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Gulf Residents' Skepticism Remains Uncapped
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- The BP spill appears to be capped for good, even though the ultimate solution known as "final kill" has yet to be implemented. But while fresh oil has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, distrust and resentment continue to flow freely. Many citizens and scientists alike do not believe an inter-agency federal report stating that roughly 25 percent of the spilled oil was collected by processes such as skimming, 25 percent has deteriorated or been consumed by microbes, and 25 percent has dispersed. The remaining "residual amount," the report continues, ". . . is either on or ...
Reports Sharply Contradict Claims About Vanished Oil
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 17) -- Two new reports from different groups of academic scientists are providing a counterweight to the government's rosy assertions that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis is drawing to a close. One says that as much as 79 percent of the oil is still loose in the gulf; the other expresses the fear that oil on the ocean floor may not stay there but could resurface at a later time. Researchers at the University of Georgia announced Monday that between 70 and 79 percent of the oil and its toxic byproducts are still present under the surface of the gulf. That finding stands in stark ...
BP May Have Already Plugged Oil Well for Good
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- Analysis of pressure tests on BP's cemented Gulf of Mexico oil well could indicate today that the damaged well is already plugged for good, and that a relief well won't be needed after all. For more than three months, BP has been drilling two relief wells near the Deepwater Horizon disaster, to intercept the damaged well shaft deep under the sea floor and plug it with heavy mud and cement. One of the wells reached within 30 feet of the problem well, before drilling was temporarily called off earlier this week, as a tropical depression swept through the gulf. Now officials say ...
BP Says It May Drill Again in Gulf Spill Reservoir
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS (Aug. 6) -- BP PLC said today it might someday drill again into the same lucrative undersea pocket of oil that spilled millions of gallons of crude, wrecked livelihoods and fouled beaches along the Gulf of Mexico. "There's lots of oil and gas here," Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said at a news briefing. "We're going to have to think about what to do with that at some point." The vast oil reservoir beneath the blown well is still believed to hold nearly $4 billion worth of crude. With the company and its partners facing tens of billions of dollars in liabilities, the ...
BP Begins Pumping Cement Into Busted Gulf Well
By not in system - AOL News10:31 AM ET Update: BP says it is pumping cement down blow-out Gulf well in effort to finish 'static kill' (AP) NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 5) -- BP planned to start pumping cement into its blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, following up on a key development in the effort to kill the well when mud that was shoved in successfully held back the flow of crude. After a series of unsuccessful attempts to stem the flow of oil a mile underwater, the tide appeared to be turning in the months-long battle to stop the massive oil spill. BP PLC said Wednesday it was finally able to force the ...
Oil-Fighting Vessels in Gulf Docked Because of Alex
By not in system - AOL NewsGRAND ISLE, La. (June 30) -- Dozens of small skiffs, huge shrimp boats and even a swamp tour boat were tied to docks, winds whipping their flags and waves rocking them even in the sheltered marina. Most days, the fleet would be skimming oil from the Gulf of Mexico and ferrying workers and supplies. But Hurricane Alex churning in the Gulf turned many people fighting the massive 11-week-old spill into spectators on Tuesday. And they will be for days. "Yesterday we had redcaps instead of white caps," said Jesse Alling, a marine science technician with the Coast Guard. Officials scrambled to ...
Alex Grows Back Into Tropical Storm Over Gulf of Mexico
By not in system - AOL NewsBELIZE CITY (June 27) -- Alex strengthened back into a tropical storm as it moved across the Gulf of Mexico late Sunday after dumping heavy rains on parts of Central America and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula that left four people dead. Alex, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph), was headed on a path that would take it to Mexico's eastern coast around midweek. Its route was still well clear of the massive oil spill in the Gulf. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm will strengthen further over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and could become a hurricane within 48 ...
BP Shares Plunge as Company Ups Spill Price Tag
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(June 25) -- BP's stock price plunged to a 14-year low today after the crippled giant announced that it has now spent $2.35 billion for the cleanup of America's worst-ever oil spill. That's up by $350 million from Monday. In response to BP's increased tab, shares in the British oil company fell today on London markets. At one point, they fell 6.8 percent, making BP the biggest loser on London's FTSE 100 Index this morning. A large chunk of BP's tab covers $126 million paid out in claims to victims of the spill, mostly to workers in the fishing industry. Nearly 74,000 claims have been ...
Gulf Oil Fouls Up Beachgoers' Plans This Summer
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(June 25) -- School's out for summer, but Gulf Coast beaches fouled by America's worst-ever oil spill aren't drawing school kids and vacationers like usual this year. A quarter-mile stretch of Florida's Pensacola Beach is closed after thick pools of oil washed up this week. It's the first beach in the state to be closed by BP's oil spill. Lifeguard Collin Cobia wears a red handkerchief over his nose and mouth to block the stench of oil. "It's enough to knock you down," he told The Associated Press. Not exactly beach party atmosphere. Local residents like Paul Redman Jr. are ...
Legal Battle Keeps Gulf Oil Workers in Limbo
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(June 23) -- Thousands of oil workers on America's Gulf Coast won't be going back to work anytime soon as a legal battle rages over whether the companies that employ them should be allowed to continue drilling for oil despite BP's catastrophic spill. A federal judge ruled on Tuesday to overturn President Barack Obama's six-month moratorium on offshore drilling in deep water, saying the White House wasn't justified in halting the business altogether. The judge who issued the ruling owned stock in a number of oil and gas companies, including Transocean Ltd. -- the company that owns the rig ...
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