Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off La. coast GRAND ISLE, La. – An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP’s undersea well spilled after a rig explosion. The Coast Guard says no one was killed [...]
Coral populations in the Gulf of Mexico could fall because of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster – from contact not with oil but with the dispersant that’s supposed to get rid of it. Laboratory tests suggest that Corexit 9500A, the dispersant used by BP to tackle the largest offshore oil spill in US history, [...]
Share retweet Email Print AP – Crews work on a boom in the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek, Mich., trying to capture oil from a ruptured … Slideshow:Pipeline spills oil into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River Related Quotes Symbol Price Change EEP 53.03 0.00 ENB 47.96 0.00 ^GSPC 1,101.53 0.00 By TIM MARTIN, Associated Press Writer Tim Martin, Associated [...]
Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico Posted June 22, 2010 download large image (10 MB, JPEG) acquired June 19, 2010 Today, reportedly, a vehicle ran into a pipe, which resulted in a back up of pressure. Currently, the cap on the leak is off, which probably means much more oil is leaking today, than [...]
Up to 65,000 BARRELS OF OIL are pouring into The Gulf of Mexico every single day! I don’t know if I’m the only one who feels this strongly, but: “THIS IS A LOT OF OIL!!! They are saying this may go on into August! This is a dissaster of Global Proportions! There is little talk about [...]
updated 2:29 a.m.EDT, Sat May 29, 2010 I have been carefully watching the Oil Spill Crisis and here is what I have to say: First, anyone who doesn’t see that we need to make finding alternative sources of energy an absolute top priority is a fool! If you don’t see it, then I am talking [...]