreviation for ‘barrels’)
Multiply bbl/day x 86 days: _________________________________= total barrels of oil leaked.
Calculate the gallons of oil leaked: ___________________________= total gallons of oil leaked (There are 42 U.S. gallons in a barrel of oil).
Respond: Review chapter 6 of the linked report found in the Unit 5 Student Tasks Guide. Discuss at least three environmental impacts caused by this devastating oil spill.

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