Monthly Archives: June 2010
How much oil flows into the sea aside from the BP spill?
The answer to the flow question turns out to be a lot. Natural seeps turned out to account for 600 kilotons annually, or 47 percent of the total. Consumption — from such activities as boating, urban runoff and industrial wastes … Continue reading
Even a miss can generate large waves that could greatly complicate clean-up efforts from Louisiana to Florida.
For now, Tropical Storm Alex, which is hitting the western Caribbean with rain and high winds, is not expected to pass close to BP Plc.’s blown-out well off the Louisiana coast. But even a miss that only generates large waves … Continue reading
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Boat Captain: BP Burning Sea Turtles Alive
Captain Mike Ellis of Venice, Louisana describes how BP is incinerating endangered sea turtles in its attempt to burn off spilled oil floating in the Gulf of Mexico near the wreck of the Deepwater Horizon. The turtles are getting trapped … Continue reading
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Oil Slick From Space June 19th, 2010
On Saturday, June 19, 2010, oil spread northeast from the leaking Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil appears as a maze of silvery-gray ribbons in this photo-like image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on … Continue reading
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According to the NOAA oil plume model, the oil plume is 4 miles from Pensacola, 73 miles from Mexico Beach and 285 miles from St. Petersburg.
NOAA trajectories indicate possible shoreline impacts along the western panhandle through Saturday as far east as the Choctawhatchee Bay. http://bit.ly/cn6FSK Interactive map on original source
The containment cap collecting crude comes off and more oil leaks faster, the human toll of the leak rises as a fishing captain apparently commits suicide and hurricane expert Joe Bastardi warned Wednesday that a tropical storm could form in the region next week. One computer model projects a strengthening tropical cyclone moving toward Louisiana from the Caribbean.
“The tropics are bubbling and the lid is about to pop off for our first threat of the season,” Bastardi said in a statement. A more hurricane-resistant system is being built. In the meantime, Allen said, the Discoverer Horizon ship … Continue reading
BP Is Pursuing Alaska Drilling Some Call Risky!
BP’s project, called Liberty, has been exempted as regulators have granted it status as an “onshore” project even though it is about three miles off the coast in the Beaufort Sea. The reason: it sits on an artificial island — … Continue reading
Cap Causes More Oil to Gush in Gulf
BP suffered another setback in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, when a discharge of liquid and gases forced the company to remove the containment cap that for three weeks had been able to capture a large portion of the … Continue reading
Martin Feldman, judge who overturned Obama Gulf drilling ban, had investments in oil: 2008 report.
Prior to Feldman’s ruling, the ban on deepwater drilling, pertaining to wells 500 feet or more below the surface, suspended drilling in 33 wells for up to six months. http://bit.ly/bvU4r6
