Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Another Oil Rig Blows Up in Gulf of Mexico: Vermilion Bay 380
September 2nd, 2010Monitoring… Via: Washington Post: An offshore oil rig exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, injuring at least one worker, the U.S. Coast Guard said. All 13 people on board the Vermilion Oil Rig 380 have been accounted for, and the one who was injured is being transported to a hospital, Coast Guard Petty Officer […]
German Military: Peak Oil a National Security Issue in “15 to 30 Years”
September 1st, 2010Via: Der Spiegel: A study by a German military think tank has analyzed how “peak oil” might change the global economy. The internal draft document — leaked on the Internet — shows for the first time how carefully the German government has considered a potential energy crisis. … According to the German report, there was […]
Tests Find Sickened Family Has 50.3 PPM of Corexit’s 2-Butoxyethanol in Swimming Pool
August 30th, 2010? ? ? ? ? Via: Florida Oil Spill Law: “Our heads are still swimming,” stated Barbara Schebler of Homosassa, Florida, who received word last Friday that test results on the water from her family’s swimming pool showed 50.3 ppm of 2-butoxyethanol, a marker for the dispersant Corexit 9527A used to break up and sink […]
Japanese Firm Builds Small Machine that Converts Plastic Back Into Oil
August 23rd, 2010If there’s electricity around… I know! How about converting U.S. aircraft carriers into massive trash barges to clean up the Pacific Trash Vortex. Those aircraft carriers run on nuclear power so there should be plenty of juice on board for turning that stuff back into oil. Just a bit more comedy on Cryptogon this morning… […]
U.S. Scientist Retracts Assurances Over Success of Gulf of Mexico Cleanup
August 21st, 2010Via: Guardian: White House claims that the worst of the BP oil spill was over were undermined yesterday when a senior government scientist said three-quarters of the oil was still in the Gulf environment and a research study detected a 22-mile plume of oil in the ocean depths. Bill Lehr, a senior scientist at the […]
Gulf of Mexico: Continuous Oil Plume Over 35KM in Length, at Approximately 1100M Depth
August 20th, 2010See Scientific proof that the Deepwater oil plume is over 20 miles long, for an image of the water column at various depths. Via: Science: The Deepwater Horizon blowout is the largest offshore oil spill in history. We present results from a subsurface hydrocarbon survey using an autonomous underwater vehicle and a ship-cabled sampler. Our […]
Collapsing Marsh Dwarfs BP Oil Blowout as Ecological Disaster
August 18th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Long before BP’s blowout menaced the Gulf of Mexico, an oil industry-related coastal crisis of another kind began unfolding all over the Mississippi River coastal delta. Dredging for navigation, oil and gas drilling and pipeline construction has ripped apart the estuary’s fragile system of fresh and saltwater marshes. Between 1901, when drilling began […]
Dock Owners Asking Fishermen to Sign Waiver Stating That They Would be Responsible for Contaminated Fish?
August 18th, 2010I’m not able to find any confirmation on this one, but here it is, just in case. See Kindra Arnesen at seven minutes in: Related: projectgulfimpact.org
Gulf Oil Spreading East on Sea Floor
August 17th, 2010Florida Oil Spill Law: Full Time Coverage of Gulf of Mexico Situation: Florida Oil Spill Law Via: CNN: Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill may have settled to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico further east than previously suspected and at levels toxic to marine life, researchers reported Monday. Initial findings from a new […]
Afghanistan Says Finds 1.8 Billion Barrel Oilfield
August 15th, 2010Via: Reuters: Afghanistan said on Sunday it had discovered an oilfield with an estimated 1.8 billion barrels in the north of the war-ravaged country, where U.S. and other foreign forces are trying to tame a Taliban-led insurgency. The discovery of the basin between northern Balkh and Shiberghan provinces was made after a survey conducted by […]
