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Why Is BP Delaying the Bottom Kill Operation Till September?
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Thursday that BP's unruly well won't be killed once and for all until September. Original estimates had planned for the bottom kill -- which will kill the well for good -- to take place this month. At several points, emergency crews were even said to be ahead of schedule on the project, but no longer. How come? As Allen explained in a press conference Thursday, "All of this has been done over an overabundance of caution related to minimizing risk associated with the intersection of the well," adding, "We are very, very close to the ...
How Much Oil Really Remains in the Gulf?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Aug. 19) -- How much oil is still left in the gulf after the worst accidental oil spill in world history was finally stopped last month by the "static kill" procedure? That depends on who you ask. After the leak was stopped on July 15, the Associated Press reported that 184 million gallons had spilled. PBS presently lists 190 million gallons. At a contentious recess hearing today on Capitol Hill, an outraged Rep. Ed Markey (D- Mass.) lashed out at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's earlier, rosier estimate that 70 percent of the oil had been removed by humans and ...
Static Kill, the Movie: Video Breaks Down Much-Anticipated Oil Spill Operation
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Aug. 2) -- It's being touted as the possible "beginning of the end" for the gulf oil spill. But how exactly does a "static kill" work? The short answer: by pouring dense drilling mud into the broken Macondo well, followed by a layer of cement. Approximately a week after the static kill is complete comes the next part of the two-pronged strategy: the "bottom kill" operation -- an injection of mud and cement through the lower relief well. Although federal officials remain cautious, developers of the strategy are optimistic about the operation's potential, as they believe the experimental ...
Crews Fight to Contain New Leak Near Gulf of Mexico
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(July 27) -- Not again! A new oil leak has hit the Gulf Coast Tuesday after a small boat collided with a wellhead in Bayou St. Dennis, just north of the ecologically diverse Barataria Bay in Louisiana. There were no reported injuries, but morale in nearby Jefferson Parish, where oil from BP's well has already caused extensive environmental and commercial damage, is unsurprisingly not good. "We cannot catch a break," Jefferson Parish Emergency Management Director Deano Bonano said in a message to fellow officials, reports WDSU. "We have no estimate at this time of the volume of oil [from the ...
BP's 'Static Kill' Solution for the Oil Spill, Explained
By David Knowles - AOL News(July 26) -- Meet the "static kill," BP's latest solution to the oil spill conundrum. On Monday, BP and the federal government announced they were set to begin implementing the static kill plan beginning Aug. 2, just days before a new relief well is scheduled to be completed. But how does this latest attempt to seal the well differ from the failed top kill, and why is it necessary now that the Top Hat 10 cap has effectively halted oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico? After looking into the latest and greatest oil well fix, Surge Desk presents the following answers to some of the most ...
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Bonnie Bears Down on Southern Florida
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(July 23) -- UPDATE, 2 p.m. EDT: Tropical Storm Bonnie is becoming less organized as it moves northwest over southern Florida and is not expected to become a hurricane. Tropical Storm Bonnie is on a crash course with the Gulf of Mexico and has already affected the oil spill containment and cleanup efforts. Surge Desk has answers to the five most important questions about the storm and its track. 1. Where is Tropical Storm Bonnie right now? As of 2 p.m. EDT, Tropical Storm Bonnie was 55 miles southeast of Naples, Fla. and 75 miles southeast of Fort Myers, Fla. Powered by storm-tracking ...
BP Photoshop Saga: More Doctored Images Surface
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(July 22) -- They've done it again! No more than 48 hours after BP confessed to using Photoshop in doctoring a photo of its oil spill crisis command center in Houston to make it appear "more panoramic," two new photographs of the oil spill response effort have been exposed as partial fakes as well. "We've instructed our postproduction team to refrain from doing cutting and pasting in the future," a company spokesman told London's Daily Telegraph today. The second obvious Photoshop job was identified Tuesday by the blog Gizmodo, which received a tip that a BP image of a helicopter ...
Report: Tony Hayward Preparing to Quit BP
By David Knowles - AOL News(July 20) -- According to The Times of London, embattled BP CEO Tony Hayward is preparing to depart the company. Citing sources within the company, the paper said that Hayward's exit could come "as early as next month." One day earlier, Paddy Power, an Irish oddsmaker, closed future bets on the timing of Hawyard's departure after what the Guardian newspaper termed "a surge of wagers on Hayward's imminent departure over the last few days." More from the Guardian: Paddy Power started offering odds of 2-1 that Hayward would vacate the chief executive's seat by 31 December. By early June, the ...
Seep Detected Near BP Well: What Could It Mean for Oil Spill Capping Efforts?
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(July 19) -- A mysterious seep detected near the BP well has the government on edge and investors nervous: It could indicate that the Macondo well is damaged in places other than the well head, causing additional oil and gas leaks. The government has allowed the new containment cap to stay on today as tests continue, but BP shares fell 2.6 percent because of the news. Surge Desk answers the three most important questions about the seep and gives you the latest on the oil spill in the gulf. 1. What's a seep? A seep, as defined in this context, is a stream of hydrocarbons flowing from the ...
Top Hat 10: Answers to Your Questions on BP's New Oil Spill Cap
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(July 12) -- BP is midway through its latest, greatest attempt to stem the gulf oil spill, the Miami Herald reports. Surge Desk answers five questions about the ongoing operations to cap the Macondo well: 1. Did BP cap the leaking well yet? Not quite. BP is currently lowering a new cap -- the Top Hat 10 -- over the well, and reported this afternoon (Day 83, in oil spill time) that the cap was 300 feet from its target. 2. How long before the cap is installed? BP says it will take several days before the 150,000-pound cap is fully installed and tests can be run to determine whether it is ...
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