Deepwater Horizon: it's worse than you thought (again) – part 2 Nature.com (blog) … disaster 62000 barrels of oil a day were escaping the well, which began leaking after the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. … BP could attempt 'Static Kill' on Tuesday, fixing blown-out well for goodNew York Daily News BP's Gulf Oil Leak Ranks as World's Worst Caused by an AccidentBloomberg Five Unanswered Questions About the Gulf SpillNewsweek Los Angeles Times –New York Times –AOL News all 4,605 news articles »
BP didn't make Gulf oil spill worse with dispersants, EPA finds Christian Science Monitor The EPA issued a report Monday that suggests the dispersant used by BP in the Gulf oil spill, Corexit, doesn't form a more toxic stew when mixed with oil. … BP Gulf Disaster Act Two: The Corexit CalamityHuffington Post (blog) Dispersant used in Gulf 'no more toxic' than oil aloneBBC News EPA defends dispersant use in oil spill responseThe Hill (blog) New York Times (blog) –The News-Press –NOLA.com all 399 news articles »
Oil Under the Water May Be Worse Than Thought
Pressure on BP From the White House Mounts; Damage Underwater From Oil May Be Extensive Read more on CBS News
BP’s failures on the Gulf made worse by PR woes
BP is already fighting an oil gusher it can’t contain and watching its mighty market value wither away. Its own bumbling public-relations efforts are making a big mess worse. Read more on Provo Daily Herald
With each look at oil flow, the numbers get worse
HOUSTON (AP) — With each new look by scientists, the oil spill just keeps looking worse. Read more on The Indiana Gazette
The numbers get worse with each look at oil flow
New numbers showing the amount of oil gushing from a well in the Gulf of Mexico may be double as much as previously thought. The crude is likely to travel farther away, threatening more birds, fish and other wildlife that call the fragile waters their home, scientists said Friday. Read more on CTV Toronto
Beach clean up on Grand Isle Beach 1 Image by BP America
Will BP’s Latest Plan Make Oil Spill Worse?
Cutting off Broken Riser Pipe and Using a New Pipe to Siphon Oil Could Allow 20 Percent More Oil to Gush into the Gulf Read more on CBS News
Obama defends response as BP admits spill worse than Exxon Valdez
Seeking to demonstrate leadership amid an exploding environmental and political crisis, U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a six-month moratorium on new deepwater oil leases as a federal investigation continues into the cause of the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more on Canada.com
May 10, 2010 — Video is from Alabama resident John Wathen as a volunteer pilot flew him over the area where the oil rig sank. Officials have stopped guessing at the amount of oil leaking although some speculate it may be closer to 1 million gallons per day. Don’t let BP spin this into something trivial. “It’s not a leak, it’s a volcano spewing oil” Video Rating: 5 / 5
Congressional investigators announced Wednesday that an emergency shutoff valve might have been able to prevent the BP Plc (NYSE:BP) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, had it not been equipped with a leaking hydraulic system and one useless valve. The Transocean Ltd-owned (NYSE:RIG) Deepwater Horizon drilling rig was supposed to be equipped with a blowout preventer capable of pushing back on high pressure oil and gas surges, but instead failed, killing eleven workers in an explosion. Poor maintenance and necessary modifications on the blowout preventer were pinpointed by chairman of the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) as the reasons behind the explosive spill. Stupak said, “The safety of [the rig’s] entire operations rested on the performance of a leaking, modified, defective blowout preventer.” The blowout preventer was manufactured by Cameron International Corp. (NYSE:CAM), and crews noticed the leak oozing from a faulty and loose connection. However, Cameron International told the Investigations Subcommittee that it could not have been the blowout preventer that caused the leak, since the other connections were tightly fitted. An additional shut-off system on the blowout preventer was also modified, and reportedly did not work either. Rep. Stupak said, “An entire day’s worth of precious time had been spent engaging rams that closed the wrong way because it was wired wrong.” A document was identified by the Investigations … Video Rating: 5 / 5
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