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NJ Beach-goers Sharing the Ocean With Algae Today
/in Harmful Algal Blooms, Incidents, Oceans /by Teri BiebelAccording to this news story from MSNBC, there is a sizeable algae bloom off the New Jersey coastline today, and judging from the image from MODIS, they’re not kidding. The article states that the size of the bloom is over 100 miles and could cause a dead zone off the coast once the algae dies […]
Shell Spill in North Sea – Radar Draws a Blank
/in Incidents, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosJust got a radar satellite image from the European Space Agency (ESA) – it’s from their Envisat satellite, ASAR sensor. It was taken on August 13 over the North Sea, where Shell has been dealing with an oil spill from a pipeline near their Gannet Alpha platform. At last report, Shell claims that they’ve spilled […]
BP Reports Leaking Abandoned Well in Gulf of Mexico
/in BP, Gulf of Mexico, Incidents, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosBP is reporting that they’ve observed “sheen” at the surface in the central Gulf of Mexico near two abandoned exploration wells; on August 14 someone reported to the NRC that fluid was observed leaking from one of these wells on the seafloor from an ROV (remotely operated vehicle, i.e. unmanned submarine). This is in Green […]
Oil Spill at Shell Platform in North Sea
/in Incidents, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosShell has reported an oil spill at one of their platforms in the North Sea. They haven’t disclosed the size of the spill; we’re looking for satellite imagery to see if we can learn more. The Gannet Alpha platform, co-owned by Shell and Exxon, is located about 110 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland, in water […]
Oil Spill off Mumbai, India
/in Incidents, Offshore, Oil Spill /by John AmosOil is leaking from a cargo vessel that sank on August 5 about 25 miles off the coast of India near the port of Mumbai. This radar satellite image taken yesterday (August 8) shows a narrow slick about 12 miles long in the general vicinity of the sinking, based on the news accounts we’ve seen […]
Shell Reports Drilling Mud Spill in Gulf of Mexico
/1 Comment/in Gulf of Mexico, Incidents, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosShell International reported an accidental spill of nearly 5,000 gallons of drilling mud into the Gulf of Mexico on July 31. This is way out there in a cluster of deepwater fields known as the Perdido project, in water more than 7,800′ deep about 150 miles off the Texas coast (195 workers were evacuated from […]