BP Complaints

Representative Charlie Melancon of Louisiana’s remarks during the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment hearing, “Combating the BP Oil Spill”

Video about toxic chemicals (Benzene and Hydrogen Sulfide) being released by the oil leak. BP Coughs Up Another Drop of Air Quality Data: Not Reassuring switchboard.nrdc.org 20000 Oil Spills A Year in US: EPA Tells Congress What It Is Doing To Combat BP Oil Blowout in Gulf beforeitsnews.com

This weekend, I flew over areas of the Gulf of Mexico impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil leak disaster. In the video, the helicopter approaches the site of the leak. The small vessels visible in the beginning of the video are skimming oil from the water’s surface. At about 1:00 into the video, as we descend large swaths of oil in the water are visible. At about 1:15, we approach the vessel Discover Enterprise (the ship with the flare burning off of it), which is collecting oil from the small pipe BP inserted into the leaking riser last week. On either side of the Enterprise, there are two platforms visible. They are drilling the relief wells.