Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, news that NOAA and FDA announce chemical test for dispersant in Gulf seafood: “Building upon the extensive testing and protocols already in use by federal, state and local officials for the fishing waters of the Gulf, NOAA and FDA have developed and are using… Continue Reading
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Haphazard Firefighting Might Have Sunk BP Oil Rig
Report by Aaron Mehta and John Solomon: “Coast Guard officials told the Center for Public Integrity that the service does not have the expertise to fight an oil rig fire and that its response to the April 20 explosion may have broken the services own rules by failing to ensure a firefighting expert supervised the… Continue Reading
Minerals Management Service Relaunched as Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar wore-in former Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich to lead reforms that will strengthen oversight and policing of offshore oil and gas development. Bromwich will oversee the fundamental restructuring of the former Minerals Management Service, which… Continue Reading
WSJ Analysis: BP Used 'Risky' Design More Often Than Most Peers
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, WSJ reports BP Relied on Cheaper Wells: “In recent years, oil giant BP PLC used a well design that has been called “risky” by Congressional investigators in more than one out of three of its deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico, significantly more often… Continue Reading
Coast Guard R. Admiral Gives BP 48 Hours to Identify Leak Containment Capacity
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, on June 12, 2010 U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral James Watson sent a letter to BP’s COO directing the company to “identify in the next 48 hours additional leak containment capacity that could be operational and expedited to avoid the continued discharge of oil from… Continue Reading
Flow Rate Technical Group – Updates on Progress of Scientific Teams Analyzing Flow Rates from BP's Well
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “On May 27, the Plume Modeling Team, which analyzed video obtained from BP, provided an initial lower bound estimate of 12,000 to 25,000 barrels of oil per day, but at that point were continuing their work to provide an upper bound estimate.”… Continue Reading
33% of the federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico closed to fishing
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this ews release: “On Saturday June 5, 2010, NOAA added 565 square miles to the fishing closed area; the change took effect at 6 p.m. Eastern that same day. The change is at the northeast edge of the closed area, and encompasses the projected movement… Continue Reading
BP Apllications Filed With Minerals Management Service Claimed Plan to Handle Huge Spill
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, via Bloomberg: “BP Plc said in permit applications (slow loading, 582 pages) for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico that it was prepared to handle an oil spill more than ten times larger than the one now spewing crude into the waters off the southern… Continue Reading
EPA: Federal Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
“This site is an online resource for anyone seeking information on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It is intended to track EPA’s ongoing work in the area and help answer questions about the incident. We will continue to update as information becomes available.” “Since the British Petroleum Oil Spill in the… Continue Reading
