The reports also state that the Bigfoot platform was not connected to any wells and no fluids were released, which sounds plausible given our understanding of the process of installing a TLP. The buoyancy of the facility's hull offsets the weight of the platform, requiring clusters of tight tendons, or tension legs, to secure the structure to the foundation on the seabed
The day was dedicated to recognizing the challenges that are plaguing the Gulf Coast and spend time, in prayer, focusing on long-term healing and also to recognizing the need for Congress to respond to this crisis. This nationwide call-in day urges the Senate to pass the RESTORE Act, a bill supported by nine Gulf Coast Senators and designed to ensure that the Clean Water Act penalties collected from BP as a result of the spill are invested in Gulf restoration
Gulf Oil Spill, Deepwater Disaster - National Geographic Magazine
Nearby, two shrimp boats pulling fire boom were burning oil skimmed from the surface, creating a curving wall of flame and a towering plume of greasy, black smoke. Nothing like it had happened in the Gulf of Mexico since 1979, when a Mexican well called Ixtoc I blew out in the shallow waters of the Bay of Campeche
The Suspicious Gulf of Mexico Oil Fire: A suspicious explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig, operating in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana occurred on April 20, 2010. The Occult Important Dates of April 19 through May 1: This thirteen day stretch is considered blood sacrifice to the fire god; a critical 13-day period of the year
Some people are at especially high risk: Pregnant women - VOCs have been associated with miscarriage, so I would advise pregnant women to leave the area near the spill if they can. People who don't have theses problems now, will over a period of time.( possibly even cancer) Our state government should be advising who should evacuate and when
Visualizing the BP Oil Spill
The spill actually covers the same area on the map no matter where you place it, what changes is the map itself! Google Maps, and many maps we're used to looking at, use something called "Mercator Projection" in order to draw the spherical surface of the earth onto a flat plane. On July 15, 2010 BP sucesfully stopped the flow of oil from the wellhead, after spilling 190 million gallons of oil into the gulf over a period of 3 months
Gulf Oil Spill (PHOTOS): Animals In Peril
A dead Man-O-War is seen in waters tinted with the orange-colored chemical dispersant used to help with the massive oil spill on Freemason Island, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 5. A dead fish lays on the beach as workers clean up hay that was placed to protect the beach from oil and tar balls in Dauphin Island, Alabama, on May 15
The disasters spawned by Hurricane Katrina and the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig created situations where the United States could have benefited from international assistance. government received many foreign offers of help, but delays due to faulty decision making, logistical bottlenecks, and antiquated legislation and regulations caused problems for both American diplomats and the disaster victims
BP Found Grossly Negligent in 2010 Gulf of Mexico Spill - Bloomberg Business
history, a federal judge ruled, handing down a long-awaited decision that may force the energy company to pay billions of dollars more for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster. In 2012, BP pleaded guilty to 14 federal counts, including manslaughter for the 11 deaths in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, and obstructing Congress as it probed the size of the spill
(A NALCO plant was located just 30 miles west of New Orleans.) But Corexit was decidedly not safe without taking proper precautions, as the manual BP got from NALCO spelled out in black and white. Spoiler Alert Fossil fuel emissions want to ruin carbon dating, too The emissions don't have any radioactive carbon, so dating artifacts could become a lot more difficult
Gulf oil spill disaster: a closer look at the clean-up options
Soak it up BP has already been using floating polyethylene pads in an effort to sop up the oil, but several companies have suggested that other substances might work better. This would constrain the oil and with the top way above the depth where methane hydrates can form that problem is avoided and the oil can be pumped out with several lines around the top
Joye's research has produced images of mounds of dead organisms including corals, and has found areas where the ocean floor is coated in a dark brown slime about 4cm deep. How have birds and marine life been affected? State officials are currently in the process of tallying and logging the harm done to wildlife; however, the indications are that the spill has not been as catastrophic as the worst predictions
We measured stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in mesopelagic fishes and shrimps in the vicinity of DWH collected prior to, six weeks after, and one year after the oil spill (2007, 2010 and 2011)
2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: Sea Turtles, Dolphins, and Whales :: NOAA Fisheries
We are also investigating an ongoing unusual mortality event for marine mammals in the northern Gulf that began in February 2010, which still requires enhanced stranding response and animal sampling. Through this effort, we rescued over 450 living, oiled sea turtles and brought them into rehabilitation, cleaned them, and released them back into oil-free waters
These results confirm that the dispersant used in response to the oil spill in the Gulf, Corexit 9500A, is generally no more or less toxic than the other available alternatives. They show Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil alone to be more toxic to the silverside fish than the eight dispersants alone, as also indicated by the mysid tests
Locals blame the oil that pollutes their land and can scarcely believe the contrast with the steps taken by BP and the US government to try to stop the Gulf oil leak and to protect the Louisiana shoreline from pollution. However, two major independent investigations over the past four years suggest that as much is spilled at sea, in the swamps and on land every year as has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico so far
Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico - Photos - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies conducted the "in situ burn" to aid in preventing the spread of oil. Oil dispersants are being sprayed, containment booms erected, protective barriers built, controlled burns undertaken, and devices are being lowered to the sea floor to try and cap the leaks, with little success to date
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill - Conservapedia
Federal royalty losses will be substantial and a significant drop in tolls collected for the Louisiana Highway 1 bridge at Leeville, the main artery to the Port Fourchon energy port is projected as well. Beyond the vessel crew, the negative consequences of the moratorium could impact everyone from service technicians supporting everything from diesel engines to the air condition systems to the local grocer who supplies food for the boat's galley
Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2010) - The New York Times
13, 2014 Judge Stanwood Duval Jr of the Eastern District Court of Louisiana orders new trial for former BP engineer Kurt Mix, who was convicted of deleting text messages relevant to an investigation of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill; ruling finds that outside information influenced jury's verdict. 22, 2014 BP says it will ask Supreme Court to decide whether businesses must prove they were directly harmed by 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to collect payments from a 2012 settlement
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