The MODIS instrument, on board NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites, is capturing images of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The spill began on April 20, 2010 with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This short video reveals a space-based view of the burning oil rig and, later, the ensuing oil spill through May 24, 2010. The oil slick appears grayish-beige in the images and changes due to changing weather, ocean currents, and the use of oil dispersing chemicals. Images in the video time series were selected that show the spill most clearly. The full image archive is available on the MODIS Rapid Response Web site at rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov credit: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, MODIS Rapid Response Project Video Rating: 4 / 5
BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles continues to insist no massive underwater oil plumes in ‘large concentrations’ have been detected from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But deep underwater – the oil is so thick that it blocks out almost all of the light below. As seen on AP video images filmed by divers 64 kilometers off the coast of Venice, Louisiana. Video Rating: 4 / 5
Killer Undersea Oil Plumes From BP Spill Lurk in Gulf of Mexico
June 8 (Bloomberg) — Undersea plumes of oil that can kill off marine life have been confirmed stretching for miles in the Gulf of Mexico from BP Plc’s leaking Macondo well, according to findings researchers will announce today. Read more on Bloomberg
The true size of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP and the government will not allow an independent measure of the oil flow. There is still oil just beneath the sand in Prince William Sound more than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Scientist: BP’s Oil Spill Estimates Improbable www.vpr.net Gulf Spill May Far Exceed Official Estimates ww.npr.org BP chief Tony Hayward sold shares weeks before oil spill www.telegraph.co.uk Goldman Sachs Sold 44% of its BP stock three weeks before the Deepwater Horizon explosion www.blacklistednews.com Goldman Sachs knew Gulf oil leak in advance. www.smirkingchimp.com Toxic Oil Spill Rains Warned Could Destroy North America www.eutimes.net Media ignores Goldman Sachs’ ties to Corexit dispersant www.picassodreams.com Deepwater Horizon survivors allege they were kept in seclusion after rig explosion, coerced into signing legal waivers news.yahoo.com Video Rating: 5 / 5
BP/transocean or Obama or BUSH? Who’s fault is the oil spill? Or does that even matter? The whitehouse has been too cozy with big oil for a long time. Even before bush’s presidency. We are hearing from obamas camo that laxed regulations & close relationships with the oil companies and Bush admin are to blame. Oil guys blame other oil guy and Obama blames them, then bush . Sometimes crap happens. That’s life. But from what these guys say supervisor and higher ups were more worries bout making more obscene amount of $ than the safety.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-08 15:15 FACTBOX-Developments in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
June 8 (Reuters) – Here are developments in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the largest in U.S. history: Read more on Interactive Investor
The Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico
While the Deepwater Horizon oil gusher continues to mire the Gulf of Mexico, another threat could be growing below the oil slicked surface. This is the “Dead Zone”. Currently the most well known dead zone is about 8,500 square miles in size and lies in the Gulf of Mexico, where the Mississippi River dumps high nutrient runoff from its vast drainage basin, which includes the heart of the U.S … Read more on Environmental News Network
BP chief won’t quit over Gulf of Mexico spill
Associated Press – June 6, 2010 7:14 AM ET LONDON (AP) – BP PLC chief executive Tony Hayward says he won’t step down over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Read more on KPLC Lake Charles
The chief executive of BP has told Sky News he believes the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill will end up having only a “very, very modest” environmental impact. Experts had feared the Deepwater Horizon disaster could have led to one of the worst environmental catastrophes in US history. But the British oil giant has risked outrage along the Gulf Coast by predicting a far smaller impact. Dr Tony Hayward said: “I think the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to have been very, very modest. “It is impossible to say and we will mount, as part of the aftermath, a very detailed environmental assessment but everything we can see at the moment suggests that the overall environmental impact will be very, very modest.” BP has begun capturing some of the leaking oil after inserting a suction tube into the fractured riser pipe on the seabed. BP image shows the main leak at the Deepwater Horizon site (Pic: BP plc) It is gathering up an estimated one fifth of the oil pumping out of the fractured well. Dr Hayward said: “Over the last 36 hours we have made a lot of progress on containment on the seabed. “We have a piece of technology engineering which we have developed and which is now allowing us to produce oil from the leak to the surface.” The BP chief spoke to Sky News after completing a visit to Florida where he handed over m (£17m) to pay for an advertising campaign for the state’s tourism industry. He appeared upbeat as he met teams at BP’s vast crisis control … Video Rating: 3 / 5
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