Legal experts: BP low-balling flow rate estimates for legal reasons
For weeks many have wondered why BP wouldn’t allow outsiders to view the uninterrupted underwater video feed of the busted well pumping oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The well came loose after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig the company leased from Transocean. Read more on The Newsroom via Yahoo! News
Experts: Ignore the summer driving season, oil spill
Summer’s coming, the demand for gasoline is rising, Greece can’t repay its loan, and BP is still struggling with the worst oil spill in the history of mankind. Read more on Highlands Today
Experts predict Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill could spread to Cuba
Oceanographers have predicted that crude oil from the leaking undersea well could be carried as far afield as Florida Keys, Miami and Cuba by strong currents in the gulf. Read more on Daily Mail: World News
As BP tries to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the question remains just how much oil is leaking. BP continues to claim it’s about 5000 barrels a day, but some scientists say the flow rate is much higher. (May 14)
Chemical Detergents May Make Gulf Oil Disaster Worse, Say Experts
Oil-dispersing chemicals used to clean the vast BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico carry their own environmental risks, making a toxic soup that could endanger marine creatures even as it keeps the slick from reaching the vulnerable coast, wildlife watchdogs say.
Local oil spill experts advising officials on Gulf disaster KING5.com With an estimated 210000 gallons of crude oil leaking into the Gulf every day — wrecking marine habitats and encroaching on shoreline — NOAA's Seattle …
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