Oil from a massive slick in the Gulf of Mexico has started washing ashore on an island chain off the coast of Louisiana, US officials have confirmed. 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 […]
Weather today continued to allow both NOAA overflights and dispersant operations. Overflight observation flights were concentrated around the Chandeleur Islands. During these overflights, trained observers recorded locations of oil, affected wildlife, and other relevant observations. Overflights will continue tomorrow with a goal to observe the northern and eastern boundaries of the slick. Two in-situ burns […]
By Cain Burdeau,Harry R. Weber, The Associated Press 6/05/2010 3:36 PM NEW ORLEANS – Crews prepared Thursday to lower a 100-tonne box they hoped would cut off most of the crude spewing from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, the urgency of their task underscored by oil that started washing up on delicate […]
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, photographed the tail end of the Mississippi Delta showing the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico on May 4, 2010. Part of the river delta and nearby Louisiana coast appear dark in the sunglint. This phenomenon is caused by sunlight reflecting off […]
Associated Press — May 06, 2010 — The AP’s Harry Weber reports from aboard the supply ship carrying the oil containment device that it’s in the thick of the oil spill waiting for another ship that will help place the containment dome. Exclusive Report From Oil Spill ‘Dome’ Ship Technorati Tags: oil production,oil spill,pollution,Gulf of […]
May 7, 2010 – 2:59AM (AFP) Oil sheen from a massive crude spill in the Gulf of Mexico has started washing ashore on an island off Louisiana, officials said Thursday, confirming a land impact for the first time. “Teams have confirmed oil on Freemason Island,” Coast Guard Petty Officer Connie Terrell told AFP. “It is […]
By HARRY R. WEBER and CAIN BURDEAU – Associated Press Writers ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — It’s never been tried before, but crews hope to lower a 100-ton concrete-and-steel box a mile under the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday to cut off most of the hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil spewing from […]
By Laurel Brubaker Calkins in Houston Last Updated: May 5, 2010 22:43 EDT May 5 (Bloomberg) — Oil leaking from BP Plc’s damaged Gulf of Mexico well has drifted within 1.5 miles of the buoy marking the entrance to Southwest Pass, the main approach to the Port of New Orleans, a port official said. “I […]
By Maria Recio, Audra Burch, Joseph Goodman and Jim Wyss – McClatchy Newspapers PANAMA CITY, Fla. — As Mother Nature kept the man-made oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico from making landfall, emergency workers along the Gulf Coast Tuesday stepped up their efforts to defend sensitive shorelines and oil giant BP began what could […]
Improving weather today allowed both NOAA overflights and dispersant operations to resume. Today, four aircraft applied dispersants to the surface slick, and dispersant application by vessels is expected to begin tomorrow. Monitoring of the dispersant efforts are ongoing. NOAA overflights were conducted over the source as well as south from Mobile. At present, technical specialists […]
