BP Successfully Inserts Tube Into Leak Site !! May 16th 2010 Oil Spill Update (CNN) -- Oil company BP says it has resumed pumping oil to a ship on the surface after a weekend setback that halted efforts to siphon off the crude spewing from a damaged well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Crews re-inserted the tube into the well's riser stack Sunday. The 4-inch pipe is now connected to a ship on the surface, 5,000 feet above the sea floor, and is pumping oil back to the surface, BP spokesman Mark Proegler told CNN. If successful, (2 comments)
oil spill update: Oil Spill Sightings Possibly Not Even Oil According to Professionals
- 05/11/10 05:15 AM
LSU professor believes oil sightings may not be oil Posted on AL.com on 5/10/2011 LSU's Ed Overton flew over the Chandeleur Islands and the Mississippi Delta on Sunday and said despite news reports of beached oil in the area he saw little evidence of oil that had come ashore. He was provided samples by ABC news of an unusual material which he said "were definitely not petroleum" and he speculated that the material may have been biological in nature. The material was a pinkish red shade when collected, Overton said, but later turned gray which indicates something biological. Overton further states (0 comments)
Winds Blow Oil Away from Coast & Hangout Music Fest Not CancelledTuesday, May 04, 2010Favorable Winds Blow Oil Slick Away from Alabama & Florida's Gulf CoastAs of this morning, Tuesday, May 4, 2010, the latest National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather forecast indicates winds are from the north/northeast today, keeping the oil spill away from our coastline. Winds are predicted to shift later in the week becoming south/southeast. View the latest NOAA trajectory forecasts issued today. Each day that the oil spill fails to reach our Alabama and Florida coastline is one more day closer to a solution (0 comments)
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