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Grand Isle Oil Spill – More Than 4 Gallons?
/in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosIF our analysis of the March 22, 2011 MODIS satellite image is correct, and we assume the apparent oil slick on that image is on average only 1 micron — one millionth of a meter — thick, then that roughly 2,427 km2 oil slick held at least 640,728 gallons. That would make it a major […]
Coast Guard Tests “Conclusively” Point to Anglo-Suisse Well for Latest Gulf Spill
/in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosTests of crude oil collected by the Coast Guard off Louisiana beaches last weekend, conducted by a scientist at Louisiana State University who deemed the results “conclusive,” appear to match the chemical “fingerprint” of crude oil taken from the hurricane-damaged well that Anglo-Suisse was trying to permanently plug. Anglo-Suisse is disputing this and is hiring […]
Check Out Our Natural Gas & Oil Drilling Collection
/in BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by Teri BiebelNow that we’ve got our image gallery all organized and pretty, we don’t want to keep it to ourselves. We want to share our images with you and ask what you think. So without further ado, here is our biggest collection, Natural Gas and Oil Drilling. The images in this collection show the impacts of […]
Gulf Spill – Source?
/in BP, Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosCoast Guard has tentatively identified a well damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as the source of the oil spill last weekend that came ashore in Louisiana. Located in West Delta Block 117, and operated by Anglo-Suisse, the spill reportedly occurred for a few hours last Saturday afternoon during operations to permanently plug and abandon […]
Gulf Spill – Not So Fast – Problem at LOOP?
/2 Comments/in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John Amos[UPDATE 11:15am ET – according to an email sent to us, a pilot flying over LOOP yesterday observed an oil slick there. UPDATE 11:50am ET – a 2 mile long slick was reported to the NRC Saturday morning at the LOOP facility] Whoa, hold the horses. Maybe Anglo-Suisse did happen to have a small spill […]
Latest Gulf Oil Spill – Mystery Solved?
/in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosIt looks like our guess yesterday may have been correct: the oil spill that came ashore in Louisiana this weekend originated about 30 miles offshore in West Delta Block 117, at the site of a platform destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 that was operated by Anglo-Suisse Offshore Partners, LLC, according to a Louisiana official. […]