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Post by moabiter on May 14, 2010 22:21:16 GMT -8
Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico May 12, 2010 In the three weeks since the April 20th explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and the start of the subsequent massive (and ongoing) oil leak, many attempts have been made to contain and control the scale of the environmental disaster. 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. 40 photos... www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/disaster_unfolds_slowly_in_the.htmlThe Top Hat is next ....BP weighs 'top hat' fix for gushing undersea well By Chris Baltimore and Steve Gorman, Canwest News Service May 14, 2010 PORT FOURCHON, La . -- BP Thursday weighed a quick fix to contain a gusher of oil from its blown-out undersea well as a giant oil slick crept west across the Louisiana coast. BP said it would deploy a small containment dome, known as a "top hat," to trap the oil at the site of the leak 1.5 kilometres beneath the Gulf of Mexico. "The top hat deployment is [in] the next couple of days," BP spokesman Jon Pack said. "We don't have a definitive date." www.vancouversun.com/opinion/weighs+gushing+undersea+well/3026607/story.html#ixzz0nyZb7d84....today: 70+ billion gallons of crude oil that have poured into the Gulf........
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Post by moabiter on May 14, 2010 22:29:02 GMT -8
The refuge was established in 1904 through executive order of President Theodore Roosevelt and is the second-oldest refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System.Oil slick hits Chandeleur Islands off Louisiana Page last updated at 00:20 GMT, Friday, 7 May 2010 01:20 UK Pelicans and other birds covered in oil have been found on the uninhabited Chandeleur islands, which are part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge. A federal maritime agency said there was "oiling all over" the islands. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8666276.stm
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Post by moabiter on May 16, 2010 20:13:41 GMT -8
Top Hat Out, Insertion Tube InMay 14, 2010, 7:21 pm May 15, 6:30 p.m. | Updated. The new approach hit an unspecified snag, according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. But BP officials remained confident on Saturday night that they could start capturing most of the leaking oil. BP says it’s trying a new approach to capturing the oil gushing from the Gulf of Mexico seabed (which is a separate challenge from the vital one of stopping the flow). The small containment device called a “ top hat” is being set aside in favor of an “ insertion tube” — essentially an industrial-size catheter that, in theory, will be pushed into the open end of the pipe that is the main source of oil. Here’s a BP rendering, which doesn’t show nearly as much oil spouting from the pipe as its video clip did): .... The next effort to stop the gushing oil could come within a week, according to Henry Fountain, who’s been in the BP situation room in Houston watching preparations for a possible “ junk shot,” which he explains below: ‘Junk Shot’ Is Next Step for Leaking Gulf Well 5/15/10 - New York Times The Deepwater Horizon rig, leaning over the Gulf of Mexico April 22 before sinking. Technicians hope to clog the leaking well by pumping mud and debris into it, then cap it with cement.dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/top-hat-out-insertion-tube-in/
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Post by moabiter on May 29, 2010 7:04:04 GMT -8
I heard a guy on the radio yesterday who wrote "Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy Insider" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010): John Hofmeister. He had a lot to say about the spill, 100+ year old internal combustion engines used today that are still 20% efficient, hydrogen fuel cells. He said there was an unreported spill in Saud that was bigger. By the sound of it, it was contained on the surface and slurped up to tankers. The dispersants used around Deepwater Horizon help the air quality, I suppose, but eff the sea. He couldn't believe this even happened, let alone the response. If I got it right, he was CEO of Shell, 2005-08. www.whywehatetheoilcompanies.com/ The Gulf of Mexico spill is 12 - 25x larger than BP has reported. It's what the estimates are now. Note: Well, who killed the electric car?
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Post by moabiter on Jun 3, 2010 7:22:31 GMT -8
These must be the workers who aren't allowed (courtesy: BP) to take photos of dead things. BP comes closer to oil spill containment Oil sheen approaches Florida Last Updated: Thursday, June 3, 2010 | 10:55 AM ET BP engineers have successfully cut through a leaking pipe spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico and hope to proceed soon with capping the well in an effort to contain the hundreds of thousands of litres gushing from it daily.... Procedure an 'engineer's nightmare' It took 12 hours to free the diamond wire cutter after it snagged, having sliced through about half of the pipe. www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/oil-rig-shears.html
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Post by oil is in everything on Jun 11, 2010 10:33:37 GMT -8
Oil Is In Everything, From Shampoo To Vitamins WASHINGTON (AP) -- So the Gulf oil spill has you ready to quit petroleum cold turkey? Louisiana's brown pelicans have more of a chance of avoiding Big Oil than you do. Merely parking the car and riding a bike won't cut it. Your sneakers and bike have petroleum products in them. Sure, you can shut off the AC, but the electric fans you switch to have plastic from oil and gas in them. And the insulation to keep your home cool, also started as oil and gas. Without all that, you will sweat and it'll be all too noticeable because deodorant comes from oil and gas too. You can't even escape petroleum products with a nice cool fast-food milkshake - which probably has a petrochemical-based thickener. Oil is everywhere. It permeates our daily lives in ways we never think about. It's in carpeting, furniture, computers and clothing. It's in the most personal of products like toothpaste, shaving cream, lipstick and vitamin capsules. Petrochemicals are the glue of our modern lives and even in glue, too. And because of all that, petrochemicals are in our blood. When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tested humans for environmental chemicals and metals, it recorded 212 different compounds. More than 180 of them are products that started as natural gas or oil. "It's the material basis of our society essentially," said Michael Wilson, a research scientist at the University of California Berkeley. "This is the Petrochemical Age." More: www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/11/oil-is-in-everything-from_n_608751.html
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Post by moabiter on Jul 11, 2010 23:09:00 GMT -8
The Short BP Doesn't Want You To see www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G7l7Sxb0V4edwardjamesolmosprod | June 11, 2010 Shot by Robert M. Young and Edward James Olmos on a trip to the heart of the oil spill in the Gulf. Edited by Stephen Cohen. Robert Young and I jumped on a plane and went to the Gulf of Mexico just to lend our support by documenting what we saw... Well, the people that we met took up all of our time. It was brutal! I was not ready for the human aspect because no one had prepared me for it. I thought they would be angry. They are devastated. Take a look at this video and see for yourself. People are afraid to talk and you will learn why watching this... Please pass it on, recommend it. If you feel like doing something, just go down there (anywhere on the Gulf) and support by spending time and energy in the region. They need our support. Thank you for Caring. Edward James Olmos For More information on what some local organizations are doing on the ground go to: SaveOurGulf.org________________________________ BP oil spill: Suicide of fisherman 'distraught at spill' 24 Jun 2010 "All the waters are closed. There's no charter business any more. You go out on some of the beaches now, with the oil, you can't even get in the water. It's really crippled the tourism and fishing industry here." BP extended its condolences to the family of the worker and the Coast Guard's Admiral Thad Allen, who is co-ordinating the response to the spill, called the death "devastating". www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7852938/BP-oil-spill-Suicide-of-fisherman-distraught-at-spill.html
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Post by MMS on Jul 14, 2010 12:40:03 GMT -8
The Short BP Doesn't Want You To see www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G7l7Sxb0V4edwardjamesolmosprod | June 11, 2010 Shot by Robert M. Young and Edward James Olmos on a trip to the heart of the oil spill in the Gulf. Edited by Stephen Cohen. Robert Young and I jumped on a plane and went to the Gulf of Mexico just to lend our support by documenting what we saw... Well, the people that we met took up all of our time. It was brutal! I was not ready for the human aspect because no one had prepared me for it. I thought they would be angry. They are devastated. Take a look at this video and see for yourself. People are afraid to talk and you will learn why watching this... Please pass it on, recommend it. If you feel like doing something, just go down there (anywhere on the Gulf) and support by spending time and energy in the region. They need our support. Thank you for Caring. Edward James Olmos For More information on what some local organizations are doing on the ground go to: SaveOurGulf.org________________________________ BP oil spill: Suicide of fisherman 'distraught at spill' 24 Jun 2010 "All the waters are closed. There's no charter business any more. You go out on some of the beaches now, with the oil, you can't even get in the water. It's really crippled the tourism and fishing industry here." BP extended its condolences to the family of the worker and the Coast Guard's Admiral Thad Allen, who is co-ordinating the response to the spill, called the death "devastating". www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7852938/BP-oil-spill-Suicide-of-fisherman-distraught-at-spill.htmlMental, Emotional & Spiritual Dimensions of Gulf Disaster Posted by Mark Sircus on 06 July 2010 Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Louisiana Office of Mental Health, Dr. Anthony Speier said, "We have been seeing an escalation of stress and symptoms. People are starting to grieve over what they see as the end of their lifestyle and work. Realities are setting in and there is a definite threat of people moving from sad to hopeless." The mass public media though is not representing the reality of the mega-disaster; it is instead promoting the government's and corporate agenda, meaning we know a lot more about how much money BP is spending then we do about the suffering of the people in the Gulf region. With every month this goes on the greater the area of contamination and harm becomes and eventually it could be many millions of people who will move from sadness to hopeless despair. Blanchard, 51, said he and the fishermen who supply him spend a lot of time sitting around in his office trying to figure out what to do. "We start talking and pretty soon, before you know it, we're all there crying," he said. "I never seen so many grown men cry in my life. Tough men, you know? Tough, tough men. Tough as they come. Just break down and cry." The world has always been a highly dangerous place. But now millions who have lived in comfort are going to be confronted with something that they are ill-prepared for, and we are not just talking about oil here. Today's Americans have a lot on their plate. Not only are they facing dire economic and financial crisis but now many millions will be exposed to a new threat: chemicals in air, water, sand, soil, and food as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. People's lives have begun to change and for many along the Gulf Coast and perhaps all of Southeastern United States it will never be the same again. If you think that's a bit dire think about the news in the mainstream press sporting Bill Clinton himself thinking it's a good idea to nuke the oil well and hope for the best. You know the big boys are sweating it when they allow something like that to enter the media stream. blog.imva.info/?p=949
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Post by moabiter on Aug 9, 2010 8:26:54 GMT -8
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Post by wtf on Aug 11, 2010 3:38:46 GMT -8
WELLS A AND B oil spill Matt Simmons is right!! part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPhPvQot4o8WELL A ("Capped") MC252_A START DATE = 4/15/2009 END DATE=7/24/2009 No. of Days=100 X=1,202,803.88' Y=10,431,617.00' Lat= 28 deg 44' 17.277" N Lon= 88 deg 21' 57.340" W WELL B ("Exploded") MC252_B START DATE = 4/15/2010 END DATE=7/24/2010 No. of Days=100 X=1,202,514.00' Y=10,431,494.00' Lat= 28 deg 44' 16.027" N Lon= 88 deg 22' 00.581" W www.gomr.mms.gov/PI/PDFImages/PLANS/29/29977.pdf
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Post by WTF on Aug 11, 2010 3:48:23 GMT -8
MATT SIMMONS Background The Ocean Energy Institute, founded in 2007 by Matthew R. Simmons, is a think-tank and venture capital fund addressing the challenges of U.S. offshore renewable energy. OEI approaches energy R&D and investment from a systems point of view; not just generation, but usage, storage and transmission all together as an interdependent set of opportunities and the next driving force of the international economy. kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Entries/2010/7/17_Matt_Simmons.html
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Post by wtf on Aug 11, 2010 3:50:28 GMT -8
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Post by wtf on Aug 11, 2010 3:55:19 GMT -8
Jul 20, 2010 5:58 pm US/Pacific Oil Seeping From 2nd BP Well Near Blowout CBS News Interactive: Oil And Gas Use NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― The government's oil spill chief tried to tamp down fears Tuesday that BP's capped well is buckling under the pressure, saying that seepage detected along the sea floor less than two miles away is coming from an older well no longer in production. cbs2.com/national/Gulf.Coast.oil.2.1815218.htmlAug 2, 2010 1:09 pm US/Pacific BP Hedges On Role Of Relief Well In Gulf cbs2.com/national/relief.well.BP.2.1838740.html
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Post by moabiter on Aug 23, 2010 0:31:18 GMT -8
Spike Lee Talks About BP Oil Spill & New HBO Film @ the NABJ Convention, San Diego, CA - 07/31/10 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNAWBcf2tUICNN's Chris Lawrence interviewed Director Spike Lee after a screening of his new documentary, "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise." The screening was held in San Diego during the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) conference. The documentary is the follow-up to Lee's 2006 film, "When the Levees Broke" which focused on the devastation of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise" looks at life five years after Katrina and how the people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast are now dealing with another catastrophe, the British Petroleum oil spill. The film is set to debut on HBO in two parts on Monday, Aug 23 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) and Tuesday, Aug 24 (9:00-11:00 p.m.).
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Post by moabiter on Sept 9, 2010 13:56:10 GMT -8
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