By Kim Chipman and Jim Polson May 14 (Bloomberg) — For Tammy Wolfer of Louisiana, the worst part about the oil slick looming off the Gulf of Mexico coast isn’t that it cut her income from working at a marina and ruined plans to buy a house this year. The worst part is waiting to […]
(AP) Undersea robots tried to thread a small tube into the jagged pipe that is pouring oil into the Gulf of Mexico early Friday in BP’s latest attempt to cut down on the spill from a blown-out well that has pumped out more than 4 million gallons of crude. The company was trying to move […]
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-PicayuneMay 13, 2010, 8:56PM The 700-pound giant Atlantic bluefin tuna carrying satellite radio tag number 5108024 entered the Gulf of Mexico on March 23, 2009, hugging the coast of Cuba, and speeding along a straight line to the warm water body’s center. The huge fish meandered north toward what would become […]
By Robert Zullo, City Editor Published: Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 7:14 p.m. HOUMA — State officials closed an oyster bed off Terrebonne’s southern coast Thursday night, the latest in a dozen areas shut down as a result of the spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. Designated Area 17, the oyster bed south […]
By Frank James and Allison Richards May 13, 2010, 7:02 pm NPR has learned that much more oil, 70,000 barrels a day or more than ten times the official estimate, is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon pipe, based on scientific analysis of the video released Wednesday. That’s the equivalent of […]
Today, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Administrator of NOAA, participated in a media briefing on the use of dispersants with EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Dave Westerholm, the Director of NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration, and others. Mary Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere; Buck Sutter, Gulf of Mexico Regional Team Lead, National Marine […]
By The Associated PressMay 13, 2010, 2:01PM Louisiana officials say oily debris from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has washed up on Raccoon Island. The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries describes the island as one of the coast’s most important waterbird nesting areas. It’s just west of Whiskey Island, where authorities said Wednesday […]
By Chris Baltimore and Steve Gorman (2010-05-13) HOUSTON/PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana (Reuters) – BP Plc will deploy a small containment dome to try to trap oil from a blown-out undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico in the “next couple of days,” a company spokesman said on Thursday. Earlier, the BP spokesman had told Reuters the […]
Oil and oil sheen from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill are seen moving past an oil rig, top right, in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. (AP Photo / Eric Gay) Disaster unfolds slowly in the Gulf of Mexico Technorati Tags: oil production,oil spill,pollution,Gulf of Mexico,North America
By JEFFREY COLLINS (AP) HAMMOND, La. — BP officials say they have decided to first try sucking oil away from the gushing Gulf well with a tube that will be inserted into the jagged pipe leaking on the seafloor. Company spokesman Bill Salvin said BP hopes to start moving the 6-inch tube into the leaking […]
