By Press-Register staffMay 19, 2010, 10:03AM KEY WEST, Fla. — The Coast Guard Marine Safety Laboratory in New London, Conn. analyzed a sampling of tar balls discovered on Florida Keys shoreline Tuesday and determined that none of the collected samples are from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill, officials said in a news release this morning. […]
By JASON DEAREN AND MATT SEDENSKY updated 10:01 a.m. PT, Mon., May 17, 2010 NEW ORLEANS – Delicate coral reefs already have been tainted by plumes of crude oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, including a sensitive area that federal officials had tried to protect from drilling and other dangers. And marine scientists are […]
By Steve Gorman; editing by Jackie FrankNEW ORLEANSTue May 18, 2010 4:54am EDT (Reuters) – At least 150 sea turtles have washed up dead or dying along the U.S. Gulf Coast since the giant oil spill off Louisiana, a higher number than normal for this time of year, a leading wildlife expert said on […]
By Jim Polson; editors: Tony Cox, Kim Jordan May 18 (Bloomberg) — Tar balls collected by Key West, Florida, park rangers yesterday have been shipped for analysis to determine if they came from BP Plc’s leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said. A Coast Guard helicopter will carry a trained […]
By David A. Fahrenthold and Juliet EilperinWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, May 15, 2010 ELMERS ISLAND, LA. — The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has not yet caused coastal damage on the scale of the Exxon Valdez disaster. But scientists say it is becoming something different and potentially much more troubling: the first massive […]
By Richard Rainey, The Times-PicayuneMay 17, 2010, 6:27PM Gov. Bobby Jindal said the state expects to know by the end of the week if the Army Corps of Engineers will green-light a $350 million project to rebuild Louisiana’s barrier islands as a natural shield against the massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. Jindal […]
Today’s MODIS / Terra satellite image is the most cloud-free we’ve seen in many days, and what it reveals is disturbing: part of the still-massive Gulf oil slick has apparently been entrained in the strong Loop Current, and is rapidly being transported to the southeast toward Florida. The total area covered by slick and sheen, […]
Riser Insertion Tube Leak Mitigation Tactic is Tested The Unified Area Command reports that overnight the Riser Insertion Tube Tool was successfully tested and inserted into the leaking riser, capturing some amounts of oil and gas. The oil was stored on board the Discoverer Enterprise drill ship 5,000 feet above on the water’s surface, and […]
NOAA continues to provide scientific support including: modeling the trajectory and location of the oil, conducting shoreline oil assessment surveys, conducting oil chemistry analyses and evaluating open water and shoreline remediation techniques. Undersea dispersant application resumed this morning and BP is doing continuous testing. If tests reveal something we are concerned about the dispersant application […]
By JASON DEAREN (AP) NEW ORLEANS — Researchers tracking the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say computer models show the black ooze may have already entered a major current flowing toward the Florida Keys, and are sending out a research vessel to learn more. William Hogarth, dean of the University of South […]
