WITHOUT A BP CHECK, SOME HOTELS COULD CLOSE DOWN Wink News It's been 2 weeks since Ken Feinberg took over the BP claims operation for the gulf oil spill, but some hotels say the response is so bad, if they don't get …
Deepwater Horizon's 2 drill pipes seen up close in clearest picture to date NOLA.com It's the clearest picture to date of the two pieces of drill pipes found in the tube that connected the Deepwater Horizon to BP's wild Macondo well. …
Protesters 'close' Arctic oil drill The Press Association "The BP Gulf oil disaster showed us it's time to go beyond oil. "The drilling rig we're hanging off could spark an Arctic oil rush, one that would pose a … Greenpeace 'board Cairn platform'BBC News Stop gassingThe Hindu Sea to Shiny SeaGrist Magazine New Europe –The Guardian –Arab News all 57 news articles »
Gulf oil spill not 'gone' — close to half may still lurk in Gulf Christian Science Monitor That's nearly 2 million barrels more than the Ixtoc 1 blow-out in the Gulf of Campeche in 1979, the region's biggest offshore-oil disaster until the … Effects from gulf oil spill far from over, experts sayTampabay.com Where's All the Oil?FOXNews (blog) Gulf oil spill worst disaster in US historyThe Exponent msnbc.com –Gulf Coast Newspapers –The Guardian all 10,987 news articles »
Gulf oil spill forces beaches to close Sydney Morning Herald Oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has forced authorities to close or post water quality warnings at one in five beaches in the 100 days since the crisis … Texas beaches cleaner than most, escape oil spillHouston Chronicle Oil causes 2200 Gulf beach closings, warningsThe Associated Press Oil causes roughly 2000 beach closings so farMiamiHerald.com The Tennessean –CNN (blog) all 263 news articles »
BP Spill, Up Close, Underwater
The AP’s Rich Matthews Dove into Gulf Waters; Says It Was “Unnerving” and Proved We’re Not Seeing All Spilled Oil on Surface Read more on CBS News
How to close the leaking pipe of BP. Place the device over a free section of the existing pipe and close it with hydraulic rams. Seals with rubber rings and little spikes that firmly grip the pipe. A chemical bonding agent can be injected between the pipe and the device to improve grip. Cut off the existing pipe with rov’s. Using hydraulic rams, the two hatches close over the resulting small piece of pipe that is sticking out of the device. The pipe is now ending in a chamber that is sealed. The device could have an internal valve, allowing fluids to be pumped into this chamber, and as a result also allowing fluids to be pumped down the pipe. Video Rating: 0 / 5
Obama sees oil spill up close on Louisiana beach
U.S. President Barack Obama toured Louisiana Friday to survey first hand the efforts to cap and clean up a disastrous oil spill causing environmental and economic misery across the Gulf. Read more on Vancouver Province
Gulf Power Plants Keep Close Watch on Oil Spill
As oil from the massive Deepwater Horizon slick in the Gulf of Mexico laps at Louisiana’s shores and tar balls wash up on beaches in the Florida Keys, saltwater-dependent power plants on the Gulf Coast prepare for the worst. Read more on Discovery News
BP Moves Closer to ‘Top Kill’ Solution to Close Off Oil Well
May 20 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc took steps toward its next attempt at capping its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday as it increased the amount of oil it is capturing. Read more on Bloomberg