Category Archives: Water

Gulf oil rig’s owner had safety issue at 3 other wells

By doris | Published: August 5, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com The company that owned the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April had widespread safety concerns about several of its other rigs in the gulf, and a month before the disaster it commissioned a broad review of the safety culture of the company’s North American operations, according [...]

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BP: ‘Static kill’ is working on Gulf well

By doris | Published: August 4, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — BP said Wednesday that it had reached the “desired outcome” in a procedure in which it pumped mud down the throat of the blown-out well that is leaking in the Gulf of Mexico. BP spokeswoman Sheila Williams said the mud is holding the oil down. [...]

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Third blaze ignites as fire crews gain ground on two more

By doris | Published: July 30, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Hundreds of firefighters battled a third wildfire in the Los Angeles area early Friday as two more raged within 60 miles of one another. The latest — known as the Crown Fire — has ignited more than 5,000 acres, fire officials said. About 500 firefighters were [...]

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Officials optimistic amid preparations to seal Gulf oil well

By doris | Published: July 29, 2010

Full Story CNN.com (CNN) — One hundred days after an oil well operated by BP ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, and 13 days after crews finished capping the well to contain the gushing crude, the man who is overseeing the federal response is optimistic that steps planned for the coming days will finally, permanently [...]

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BP resumes work on relief well

By doris | Published: July 26, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW ORLEANS — Ships were getting back in place Sunday at the Gulf of Mexico site of BP’s leaky oil well as crews restarted work on plugging the gusher before another big storm stops work again. Piping for the main relief well being drilled was being reinstalled and should be ready [...]

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BP tech team: Priority is to ‘see’ oil underwater

By doris | Published: July 25, 2010

Full Story at news.CNET.com Everything from high-tech imaging gear to plastic bags with screens is being tested by a “skunk works” team at BP set up to evaluate cleanup methods in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil company’s High Interest Technology Team, based in Mobile, Ala., is currently sifting through thousand of proposals to fix [...]

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Allen says seep has been detected, demands results from BP tests

By doris | Published: July 19, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Testing continues and scientists are evaluating the results to decide whether to resume collecting oil from BP’s ruptured deepwater well, the company said Monday. BP’s statement came hours after Thad Allen, the federal government’s oil spill response director, said that testing had revealed a “detected seep a distance from [...]

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‘Integrity’ testing on Gulf well cap delayed

By doris | Published: July 14, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — BP has put off crucial “integrity tests” on the new stacking cap on its ruptured Gulf oil well so it can review testing procedures, a review expected to take place through the night and into Wednesday. The oil giant had expected the tests — to check [...]

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New cap on ruptured oil well faces key tests

By doris | Published: July 13, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — BP plans to begin testing the new cap on its ruptured deepwater well Tuesday — a move that officials hope will be a step on the way to stopping oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. “This test involves closing one or more of the [...]

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BP works to replace containment cap over ruptured well

By doris | Published: July 11, 2010

Full Story atCNN.com Why can’t they get it right? This company didn’t do any research on taking a oil pipe leak until it happen.  Just like all the other businesses, wait till the horse gets out of the barn then fix the problem. What about planning ahead just in case something happens. This is just [...]

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Gulf Coast expecting glum Fourth of July

By doris | Published: July 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — Fireworks displays have been canceled. White-sand beaches that should be crowded with sunbathers are instead dotted with cleanup workers, booms and sand-sifting equipment. Normally packed hotels are trying to fill rooms ahead of what is a crucial weekend for beach businesses. Across the oil-stained Gulf Coast, it’s [...]

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House passes bill on oil-spill damages; weather slows cleanup

By doris | Published: July 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that removes limits on financial damages that can be awarded for accidents off the U.S. coastline, such as the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 workers. The bill updates maritime laws that have [...]

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Fill her up with spill oil? BP to sell leaked crude

By doris | Published: June 12, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW ORLEANS – Oil from the worst spill in U.S. history could soon end up at gas stations, construction sites and even grocery stores once BP sells the crude taken from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico to raise money for wildlife protection. Energy giant BP announced this week [...]

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Round-the-world teen sailor alive, well

By doris | Published: June 11, 2010

Full Story at nbcsports.msnbc.com A 16-year-old Californian girl attempting to sail solo around the world is safe and well, her parents said, after a massive search and rescue operation was launched in the Indian Ocean when she triggered distress signals. Abby Sunderland was last heard from about 6 a.m. Pacific time Thursday, when she broke [...]

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Hurricanes could derail August oil leak deadline

By doris | Published: June 6, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico would force the shutdown of BP’s relief well operations, further hampering what BP has said is the best sure-fire way of plugging the massive oil leak. “How much time you could potentially lose when you shut down for a hurricane is more or [...]

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BP turns to giant shears to cut leaking Gulf pipe

By doris | Published: June 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com PENSACOLA, Fla. – BP engineers will try to use a pair of giant shears to slice off a leaking pipe after their latest attempt hit a snag trying to stop their broken well from spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said BP was [...]

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Robots succeed, cut well pipe; oil gushes into Gulf

By doris | Published: June 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — A new flow of oil emerged from BP’s damaged undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday evening after a remote-controlled submarine successfully cut into the well’s riser pipe. BP used robots in its latest attempt to curtail the flow of crude from the largest spill in U.S. [...]

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Oil complicates forecasts on hurricane season

By doris | Published: May 31, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com VENICE, La. – As hurricane season approaches, the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is taking weather forecasters into nearly uncharted waters. The Gulf is a superhighway for hurricanes that form or explode over pools of hot water, then usually move north or west toward the coast. It’s now [...]

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‘Top kill’ fails, BP moves on ‘to next option’

By doris | Published: May 30, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Robert, Louisiana (CNN) — Three attempts to pump mud and 16 tries to stuff solid material into a breached Gulf of Mexico oil well failed to stop the flow, top BP executives said Saturday, and engineers and executives with the oil giant have decided to “move on to the next option.” [...]

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Gulf of Mexico oil spill called worst in U.S. history

By doris | Published: May 27, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Venice, Louisiana (CNN) — The Gulf of Mexico undersea gusher has already spilled more oil than the Exxon Valdez disaster — possibly more than twice as much, making it the largest oil spill in U.S. history — government scientists said Thursday. Scientists observed 130,000 to 270,000 barrels of oil on the [...]

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