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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill May Be Largest Since BP Disaster
An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last week may be the largest in the U.S. since the 2010 blowout at BP Plc’s Macondo well that sank the Deepwater Horizon rig.
The Delta House floating production facility about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Venice, Louisiana, released 7,950 to 9,350 barrels of oil from early Wednesday to Thursday morning, according to closely held operator LLOG Exploration Co. That would make it the largest spill in more than seven years, data from the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement show, even though it’s a fraction of the millions of barrels ejected in the 2010 incident.
The LLOG spill was triggered by a fracture in a flowline jumper, Rick Fowler, the company’s vice president for deepwater projects, said in an email. That’s a short pipeline used to connect nearby subsea structures. Multiple barriers placed on either side of the fracture stopped the release, but the the flowline jumper hasn’t yet been repaired, Fowler said.
Oil production from Delta House dropped to around 57,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day from more than 90,000 before the spill, he said. The subsea system affected by the fracture was shut in, though nearby connected systems weren’t. The fracture wasn’t caused by Hurricane Nate and there were no associated injuries, he said.
BSEE, the federal agency which regulates offshore energy and mineral extraction, started a five-member panel investigation into the cause of the spill, according to an online statement. The members, including inspectors, engineers and accident investigators, will issue their findings and make recommendations.
“This panel investigation is a critical step in ensuring BSEE determines the cause, or causes, of the incident and develops recommendations to prevent similar events from occurring in the future,” Lars Herbst, BSEE’s Gulf of Mexico region director, said in the statement.
The Delta House platform, floating in 4,500 feet of water, came online in April 2015 with peak capacity of 100,000 barrels a day of oil and 240 million cubic feet a day of national gas. Its oil output enters the Heavy Lousiana Sweet crude pool.
The 2010 blowout and explosion at the Deepwater Horizon ultradeep-sea drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana left 11 workers dead and set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. BSEE, an agency of the Interior Department, was established in the wake of the incident as part of reforms designed to separate federal regulatory responsibilities from lease sales and revenue generation.
26 Comments on "Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill May Be Largest Since BP Disaster"
Go Speed Racer on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 9:39 am
People been saying alll that Gulf
sppiderweb of old underwater pipes
and old capped wells is gonna get leaky.
Looks like it just happened.
Probly soon start leaking oil like crazy
while society gets too dysfunctional
to fix it. Hope ya like crude oil on
your seafood.
Davy on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 9:52 am
Speeder, the oceans are dying anyway maybe this is a quicker way to kill them and put them out if their misery. You know a humane death like shooting a sick animal.
Dredd on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 4:27 pm
While that was happening gazillions of tons of carbon dioxide where being pumped into the atmosphere.
They seriously want to kill us all.
Will the sea water expand or contract, or both, as the toxic oil of Oil-Qaeda is spewed into the world (On Thermal Expansion & Thermal Contraction – 26)?
makati1 on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 6:14 pm
Well, now, when you fry those gulf shrimp, you won’t need to put any oil in the pan. They will come pre-oiled and spiced with Corexit . lol
MASTERMIND on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 6:16 pm
I’ll throw you in the frying pan Makati you fish eyed carp looking old man!
MASTERMIND on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 6:17 pm
Madkat’r president already declared his love for hitler. Just wait till post oil which is coming soon. He will turn you into his slave or the gas chamber.
Davy on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 6:30 pm
Mad kat, better than Chinese shrimp that glows a heavy metal hue.
makati1 on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 6:42 pm
What? You mean the ones you eat? You have no idea where your fish or shrimp come from. Not a clue.
“The U.S. Seafood Supply
Imported Seafood Supply – Over 90% of the seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported from other countries around the world. … Canned seafood products represent about 12% of all imported seafood, and canned tuna was over half of all canned imports. … The leading foreign suppliers of seafood products to the U.S. in 2014 were China, Canada, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Chile. About two thirds of the edible seafood imported into the U.S. came from these six countries.”
http://www.seafoodhealthfacts.org/seafood-choices/overview-us-seafood-supply
I know where my food comes from, do you? lol
Davy on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 6:48 pm
Sure I do mad kat, I read labels and refuse to eat Asian sea food. I mostly eat wild Alaskan Salmon anyway.
makati1 on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 7:30 pm
Then you might be interested in this:
“Diseases Affecting Fish” Alaska
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=disease.diseaselist
or this:
“US salmon may carry Japanese tapeworm, scientists say”
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/11/health/salmon-tapeworm-food-study/index.html
“Though this worm was commonly believed to infect only fish in Asia, a study published Wednesday in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s monthly journal Emerging Infectious Diseases says wild salmon caught in Alaska had also been infected by this parasite.
Based on those results, researchers warn that salmon caught anywhere along the Pacific coast of North America may be infected.” Salmon do get around and mingle with the “wrong kind”. lol
Happy eating….
Apneaman on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 8:28 pm
If you’re a Caner and you know it………….
‘This is a really big deal’: Canada natural gas emissions far worse than feared
Pioneering peer reviewed study measured methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure in two regions in Alberta: ‘If we thought it was bad, it’s worse
“Alberta’s oil and gas industry – Canada’s largest producer of fossil fuel resources – could be emitting 25 to 50% more methane than previously believed, new research has suggested. ”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/17/study-methane-emissions-from-alberta-oil-and-gas-wells-are-worse-than-thought
It’s like discovering a brand new massive tumor.
This Cancer is Clearly Canadian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ_-IhpGXb8
Go Speed Racer on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 9:36 pm
Makita
Ya always got to tell them
“medium well” when ya order
wild salmon at the fancy restaurant.
That way it won’t be undercooked.
makati1 on Tue, 17th Oct 2017 10:15 pm
Go, as I do not go to restaurants often, I seldom eat anything not properly cooked. I prefer to prepare my own food. But thanks for the tip. ^_^
Apneaman on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 1:04 am
Why King Tides Are Flooding Coastal Cities More Often
“In Florida, the number of king tides has soared 400 percent between 2006 and 2016. Why the increase? Although there are many reasons why king tides are driving water further inland, none is more worrisome than climate change. As Earth warms, ice melts and the temperature of the ocean gets hotter. When that happens, water expands and rises.”
https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/why-king-tides-are-flooding-coastal-cities-more-often.htm
Apneaman on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 1:11 am
The Normalization of Perpetual Disaster
“In case you missed it…
A hole the size of the Netherlands has opened in the middle of the Antarctic ice sheet. 40,000 penguins just perished of starvation on the same continent. And earlier this summer an iceberg weighing one trillion tons broke away adding more momentum to inevitable global sea level rise.
Floods have killed thousands and displaced many more over the summer and into autumn from China to India and Nepal to Southeast Asia to West Africa. Scores of people were killed and many still missing from fires that have scorched Northern California, Spain and Portugal. Three and a half million people in Puerto Rico are still in survival mode without drinking water or electricity weeks after Hurricane Irma made landfall. Parts of the Gulf Coast are a toxic soup of chemicals. The Amazon rain forest, the lungs of the planet, are belching out smoke as it reels from 208,278 fires this year alone. And Ophelia, the bizarre tenth hurricane turned mega storm of this record breaking season is battering Ireland.”
https://kennorphan.com/2017/10/16/the-normalization-of-perpetual-disaster/
Everything is Awesome!
Apneaman on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 1:52 am
Hurricane Irma, global warming and the bomb: comparing energy giants
“Hurricane Irma, the monstrous Category 5 superstorm packing 297 km/h winds, went on a record-breaking rampage through the Caribbean and Florida. Its accumulated energy exceeded all last year’s hurricanes combined.”
“… the extra energy from global warming is supercharging these superstorms.”
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/10/11/analysis/hurricane-irma-global-warming-and-bomb-comparing-energy-giants
At AGW we don’t make things, we make thing worse.
Davy on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 1:58 am
“US salmon may carry Japanese tapeworm, scientists say”
“Happy eating….”
I eat it cooked mad kat. You feel better now. I know you worry about me.
“Other options: cooking or freezing
“Those who prefer the safe side can stick with adequately frozen or cooked fish, according to the CDC.”
“Cooking for 145 Fahrenheit for four or five minutes will destroy the tapeworm,” said Okolo, who was also not involved in the study. “Freezing fish under certain conditions will also destroy the worm and its larvae.”
Apneaman on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 2:11 am
“HOUSTON — (Oct. 16, 2017) — The more than 13 trillion gallons of floodwater from Hurricane Harvey have created a massive plume of freshwater in the Gulf of Mexico that is threatening the coral reefs of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary about 100 miles offshore of Galveston.”
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/ru-hrm101417.php#.WeVBtA42Kqg.reddit
DerHundistlos on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 2:41 am
@ All UFO Debunkers and Skeptics
At long last, incontrovertible evidence the UFO phenomenon is very real and covered-up by Feds.:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fmr-manager-of-dod-aerospace-threat-program-ufos_us_59de2f4be4b0b992a8214874#
fmr-paultard on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 7:37 am
der dear, i have tried in vain to argue for the case of UFOless. i demand rigorous evidences that probing has to take place before even initiating an investigation.
i have tried to convince you the best i could and with impassionate plea but you just responded saying i’m “crazy”.
just so you know those who see UFOs are extraordirily bothered by that same label
fmr-paultard on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 7:39 am
der dear, i have proviteowd multiple engagement on this issue of cattle mutilatin.
in short, this is how the folksy brain works.
fmr-paultard on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 7:52 am
dear der, you’re lacking the intelligence and spiritual capacity to understand my explanation and so you insulted me saying i’m crazy. you have to be on supertard level to digest teh following.
consider the disease IBS. doctors find presence of H. Pylori. Now this simplest thing spurs so much debate and one of the argument is that evidence is not causation. this means H. Pylori can be present but doesn’t necessarily cause disease.
there’s still a lot of scientific debates on this issue. this deliniate the two groupings of those who favor wholistic health vs those who cure
thinking is easy and difficult because it’s mostly wrong. for this reason religions exist to focus the mind on a sinngle god.
there’s no god but Allah
There’s only one God, if you insist there are three but still only ONE
there’s only one Buddah
this is so that we could move on to something more practical like cold fusion instead of enginging in endless debates
DerHundistlos on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 2:21 pm
@ Retarded Paul
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Congratulations for a well done self-diagnosis. In addition to crazy, I would add insipid, vacuous, and nonsensical. Any person who encourages women to kill for whatever reason is indeed nuttier than a fruitcake. I’m in good company- other posters say the same or simply ignore your tomfoolery.
Apneaman on Wed, 18th Oct 2017 4:50 pm
Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers
Three-quarters of flying insects in nature reserves across Germany have vanished in 25 years, with serious implications for all life on Earth, scientists say
“Insects are an integral part of life on Earth as both pollinators and prey for other wildlife and it was known that some species such as butterflies were declining. But the newly revealed scale of the losses to all insects has prompted warnings that the world is “on course for ecological Armageddon”, with profound impacts on human society.”
“”The cause of the huge decline is as yet unclear, although the destruction of wild areas and widespread use of pesticides are the most likely factors and climate change may play a role. The scientists were able to rule out weather and changes to landscape in the reserves as causes, but data on pesticide levels has not been collected.
“The fact that the number of flying insects is decreasing at such a high rate in such a large area is an alarming discovery,” said Hans de Kroon, at Radboud University in the Netherlands and who led the new research.
“Insects make up about two-thirds of all life on Earth [but] there has been some kind of horrific decline,” said Prof Dave Goulson of Sussex University, UK, and part of the team behind the new study. “We appear to be making vast tracts of land inhospitable to most forms of life, and are currently on course for ecological Armageddon. If we lose the insects then everything is going to collapse.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/18/warning-of-ecological-armageddon-after-dramatic-plunge-in-insect-numbers
“If we lose the insects then everything is going to collapse.”
Yabut, Trump tweets and superhero movies are more important.
DerHundistlos on Thu, 19th Oct 2017 1:32 am
Ape’s posting on the dramatic decline in insect populations is exactly the type of human extinction event nobody gives any attention to. Our undoing will be an ecological related event that could occur at any moment in time.
I can hear the protestations now…..”This (insert ecological catastrophe) wasn’t anticipated so how can I be held responsible?” No reply necessary. Hang ’em from the lamp posts.
DerHundistlos on Thu, 19th Oct 2017 3:10 am
Last week I spoke with a scientist friend who is working in Panama with other scientists in a desperate attempt to save amphibian species from extinction due to chytrid.
She was in poor spirits. Despite their best efforts to protect species from exposure to chytrid, even in a sterile environment where the strictest protocols are followed, invariably the fungus appears and nothing further can be done. The theory is that once chytrid infects an ecosystem, ALL amphibian species are infected. Some may harbor a more robust immune system, which allows a select few to live longer, but eventually the disease is 100% fatal. Then the facility was notified that President Trump and the congress have withdrawn all funding for chytrid scientific research. Now everyone at the facility is working without pay while a funding solution is hopefully found.
Interestingly, the chytrid fungus first appeared in Israel, which is very strange. It’s now believed chytrid was part of an Israeli biological weapons program and was inadvertently released into the environment. Since then, chytrid has spread to all the world’s continents.
Just as the loss of insects would be the end, so would a world devoid of amphibians and unless a cure or treatment is found, this will be the end result.