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Timor Sea Drilling Spill Covers 5,800 Square Miles
/1 Comment/in Montara, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill, West Atlas /by John AmosSkyTruth just downloaded and processed a MODIS satellite image from NASA that was taken on September 3, 2009. It shows the area in the Timor Sea affected by oil slicks and sheen from the Montara / West Atlas blowout and oil spill that began on August 21 is now over 5,800 square miles in size. […]
Timor Sea Drilling Spill – What If?
/in Gulf of Mexico, Montara, Oil Spill /by John AmosSince the US Congress and the Florida Legislature are debating the merits of allowing drilling for oil and gas much closer to Florida’s coast, we thought it would be interesting to illustrate what could happen if a Montara-style blowout occurred in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. We outlined the area in the Timor Sea where […]
Timor Sea Drilling Spill Covers 2,500 Square Miles
/2 Comments/in Montara, Oil Spill, West Atlas /by John AmosSkyTruth just obtained a full-resolution version of the NASA /MODIS satellite image taken on August 30, 2009, nine days after the blowout and spill began from the Montara offshore oil platform in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. We did some additional processing to enhance features in the ocean, and discovered that slicks and sheen […]
Timor Sea Drilling Spill – More Images Online
/2 Comments/in Montara, Oil Spill, West Atlas /by John AmosUPDATE 9/3/09 5pm EDT: We had to temporarily take down the CSK radar images from August 28, 29 and 30. Hopefully they’ll be back online soon. Other images from August 25-30 (including TSX radar and MODIS) are still online. We’ve just added a few new location maps and satellite images to our growing online gallery […]
Timor Sea Drilling Spill – Satellite Images Reveal Extensive Slicks
/5 Comments/in Montara, Oil Spill, West Atlas /by John AmosLooks like the ongoing oil spill gushing into the Timor Sea off northwest Australia may be worse than initially reported (see a slideshow of aerial photos and watch a video). One observer this weekend estimated that oil slicks and sheen from the blowout in the Montara field extend across 180 km of ocean and are […]
Offshore Drilling: Nobody’s Perfect
/in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosShould we pursue offshore drilling in new areas like the Florida coast? It’s a balancing act all right – good jobs and a partial reduction in our dependence on foreign oil (dang those Canadians!) vs. the potential damage to beaches, water and air quality, and tourism- or fishing-based economies. A few things to consider as […]