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>If they get left without being dismantled for a while, they will get into a very dangerous state where they are about to fall apart and it is too dangerous to
by Ntrails 9y ago
>If they get left without being dismantled for a while, they will get into a very dangerous state where they are about to fall apart and it is too dangerous to even approach them. Then dismantling them will be much more expensive.
Once the Well itself is plugged, what are the realistic consequences of just letting the things rust into oblivion?
- dx034 9y agoI guess they could crash, start floating around and hit ships.
- mason240 9y agoThe value of scrap metal is so high I'm guessing the recovery will pay for itself.
- gideonparanoid 9y agoThat depends on how environmentally friendly you want to be in reclaiming that steel [0]: > A secondhand vessel is currently worth about $190 per tonne to a shipbreaking yard in Turkey, a price established by the local market in reclaimed steel. Sail on to China and a different market, and the same metal is worth $210 per tonne. At breakers’ yards in Alang in India, Chittagong in Bangladesh and Gadani in Pakistan, they will pay around $280 per tonne. Meanwhile, at the EU-approved shipbreaking sites, which are bound to conform to continental waste laws, and where vessels are dismantled in closed-off quays or dry docks, rates are less competitive: European yards offer zero dollars per tonne, and, in fact, tend to ask a fee to take a shipowners’ junk. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/02/where-oil-rigs-go-to-die https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/02/where-oil-r...
- mason240 9y agoInteresting, thanks.