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“The federal government Monday allowed BP to keep the cap shut tight on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well for another day despite the possibility something is seeping from the sea floor near the well.
The Obama administration’s point man for the spill, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said early Monday that the company promised to watch closely for signs of new leaks around the mile-deep well, which has stopped gushing oil into the water since the experimental cap was closed Thursday.
Late Sunday, Allen said something was detected seeping near the broken oil well and demanded in a sharply worded letter that BP step up monitoring of the ocean floor. Allen didn’t say what was seeping. White House energy adviser Carol Browner told the CBS “Early Show” the possible seepage was found less than two miles from the well site.
The concern all along – since pressure readings on the cap weren’t as high as expected – was a leak elsewhere in the well bore, meaning the cap may have to be reopened to prevent the environmental disaster from becoming even worse and harder to fix. An underground leak could let oil and gas escape uncontrolled through bedrock and mud.
“When seeps are detected, you are directed to marshal resources, quickly investigate, and report findings to the government in no more than four hours. I direct you to provide me a written procedure for opening the choke valve as quickly as possible without damaging the well should hydrocarbon seepage near the well head be confirmed,” Allen said in a letter to BP Managing Director Bob Dudley.” Read more.
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Until the relief well for the Gulf Oil spill is complete, the oil has been plugged. Here are some updates on the situation.
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Gulf Oil Spill Stopped? Oil Is Plugged, For Now
NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press) – The Gulf Coast found itself in an odd moment of limbo Saturday: The oil has been stopped, but no one knows if it’s corked for good. The clock expired on BP’s 48-hour observation period and the government …
Publish Date: 07/17/2010 18:31
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/17/gulf-oil-spill-stopped-oi_n_650199.html
Oil seeping from Gulf floor near well, but Coast Guard allows cap …
Dave Martin, The Associated PressThe Helix Producer burns off natural gas as it operates in the area of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico on on July 13. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen on Sunday evening agreed to …
Publish Date: 07/18/2010 18:42
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/oil_seeping_from_gulf_floor_ne.html
Florida Releases July 18, 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Situation Update …
On Day 90 of the Gulf oil spill BP reports the well integrity test is ongoing and active monitoring continues. Currently the well remains shut in with no oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Publish Date: 07/18/2010 12:22
http://www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/florida-releases-july-18-2010-gulf-oil-spill-situation-update-35721.html
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Hurricane Alex 2010: Storm Could Slow Clean Up Or Help With Spill
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VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) — A strengthening Tropical Storm Alex was expected to become a hurricane Tuesday as it swirled toward the Gulf coast of northern Mexico and southern Texas, where authorities were readying emergency shelters …
Publish Date: 06/29/2010 3:16
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Gulf Oil Spill Relief Well: Will It Really Work? More Backup Plans
Experts said it was conceivable that the “kill” procedure would not be effective, particularly if only a single relief well was used and the bottom of the well bore was damaged in the initial blowout. Pumping large quantities of erosive …
Publish Date: 06/29/2010 6:10
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Florida Outlines BP Gulf Oil Spill Response For June 29, 2010 …
On Day 71 of the Gulf oil spill Tropical Storm Alex is approximately 534 miles southwest of the Deepwater Horizon well head site. Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph. A general northwest track across the Southwest Gulf and then west …
Publish Date: 06/29/2010 7:58
http://www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/florida-outlines-bp-gulf-oil-spill-response-for-june-29-2010-34582.html
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“Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water off Florida beaches, like forest animals fleeing a fire. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier. Birds covered in oil are crawling deep into marshes, never to be seen again.
Marine scientists studying the effects of the BP disaster are seeing some strange phenomena.
Fish and other wildlife seem to be fleeing the oil out in the Gulf and clustering in cleaner waters along the coast in a trend that some researchers see as a potentially troubling sign.
The animals’ presence close to shore means their usual habitat is badly polluted, and the crowding could result in mass die-offs as fish run out of oxygen. Also, the animals could easily be devoured by predators.
“A parallel would be: Why are the wildlife running to the edge of a forest on fire? There will be a lot of fish, sharks, turtles trying to get out of this water they detect is not suitable,” said Larry Crowder, a Duke University marine biologist.” Read more.
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“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.” – Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977
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“Responding to federal demands to speed up efforts to contain the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials have submitted a revised plan that will allow the company to collect more than 50,000 barrels of oil a day by the end of June — about two weeks earlier than the company had originally planned.
On Friday, Coast Guard Rear Admiral James A. Watson, the federal on-scene coordinator of the disaster response, gave the company 48 hours to speed up its strategy to collect the oil leaking into the gulf. On Monday, Watson issued a statement saying BP, ‘after being directed to move more quickly,’ was ‘now stepping up its efforts to contain the leaking oil.’
The company has been collecting about 16,000 barrels per day from the broken well using a containment cap that funnels the oil to a processing ship. But federal experts have estimated that the well has been spewing at least 40,000 barrels per day.” Read more.
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“President Obama will use his first primetime television address from the Oval Office on Tuesday to speak to the nation about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a senior White House official said Sunday.
The official said that Mr. Obama would use his legal authority to force BP officials to create an escrow account setting aside billions of dollars to compensate businesses and individuals if the company does not do so on its own. The president is to outline details of the plan during his address.” Read more.
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“Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is reassuring Congress that the Obama administration has pressed what he described as the “pause button, not the stop button,” on all offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere.
Salazar, testifying Wednesday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, described the recent moratorium that President Barack Obama put in place for offshore deepwater drilling, along with new requirements for shallow water oil drilling.
Gulf residents rely heavily on paychecks from the oil industry and are worried about their economic futures.
Salazar told senators the government pressed the pause button, not the stop button to make sure that drilling can be done in a way ‘that is protective of the people and the Gulf region.’” Read more.
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Obama Says He’s “Furious” about Gulf Oil Spill but His Job Isn’t …
ABC News’ Karen Travers reports: Amidst criticism that he has not shown enough anger about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama said today that he was “furious” about the situation but that his job is to.
Publish Date: 06/03/2010 15:43
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Gulf Oil Spill: Feds Halt New Drilling In Gulf
WASHINGTON — The federal government slapped BP with a $69 million bill Thursday to cover initial costs of responding to the largest oil spill in US history. An angry President Barack Obama said he was convinced that BP has not moved …
Publish Date: 06/03/2010 12:08
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Don Young: Gulf Oil Spill ‘Not An Environmental Disaster’
Don’t worry about the oil spilling into the Gulf, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) says, because the worst spill in US history is “not an environmental disaster,” just nature taking its course. “This is not an environmental disaster, …
Publish Date: 06/03/2010 11:02
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The Gulf oil spill gives us all a sick feeling in the pit of our collective stomach. It will have, and is currently having, a devastating effect on the environment.
The effect on wildlife that this horrific disaster will have is not fully known. What experts do know is that animals are dying as they become covered with the gooey petroleum. Here are articles on the subject of wildlife being affected by the oil spill.
Gulf oil spill: Wildlife officials predict widespread impact on …
Biologists and other wildlife experts said Friday that the Gulf of Mexico oil leak was an “unprecedented” event in terms of its potential impact on animals and habitats, and warned that the absence of oil-slicked birds in large numbers …
Publish Date: 05/21/2010 12:41
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/
The Gulf Oil Spill Information Portal: Maine oil booms going to …
For National Park Service updates about potential park closures, resources at risk, and NPS actions to protect vital park space and wildlife, visit http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/oil-spill-response.htm. For Fish and Wildlife Service’s …
Publish Date: 05/28/2010 5:15
http://gulfoilspill.blogspot.com/
In an Oil-Devastated Gulf, the National Wildlife Federation Takes …
National Wildlife Federation officials toured the Gulf area hit by the BP oil spill and found was devastation: It’s as if two Exxon Valdez tankers have already run aground — and more are on the way if they don’t get this hole plugged.
Publish Date: 05/27/2010 12:15
http://www.dailyfinance.com/
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