Events May 15, Day 26 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup and containment. The blast killed 11 workers. Since then, oil has been pouring into the Gulf from a blown-out undersea well at about 210,000 gallons per day.
CAPPING THE LEAK
BP PLC expressed confidence that its latest attempt to capture much of the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico will succeed despite a setback late Friday. Engineers trying to connect a lengthy tube to framework on the bottom of the ocean had to bring equipment back to the surface, but have returned it to the depths near the well. They hope to begin sucking oil to the surface Saturday night.
UNDERWATER CHEMICALS
BP began spraying chemical oil dispersants beneath the sea Saturday and said the technique appears to be reducing the amount of surface oil. Louisiana officials have expressed reservations because spraying has never been done underwater, but the Environmental Protection Agency still approved the move. Fishing groups also protested the underwater chemical use.
DAMAGE COMPENSATION
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano asked BP to make clear in public if the company will limit how much it will pay for cleaning up the spill and compensating people hurt by it. In a letter to BP's CEO Tony Hayward, she noted that he and other executives have said they are taking full responsibility for cleaning up the spill and will pay what they call "legitimate" claims. Napolitano asked BP to say clearly if will ignore the current $75 million cap set by law for liability in some oil-spill cases.
BP SAFETY
Records and interviews show that BP also owns another rig that operated in the Gulf of Mexico with incomplete and inaccurate engineering documents. In February, two months before the Deepwater Horizon spill, 19 members of Congress called on the agency that oversees offshore oil drilling to investigate a whistle-blower's complaints about the BP-owned Atlantis. A former federal judge whose law firm served as BP's ombudsman — Stanley Sporkin — 2007 said that the allegation "was substantiated, and that's it."
Source yahoo news .
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Oil Spill Activities-May 14, 2010
Events May 14, Day 25 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup and containment. The blast killed 11 workers. Since then, oil has been pouring into the Gulf from a blown-out undersea well at about 210,000 gallons per day.
PIPE INSIDE A PIPE
Out on the Gulf, BP engineers were working on a seemingly simple but risky maneuver — threading a mile-long, 6-inch tube into the 21-inch pipe gushing oil from the ocean floor. Technicians gingerly moving joysticks to guide deep-sea robots aimed to place the tube into the leak. BP only went ahead with the plan after X-raying the well pipe to make sure it would hold up with the stopper inside, spokesman David Nicholas said. They also had to check for any debris inside that may have been keeping the oil at bay — dislodging it threatened to amplify the geyser.
UNDERWATER CHEMICALS
Federal regulators have approved another tool for stanching the flow from the oil spill: BP can now shoot chemicals directly at the leak, 5,000 feet below, to break apart the oil before it reaches the surface. U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said the Environmental Protection Agency approved use of the chemicals, called dispersants, after three underwater tests.
'A RIDICULOUS SPECTACLE'
President Barack Obama sternly took the companies involved in the disaster to task for their finger-pointing, calling it a "ridiculous spectacle." Obama said that during congressional hearings, executives for BP, Transocean and Halliburton were "falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else." The president said he will not tolerate any more of it and added that all parties — including the federal government — should be prepared to accept blame.
COZY NO MORE
Obama also pledged an end to the cozy relationship between federal regulators and companies drilling offshore for oil and gas. The president said a lack of vigilant oversight contributed to explosion and oil spill. He said federal regulators sometimes have approved drilling plans based on the oil companies promising to use safe practices. He said the rule from now on will be "trust but verify."
HOW MUCH IS LEAKING?
Obama said it's unclear exactly how much oil is leaking into the Gulf. But he said the government is ready to handle a potentially "catastrophic event." Obama said Friday that no one knows exactly how much oil is leaking because human inspectors cannot reach the mile-deep well head. He said he would not rest until the leak is stopped, the oil is contained and cleaned up, and people of the Gulf region resume normal lives.
'AS BAD AS I THOUGHT'
Vice President Joe Biden said the federal government's oversight of offshore drilling "was as bad as I thought it was." Biden was responding to a question about a New York Times story published Friday about Gulf of Mexico drilling plans that received approval from the Obama administration without the permits required under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Biden told Pittsburgh radio station KDKA he thought lax federal oversight of permits was a problem throughout his six-term Senate career.
HUGE TAR BALLS
Louisiana wildlife officials found huge tar balls littering the beach at Port Fourchon, south of New Orleans, some of them 8 inches across. Laura Deslatte, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, said the glossy globs of oil were found along the entire beach at Port Fourchon. Workers from her department have not yet seen so much oil washed up anywhere else.
In Mississippi, officials were testing tar balls that washed up on that state's shores to determine if it came from the Gulf spill.
Source: yahoo news .
PIPE INSIDE A PIPE
Out on the Gulf, BP engineers were working on a seemingly simple but risky maneuver — threading a mile-long, 6-inch tube into the 21-inch pipe gushing oil from the ocean floor. Technicians gingerly moving joysticks to guide deep-sea robots aimed to place the tube into the leak. BP only went ahead with the plan after X-raying the well pipe to make sure it would hold up with the stopper inside, spokesman David Nicholas said. They also had to check for any debris inside that may have been keeping the oil at bay — dislodging it threatened to amplify the geyser.
UNDERWATER CHEMICALS
Federal regulators have approved another tool for stanching the flow from the oil spill: BP can now shoot chemicals directly at the leak, 5,000 feet below, to break apart the oil before it reaches the surface. U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said the Environmental Protection Agency approved use of the chemicals, called dispersants, after three underwater tests.
'A RIDICULOUS SPECTACLE'
President Barack Obama sternly took the companies involved in the disaster to task for their finger-pointing, calling it a "ridiculous spectacle." Obama said that during congressional hearings, executives for BP, Transocean and Halliburton were "falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else." The president said he will not tolerate any more of it and added that all parties — including the federal government — should be prepared to accept blame.
COZY NO MORE
Obama also pledged an end to the cozy relationship between federal regulators and companies drilling offshore for oil and gas. The president said a lack of vigilant oversight contributed to explosion and oil spill. He said federal regulators sometimes have approved drilling plans based on the oil companies promising to use safe practices. He said the rule from now on will be "trust but verify."
HOW MUCH IS LEAKING?
Obama said it's unclear exactly how much oil is leaking into the Gulf. But he said the government is ready to handle a potentially "catastrophic event." Obama said Friday that no one knows exactly how much oil is leaking because human inspectors cannot reach the mile-deep well head. He said he would not rest until the leak is stopped, the oil is contained and cleaned up, and people of the Gulf region resume normal lives.
'AS BAD AS I THOUGHT'
Vice President Joe Biden said the federal government's oversight of offshore drilling "was as bad as I thought it was." Biden was responding to a question about a New York Times story published Friday about Gulf of Mexico drilling plans that received approval from the Obama administration without the permits required under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Biden told Pittsburgh radio station KDKA he thought lax federal oversight of permits was a problem throughout his six-term Senate career.
HUGE TAR BALLS
Louisiana wildlife officials found huge tar balls littering the beach at Port Fourchon, south of New Orleans, some of them 8 inches across. Laura Deslatte, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, said the glossy globs of oil were found along the entire beach at Port Fourchon. Workers from her department have not yet seen so much oil washed up anywhere else.
In Mississippi, officials were testing tar balls that washed up on that state's shores to determine if it came from the Gulf spill.
Source: yahoo news .
I want to shove bagasse down his throat.....
Tony Hayward, the beleaguered chief executive of BP, has claimed its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is "relatively tiny" compared with the "very big ocean".
In an bullish interview with the Guardian at BP's crisis centre in Houston, Hayward insisted that the leaked oil and the estimated 400,000 gallons of dispersant that BP has pumped into the sea to try to tackle the slick should be put in context.
"The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume," he said.
By the way, Bagasse is a byproduct of sugar cane and when treated with amonia has proven to be an excellent source of oil spill cleanup.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Being taken for a ride
Something inside of me says that BP/Transocean/Haliburton and anyone else involved in the Gulf Oil Spill is taking Louisiana's citizens for a ride.
It's been almost a month since the explosion. Thousands of people have been yanked back and forth in the shrimp season open/shrimp season closed. Same with oysters, crabs, fishing.
I'm tired of BP's daily updates on what they've spent so far.
And I'm afraid that our fisher people are going to get screwed by big bidness, probably with the help of MMS. After all, BP and MMS have partied and had sex together, so they're good buddies, aren't they?
BP has proven their wiley ways by preying upon the Asian fisher people through provision of training in english, not considering that nearly half of their class of Asian fishers don't speak english. Where are you Spencer Aronfeld?
Our coastal residents are being told that the air quality is good, yet people are suffering from symptoms that weren't present three weeks ago.
I feel that there are more wildlife annihilations than those that are being reported.
I can smell a huge coverup.
Like Katrina, this is bigger than politics, but the politicians - outside of the affected states - don't care unless it concerns them.
It's very frustrating here, where hundreds of ideas come in on how to clean up the coast. Those suggestions cannot be taken into consideration until BP/Coast Guard approval. Anyone who's worked for corporate America knows how long the approval process is.
I'm at the point where I want to scream until my voice is gone.
Oh, and there's a lovely stench of oil outside my backdoor, mixing with the 85% humidity. Ugh.
Pray for us!
It's been almost a month since the explosion. Thousands of people have been yanked back and forth in the shrimp season open/shrimp season closed. Same with oysters, crabs, fishing.
I'm tired of BP's daily updates on what they've spent so far.
And I'm afraid that our fisher people are going to get screwed by big bidness, probably with the help of MMS. After all, BP and MMS have partied and had sex together, so they're good buddies, aren't they?
BP has proven their wiley ways by preying upon the Asian fisher people through provision of training in english, not considering that nearly half of their class of Asian fishers don't speak english. Where are you Spencer Aronfeld?
Our coastal residents are being told that the air quality is good, yet people are suffering from symptoms that weren't present three weeks ago.
I feel that there are more wildlife annihilations than those that are being reported.
I can smell a huge coverup.
Like Katrina, this is bigger than politics, but the politicians - outside of the affected states - don't care unless it concerns them.
It's very frustrating here, where hundreds of ideas come in on how to clean up the coast. Those suggestions cannot be taken into consideration until BP/Coast Guard approval. Anyone who's worked for corporate America knows how long the approval process is.
I'm at the point where I want to scream until my voice is gone.
Oh, and there's a lovely stench of oil outside my backdoor, mixing with the 85% humidity. Ugh.
Pray for us!
Oil Spill Activities-May 13, 2010
Events May 13, Day 24 of a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with an explosion and fire on April 20 on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup and containment. The blast killed 11 workers. Since then, oil has been pouring into the Gulf from a blown-out undersea well at about 210,000 gallons per day.
HOW TO FIX IT?
BP engineers decided to first try sucking oil away from the gushing well with a tube that will be inserted into the jagged pipe leaking on the seafloor. Company spokesman Bill Salvin said BP hopes to start moving the 6-inch tube into the leaking 21-inch pipe — known as the riser — on Thursday night. The smaller tube will be surrounded by a stopper to keep oil from leaking into the sea. The tube will then siphon the oil to a tanker at the surface. BP could still use a second containment box, which would be placed over the well and also would siphon the oil to the surface.
THE BILL GETS BIGGER
BP said the costs for fighting the spill now total about $450 million — $100 million more than it was three days ago. The company said in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the tab includes money it has given to Gulf Coast states and the federal government for their responses. The costs also include efforts to contain the crude, ongoing work to drill a relief well and settlements. The company says the price tag generally is increasing by at least $10 million a day. A spokesman says the $100 million increase was likely caused by a lag in reporting costs.
SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
The chairman of a subcommittee delving into what caused the well blowout said he wants to know why federal regulators gave permits to BP and the other companies involved for the well and rig. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., told CBS' "Early Show" he wants to talk to the Minerals Management Service. The agency enforces drilling regulations and collects royalties paid by oil companies to the government.
LIMITING LIABILITY
The owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig is trying to limit its liability from the disaster to about $27 million. A spokesman for Transocean Ltd. said a company petition will cite an 1851 law in asking for the cap. If successful, the liability limit would cap how much Transocean would be forced to pay if it loses any of the numerous lawsuits filed over the disaster.
A LACK OF REGULATION
A sequence of equipment failures likely caused the devastating Gulf well blowout, and it drives home an even more unsettling point: key safety features at thousands of U.S. offshore wells are barely regulated. Hearings Wednesday uncovered several breakdowns, including a leaky cement job, loose hydraulic fitting and dead battery.
The trail of problems highlights the reality that, even as the U.S. does more deepwater offshore drilling in a quest for domestic oil, some key safety components are left almost entirely to the discretion of the companies doing the work. It remains unclear what, if anything, Congress or the Obama administration may do to address these regulatory deficiencies.
source: yahoo news
HOW TO FIX IT?
BP engineers decided to first try sucking oil away from the gushing well with a tube that will be inserted into the jagged pipe leaking on the seafloor. Company spokesman Bill Salvin said BP hopes to start moving the 6-inch tube into the leaking 21-inch pipe — known as the riser — on Thursday night. The smaller tube will be surrounded by a stopper to keep oil from leaking into the sea. The tube will then siphon the oil to a tanker at the surface. BP could still use a second containment box, which would be placed over the well and also would siphon the oil to the surface.
THE BILL GETS BIGGER
BP said the costs for fighting the spill now total about $450 million — $100 million more than it was three days ago. The company said in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the tab includes money it has given to Gulf Coast states and the federal government for their responses. The costs also include efforts to contain the crude, ongoing work to drill a relief well and settlements. The company says the price tag generally is increasing by at least $10 million a day. A spokesman says the $100 million increase was likely caused by a lag in reporting costs.
SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
The chairman of a subcommittee delving into what caused the well blowout said he wants to know why federal regulators gave permits to BP and the other companies involved for the well and rig. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., told CBS' "Early Show" he wants to talk to the Minerals Management Service. The agency enforces drilling regulations and collects royalties paid by oil companies to the government.
LIMITING LIABILITY
The owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig is trying to limit its liability from the disaster to about $27 million. A spokesman for Transocean Ltd. said a company petition will cite an 1851 law in asking for the cap. If successful, the liability limit would cap how much Transocean would be forced to pay if it loses any of the numerous lawsuits filed over the disaster.
A LACK OF REGULATION
A sequence of equipment failures likely caused the devastating Gulf well blowout, and it drives home an even more unsettling point: key safety features at thousands of U.S. offshore wells are barely regulated. Hearings Wednesday uncovered several breakdowns, including a leaky cement job, loose hydraulic fitting and dead battery.
The trail of problems highlights the reality that, even as the U.S. does more deepwater offshore drilling in a quest for domestic oil, some key safety components are left almost entirely to the discretion of the companies doing the work. It remains unclear what, if anything, Congress or the Obama administration may do to address these regulatory deficiencies.
source: yahoo news
Top Hat deployment
Go here to see the pictures of the lastest attempt to quell the oil gushing from the ocean floor
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
No Press Allowed
An interesting story about one reporter's trip to the Unified Command Center in search of information.
Comprehensive Daily Updates
Here's a link to find out the daily events relating to the Gulf Oil Spill.
Here's what today's report includes:
HYDRAULIC LEAK
Rep. Henry Waxman said his committee's investigation into the Gulf oil spill revealed that a key safety device, the blowout preventer, had a leak in a crucial hydraulic system. The California Democrat said in a second day of hearings into the spill that the investigation also discovered that the well had failed a negative pressure test just hours before the April 20 explosion.
A SMALLER FUNNEL
BP PLC announced Wednesday that a new containment box — a cylinder called a "top hat" — was on the sea floor near the wild well that has spewed at least 4 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico. Engineers hope to work out ways to avoid the problem that scuttled an earlier effort with a much bigger box before they move the cylinder over the end of the 5,000-foot-long pipe from the well. The 100-ton box filled up with an ice-like slush of gas and water, lifting it up and clogging its nozzle.
ANOTHER PIPE
BP also has another plan it might try to siphon oil away from the unchecked well. BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles said Wednesday that engineers hope to link a second pipe to the end of the pipe that was supposed to pump oil from the sea floor before the Deepwater Horizon sunk. The pipe will funnel away the oil that's collected in that original piping, called the riser. Suttles said it could arrive Wednesday and be usable by Thursday or Friday.
LIKE STEAM FROM A GEYSER
Video released by BP showed oil spewing from a yellowish, broken pipe 5,000 feet below the surface. The oil looks like steam rushing from a geyser. The stream occasionally can be seen becoming lighter as natural gas mixes into the gusher. Natural gas has been flowing from the well since the beginning. Suttles said the rate natural gas has been flowing out hasn't changed in the 21 days since the Deepwater Horizon exploded.
FOOTING THE BILL
The White House has asked Congress to raise a liability cap that could limit how much BP has to pay in economic damages. The administration also wants to increase a per-barrel tax on oil companies to replenish a cleanup fund. President Barack Obama also sent a proposal to bring more unemployment assistance and food stamps to help fishermen along the Gulf Coast.
MORE TAR BALLS
The Coast Guard said 4-inch tar balls have been reported along beaches in eastern Alabama. Scientists still have to test the oil, which came ashore several miles west of the Florida state line, to see if it came from the spill. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said Wednesday that testing has confirmed tar balls that washed ashore west at Dauphin Island, Ala., on Saturday were from the spill. Landry said the Coast Guard also found tar balls at South Pass, La., at the end of the Mississippi River, and on the southern end of the Chandeleur Islands, east of New Orleans.
Louisiana officials also said tar balls were found on Whiskey Island off the coast of Louisiana, the farthest point west oil has been seen so far.
MEXICO
Mexican officials fear the Gulf oil spill could reach their coasts if the leak is not stopped by August, when seasonal currents start to reverse and flow south. So far, prevailing currents have carried at least 4 million gallons of spilled oil from a damaged BP well toward the north and east, away from Mexico and toward U.S. shores. But those currents start to shift by August. The currents will be completely reversed by October.
THE BLITZ
A Minerals Management Service official said a blitz inspection of deepwater drilling rigs turned up only "a couple of minor issues." At a hearing led by the MMS and the Coast Guard in Kenner, La., a Coast Guard official questioned whether the government had an effective safety net for the manufacturing and installation of blowout preventers. Michael Saucier of the MMS testified the government isn't required to inspect the safety devices before they are installed.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS' VIEWS
In the weeks after an oil rig exploded and killed 11 men in the Gulf of Mexico, worried environmental groups scoured the water for oil plumes, set up animal triage centers and stretched boom across shorelines. Activists hope their involvement doesn't end there. They contend this may be the catalyst that America's green movement needs to get Americans to pump less gasoline, buy hybrids and downsize their consumer lifestyle.
DEEPWATER DRILLING
The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig illustrates the energy industry's push to drill ever deeper in search of huge oil deposits, despite the mammoth risks and unique challenges associated with exploration in such a hostile environment. The lure of the deep is driven by technological advances that make previously inaccessible oil now reachable, and dwindling supplies at shallower depths due to years of exploration. High energy prices and lucrative government incentives have also made it more financially feasible.
DOLPHINS
Federal wildlife officials are treating the deaths of six dolphins on the Gulf Coast as oil-related even though other factors may be to blame. Blair Mase of the National Marine Fisheries Service said Tuesday that the carcasses have all been found in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama since May 2. Samples have been sent for testing to see whether oil contributed to the deaths.
Here's what today's report includes:
HYDRAULIC LEAK
Rep. Henry Waxman said his committee's investigation into the Gulf oil spill revealed that a key safety device, the blowout preventer, had a leak in a crucial hydraulic system. The California Democrat said in a second day of hearings into the spill that the investigation also discovered that the well had failed a negative pressure test just hours before the April 20 explosion.
A SMALLER FUNNEL
BP PLC announced Wednesday that a new containment box — a cylinder called a "top hat" — was on the sea floor near the wild well that has spewed at least 4 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico. Engineers hope to work out ways to avoid the problem that scuttled an earlier effort with a much bigger box before they move the cylinder over the end of the 5,000-foot-long pipe from the well. The 100-ton box filled up with an ice-like slush of gas and water, lifting it up and clogging its nozzle.
ANOTHER PIPE
BP also has another plan it might try to siphon oil away from the unchecked well. BP chief operating officer Doug Suttles said Wednesday that engineers hope to link a second pipe to the end of the pipe that was supposed to pump oil from the sea floor before the Deepwater Horizon sunk. The pipe will funnel away the oil that's collected in that original piping, called the riser. Suttles said it could arrive Wednesday and be usable by Thursday or Friday.
LIKE STEAM FROM A GEYSER
Video released by BP showed oil spewing from a yellowish, broken pipe 5,000 feet below the surface. The oil looks like steam rushing from a geyser. The stream occasionally can be seen becoming lighter as natural gas mixes into the gusher. Natural gas has been flowing from the well since the beginning. Suttles said the rate natural gas has been flowing out hasn't changed in the 21 days since the Deepwater Horizon exploded.
FOOTING THE BILL
The White House has asked Congress to raise a liability cap that could limit how much BP has to pay in economic damages. The administration also wants to increase a per-barrel tax on oil companies to replenish a cleanup fund. President Barack Obama also sent a proposal to bring more unemployment assistance and food stamps to help fishermen along the Gulf Coast.
MORE TAR BALLS
The Coast Guard said 4-inch tar balls have been reported along beaches in eastern Alabama. Scientists still have to test the oil, which came ashore several miles west of the Florida state line, to see if it came from the spill. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said Wednesday that testing has confirmed tar balls that washed ashore west at Dauphin Island, Ala., on Saturday were from the spill. Landry said the Coast Guard also found tar balls at South Pass, La., at the end of the Mississippi River, and on the southern end of the Chandeleur Islands, east of New Orleans.
Louisiana officials also said tar balls were found on Whiskey Island off the coast of Louisiana, the farthest point west oil has been seen so far.
MEXICO
Mexican officials fear the Gulf oil spill could reach their coasts if the leak is not stopped by August, when seasonal currents start to reverse and flow south. So far, prevailing currents have carried at least 4 million gallons of spilled oil from a damaged BP well toward the north and east, away from Mexico and toward U.S. shores. But those currents start to shift by August. The currents will be completely reversed by October.
THE BLITZ
A Minerals Management Service official said a blitz inspection of deepwater drilling rigs turned up only "a couple of minor issues." At a hearing led by the MMS and the Coast Guard in Kenner, La., a Coast Guard official questioned whether the government had an effective safety net for the manufacturing and installation of blowout preventers. Michael Saucier of the MMS testified the government isn't required to inspect the safety devices before they are installed.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS' VIEWS
In the weeks after an oil rig exploded and killed 11 men in the Gulf of Mexico, worried environmental groups scoured the water for oil plumes, set up animal triage centers and stretched boom across shorelines. Activists hope their involvement doesn't end there. They contend this may be the catalyst that America's green movement needs to get Americans to pump less gasoline, buy hybrids and downsize their consumer lifestyle.
DEEPWATER DRILLING
The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig illustrates the energy industry's push to drill ever deeper in search of huge oil deposits, despite the mammoth risks and unique challenges associated with exploration in such a hostile environment. The lure of the deep is driven by technological advances that make previously inaccessible oil now reachable, and dwindling supplies at shallower depths due to years of exploration. High energy prices and lucrative government incentives have also made it more financially feasible.
DOLPHINS
Federal wildlife officials are treating the deaths of six dolphins on the Gulf Coast as oil-related even though other factors may be to blame. Blair Mase of the National Marine Fisheries Service said Tuesday that the carcasses have all been found in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama since May 2. Samples have been sent for testing to see whether oil contributed to the deaths.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Scuzzbucket of the week
This young man really needs to watch what he posts. He proudly states that he graduated from Dartmouth. Too bad they didn't teach him a little common sense.
Gus Lubin, cub reporter at businessinsider dot com
Here's the part of the article that gnaws at me
While oil infiltrates the coastline, astronauts are watching the beautiful patterns of 315,000 barrels of oil released onto the open sea.
If you're not directly affected by the oil slick, they make for a great show.
Little Gus, didn't mommy teach you any compassion?
H/T Adrastos via Karen G.
Gus Lubin, cub reporter at businessinsider dot com
Here's the part of the article that gnaws at me
While oil infiltrates the coastline, astronauts are watching the beautiful patterns of 315,000 barrels of oil released onto the open sea.
If you're not directly affected by the oil slick, they make for a great show.
Little Gus, didn't mommy teach you any compassion?
H/T Adrastos via Karen G.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Sarah Palin Quote
SarahPalinU5A I'm so heartbroken about this spill in the gulf situation. All those animals. They're polluting our oil.
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