The experimental containment dome was successfully positioned over the leaking riser pipe last night, but then had to be removed after a large volume of ice-like methane hydrate crystals accumulated inside of the structure. These crystal hydrates blocked the flow of oil and threatened to lift the dome off the sea floor. The 4-story containment […]
By The Associated PressMay 09, 2010, 9:10AM It could be at least a day before BP can make another attempt at putting a lid on a well spewing thousands of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, as a big containment box meant to siphon the oil away sat idle and encased in ice […]
By Justin Nobel05/08/2010 Birds in the Gulf of Mexico have a new enemy: the press. Media aircraft have been conducting illegal flights and disturbing birds over Breton National Wildlife Refuge, an Important Bird Area off the east coast of Louisiana where oil from the leaking BP wellhead has been washing ashore. “We’ve done all this […]
By NOAKI SCHWARTZ and HARRY R. WEBER, Associated Press Writers Published : Saturday, 08 May 2010, 4:00 PM CDT ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) – A Coast Guard official says tar balls that are believed to be from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are washing up on an Alabama island. Coast Guard chief […]
The unified command reports that more than 8,500 responders are working on the incident, and approximately 1.89 million gallons of oily liquid have been recovered. Overflight and shoreline surveys have found emulsified oil within the Breton National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service closed the Refuge today to allow personnel conducting cleanup operations […]
Our friends at CSTARS just posted this stunning image. Taken by the Canadian-operated radar satellite, RADARSAT-2, it clearly shows oil slicks and sheen spread across a wide area in the Gulf of Mexico early this morning (May 8): We’ve added some analysis to help you armchair interpreters. Oil slicks look dark on radar images because […]
By David Wethe May 8 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc said gas hydrates like ice crystals formed inside the steel chamber it’s trying to use to capture leaking oil from a Gulf of Mexico well, forcing the company to move the structure aside while working on ways to stanch the flow of crude. The hydrates clogged […]
The Coast Guard conducts more controlled burns of oil slicks from the Gulf of Mexico, 8 May 2010. Associated Press. Raw Video: Burning the Oil Off the Water DeepwaterHorizonJIC — May 08, 2010 — GULF OF MEXICO – The U.S. Coast Guard, working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies, […]
By: Chris Amico Last updated 12:30pm ET on May 6. Nobody knows for certain how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since last month’s oil rig explosion. What we do have are estimates — from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, from outside experts, from British Petroleum — of how fast crude […]
Associated Press Reporting Saturday, 08 May 2010 11:30AM Louisiana and parish officials have opened six gates through Mississippi River levees to send fresh water into wetlands and try to keep out oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill. According to the state Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, the six diversion structures are now pouring […]
