BP’s spill costs reach 8 bln USD, operations underway
BP’s spill costs reach 8 bln USD, operations underway BP’s total cost of its response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has climbed to 8 billion U.S. dollars as the oil giant undertakes measures in order to resume work on its relief well and seal the damaged oil well for good. […]
how are they stopping the oil spill?
by BP America Question by the treemeister: how are they stopping the oil spill? i know enough about the politics of it and stuff, but I really don’t understand what this “static kill” procedure is that they’re using to stop it. can someone send me a link or just explain it? Best answer: Answer by […]
BP’s oil spill cost eight billion euros
BP’s oil spill cost eight billion euros LONDON: Oil giant BP said Friday that the Gulf oil spill had cost the British company eight billion euros (6.2 billions dollars) so far. Read more on New Straits Times
BP spill costs top $8 billion
BP spill costs top billion BP has spent more than billion so far in expenses related to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico Macondo well blowout and spill, the company reported 3 September 2010 … Read more on Oil Online BP Spent B on Oil Spill, Plans to Resume Relief Well Oil major BP said Friday […]
BP’s Oil Spill Probe Reportedly Faults Its Own Engineers
BP’s Oil Spill Probe Reportedly Faults Its Own Engineers BP is apparently putting some blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion on its own engineers. According to a Bloomberg News report, the oil company’s internal investigation misread a test of the well’s stability on April 20, the day of the disaster. A person familiar […]
The BP Oil Spill is Still Leaking from Seafloor, Next Plan ‘Static Kill’
The Well Cap is a diversion, and it worked. A Coast Guard overflight spotted heavy, emulsified oil on Sunday that appeared to be heading on a collision course with the island. It came within eight miles of the shore on Monday, before the Coast Guard said skimmers intercepted it. “We did send a fleet of […]
Why didn’t Obama attempt the Top Kill aproach first when trying to seal the oil spill in the gulf?
Question by Day V: Why didn’t Obama attempt the Top Kill aproach first when trying to seal the oil spill in the gulf? If he had gone right to that first, the oil leak would have been plugged weeks ago, and thousands of innocent animals would still be alive. Why does he hate the envirnment […]
Fears grow over oil spill disaster
The growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is threatening to become the worst US environmental disaster in decades. According to the US government, more than six million litres of oil have poured into the sea since April 20 when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and then sank. Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman reports […]
Oil spill is a conspiracy?
There are many on the internet that has been speculating that the origin of the Gulf Coast oil spill is a conspiracy. Randall Amster says that the leading contender is North Korea, the conspirators believe they torpedoed the oil rig and that is why the oil is pouring into the ocean, there are correlations though, […]
BREAKING NEWS TOP KILL OIL SPILL ARIEL NOT SEEN ON TV
BREAKING NEWS TOP KILL OIL SPILL ARIEL NOT SEEN ON TV Video Rating: 4 / 5
Enbridge oil spill draws profit-seekers
Enbridge oil spill draws profit-seekers As oil poured from Talmadge Creek into the Kalamazoo River, merchants poured in from far and wide to the Battle Creek area, offering cleanup help and often hoping to make a buck. Read more on Battle Creek Enquirer Oil Spill on Southern Governors’ Agenda in AL BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – […]
Oil spill as fashion? What others are writing about the Gulf oil spill
Oil spill as fashion? What others are writing about the Gulf oil spill Here’s a sampling of what others are writing about the Gulf oil spill on Monday, Aug. 9:Matthew Hinton, The Times-PicayuneFew donate to oil spill relief compared with other disasters, according to a story on The Huffington Post.The Washington Post provides… Read more […]
Gulf oil spill: White House accused of spinning report
Plugging the Hole of BP Image by Truthout.org Gulf oil spill: White House accused of spinning report Scientists say it is ‘just not true’ that the vast majority of oil from the BP spill has gone The White House was accused today of spinning a government scientific report into the amount of oil left in […]
BP relies on ‘top kill’ as it still fails to stop oil spill
The US Government says it won’t take over oil clean-up operations in the Gulf of Mexico from BP. Washington had criticised the oil giant for being too slow in its crisis management efforts. BP is pinning its hopes of stopping the gusher on yet another technique never tested 1500 metres underwater: a ‘top kill’ in […]
BP Completes Cement Plug at Top of Macondo Well, Sealing Source of Spill
BP Completes Cement Plug at Top of Macondo Well, Sealing Source of Spill BP Plc resumed work on a relief well in the Gulf of Mexico to permanently seal the source of the biggest offshore accidental oil spill in history. Read more on Bloomberg BP Says Pressure Tests Show That Cement Plug on Macondo Well […]
Are the beaches in North Carolina covered in oil from the BP Spill?
by Infrogmation Question by Tina: Are the beaches in North Carolina covered in oil from the BP Spill? We are taking a vacation there to see my brother return from Afghanistan (Lance Corporal – Go Marines!) so i just wanted to know are the beaches there (near Camp Legeune) covered in oil from the BP […]
BP Oil Spill – BP rebranded
Some cool BP OIL SPILL images: BP Oil Spill – BP rebranded Image by Blackmetta EPA Region 6 Strike Team – BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Image by Wolfram Burner
‘Top Kill’ LIVE feed: BP says oil spill stopped
The US coastguard claims engineers have managed to use mud to stop the flow of oil from the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the first step in BP’s plan to seal the breach for good with cement. Live webcams still showed material jetting out from the well head – but BP […]
THE OIL SPILL COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED ON DAY 2……..IF WE HAD ASKED FOR HELP FROM NATIONS WHO HAD HIGH-TECH IN UNDERWATER OPERATIONS……….FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA, who built the THREE GORGE DAM….could have solved this problem. I know this for a fact.
A few nice top kill oil images I found: THE OIL SPILL COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED ON DAY 2……..IF WE HAD ASKED FOR HELP FROM NATIONS WHO HAD HIGH-TECH IN UNDERWATER OPERATIONS……….FOR EXAMPLE, CHINA, who built the THREE GORGE DAM….could have solved this problem. I know this for a fact. Image by roberthuffstutter IMG_3757 Image […]
Video of underwater Top Kill operation at BP oil spill site
BP is running tests and expected to decide shortly if it will go ahead with an effort to choke off its oil gusher by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement. “Top kill’ is an operation in which heavy mud and cement would be shot into the blown-out well to plug it up. The oil […]