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Pipeline anchor strike may have occurred months before spill
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California underwater oil pipeline was likely struck by an anchor several months to a year before a leak …Pipeline anchor strike may have occurred months before spill
Reports: China Environmental Crises, Costs & Incidents Rising
By ELAINE KURTENBACH | February 8, 2012 Environmental accidents are on the rise in China, mainly due to chemicals industry-related traffic and industrial mishaps, and the costs of such damage to the economy are rising. China handled 542 environmental accidents in 2011, the newspaper China Daily reported, citing statistics from the Ministry of Environmental Protection … Continue reading Reports: China Environmental Crises, Costs & Incidents Rising
Flood Surge Raises Fear Of Montana Oil Pipleline Rupture Spread – Same Pipeline Shut Down In May 2011For Safety Reasons
By MATTHEW BROWN LAUREL, Mont. (AP) — Crews cleaning up an oil spill on the Yellowstone River faced difficult conditions today as the scenic waterway rose above flood stage and stoked fears that surging currents could push crude into undamaged areas and back channels vital to the river’s prized fishery. Conditions on the swollen Yellowstone have … Continue reading Flood Surge Raises Fear Of Montana Oil Pipleline Rupture Spread – Same Pipeline Shut Down In May 2011For Safety Reasons
OpEd – Media Contributes to Victim Mentality as Gulf Struggles
We have no idea how much oil is flowing into the Gulf of Mexico as result of the April 20 explosion of the BP Transocean/Deepwater Horizon. We do know eleven men died there. There is no doubt that the environmental devastation is the worst this country has ever experienced, and there is no end in … Continue reading OpEd – Media Contributes to Victim Mentality as Gulf Struggles
Exxon Valdez oil risks spur warning for gulf cleanup crews
They called it the "Valdez crud," but it was more than a cough and diarrhea. "We thought it was a flu that was going around and everybody kept getting it," said Merle Savage, who was general foreman of the cleanup crews of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound. Instead, the … Continue reading Exxon Valdez oil risks spur warning for gulf cleanup crews
BP Engineer Called Deepwater Horizon ‘Nightmare Well’ Days Before Blast, Oil Spill
BP took measures to cut costs in the weeks before the catastrophic blowout in the Gulf of Mexico as it dealt with one problem after another, prompting a BP engineer to describe the doomed rig as a "nightmare well," according to internal documents released Monday. The comment by BP engineer Brian Morel came in an … Continue reading BP Engineer Called Deepwater Horizon ‘Nightmare Well’ Days Before Blast, Oil Spill
BP’s Suttles: ‘Top Kill’ Effort Fails to Stop Oil’
In a Saturday evening press conference, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles and Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said that the "top kill" effort to stem the Gulf oil spill had failed after three days of attempts. "We have not been able to stop the flow," Suttles said. "We have made the decision to … Continue reading BP’s Suttles: ‘Top Kill’ Effort Fails to Stop Oil’
BP sees ‘some success’ with top kill method as of Friday, May 28, 2010
BP has measured "some success" in the Gulf of Mexico with a risky procedure known as "top kill," which has never been tried before a mile under the ocean's surface, the company's top executive said Friday. The oil flow stopped when heavy drilling mud was being pumped into the well at high pressure, but it … Continue reading BP sees ‘some success’ with top kill method as of Friday, May 28, 2010
Live Feeds of Oil Spill in the Gulf –All 11 Feeds – Updated 7/30/2010
Note: 1. Static Kill Underway as of 3:30 PM CDT August 2, 2010 - Live Close up on CNN.com 2. Feeds were mysteriously down for the last 3 days, and when ordered to come back online today (7/30) by the US Coast Guard, ROV's were cleaning oil spilling once again from the well riser area. … Continue reading Live Feeds of Oil Spill in the Gulf –All 11 Feeds – Updated 7/30/2010
EPA demands less-toxic dispersant in the Gulf
The Environmental Protection Agency informed BP officials late Wednesday that the company has 24 hours to choose a less-toxic form of chemical dispersants to break up its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to government sources familiar with the decision, and must apply the new form of dispersants within 72 hours of submitting … Continue reading EPA demands less-toxic dispersant in the Gulf
Video shows Gulf oil leak 5,000 feet below the surface of the ocean
Oil and gas stream from the larger of two existing leaks on the riser of the Deepwater Horizon well on May 11. BP knew of problems hours before blast BP knew of problems with an offshore well hours before it exploded last month, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a … Continue reading Video shows Gulf oil leak 5,000 feet below the surface of the ocean
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