Dead sperm whale found in Gulf

MyFoxTampaBay.com staff report Published : Wednesday, 16 Jun 2010, 10:50 PM EDT GULF OF MEXICO – Scientists have spotted a dead sperm whale in the Gulf of Mexico, and are doing tests to see if the oil spill had anything to do with its death. The whale was found floating 77 miles due south of […]

Image of the Day: BP / Gulf Oil Spill – June 12 MODIS/Aqua satellite view

This MODIS/Aqua satellite image, taken on June 12, has a broad sunglint pattern centered on the eastern Gulf that effectively illuminates the main oil slick as well as areas of what we interpret as much thinner sheen. The bright band of sunglint spanning this image reveals fine structure (squiggly bright lines) in areas to the […]

Gulf of Mexico oil spill collection effort incorporates second strategy

By Jaquetta White, The Times-PicayunePublished: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 8:12 PM BP engineers added a second collection device Wednesday to the company’s system for containing the estimated 35,000 to 60,000 barrels of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico each day. Using the same tubes and pipes put in place last month to pump mud […]

As businesses collapse, claimants still waiting for checks from BP

The oil giant says 20,000 of the 42,000 claims filed have been paid. But many affected financially by the oil spill report no responses, answers or relief. By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times June 14, 2010 Reporting from Gulf Shores, Ala. — Real estate agent Mike Reynolds had two desirable beachfront condos in escrow when […]

Sea creatures flee oil spill, gather near shore — ‘At some point they'll get trapped’

Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier. Birds covered in oil are crawling deep into marshes, never to be seen again. By JAY REEVES, JOHN FLESHER and TAMARA LUSH Associated Press Writers GULF […]

How BP swept dispersants under the rug

By Geoff Livingston on 16 June, 2010 – 08:47 The PR battle has continues between Obama and BP. With the climax occurring today between BP top brass and Obama at the White House, another major danger continues to spread in the Gulf, BP’s widespread use of Corexit toxic dispersants. More than 1,000,000 gallons has been […]

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BP starts burning oil siphoned from ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico

By RAY HENRY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJune 16, 2010 10:15 a.m. NEW ORLEANS – BP began burning oil siphoned from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico early Wednesday as part of its plans to more than triple the amount of crude it can stop from reaching the sea, the company said. BP PLC said […]

BP’s oil spill grows ever more ominous

By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — BP’s annus horribilus just got a little more horrible. So did the Gulf’s. Three weeks ago, a handful of scientists watching grainy video shot at 5,000 feet beneath the sea suggested that BP’s ruptured wellhead was disgorging up to 25,000 barrels of crude a day into the Gulf of […]

BP gets OK to burn off captured oil, gas at sea

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. — BP won permission to start burning oil and gas piped up from its broken seafloor well, one step toward fulfilling a pledge to more than triple how much crude it stops from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. Federal authorities gave permission late Monday for BP PLC to use a new […]

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