GULF OIL DISASTER
Recovery of Oil from the Wellhead
http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/687251/
Admiral Allen: “We had a really good last 24-hour period as far as productions out in the Discovery Enterprise and the Q4000 production platforms. We produced 25,836 barrels petroleum. That is a new record for us, and we continue to make progress in optimizing the capacity out of the wellhead there. […] We are going to bring in an addition production vessel to come off the kill line. That’s the second line that comes out of this manifold over here, and that’ll add 20 to 25,000 barrels a day. That gives us up to 43,000 of barrels a day production by next week. That’s going to pretty much optimize what we can do at the wellhead site. There are three ways you can get oil out of this. You can come up to the riser pipe, and you can go through the kill or the choke lines to reverse those and actually bring oil to surface. So we’re producing through the kill and choke lines in the Q4000, and we’ll intend to do that with the Helix Producer once it gets on scene. And with the Discovery Enterprise, we have three vessels, and at that point, the total capacity will be 53,000 barrels.”
Meanwhile, It’s Clear a Lot of Oil is Still Escaping
http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream3&hpt=T2
Gulf Oil Spill Health Hazards (report from sciencecorps.org)
http://www.sciencecorps.org/crudeoilhazards.htm
U.S. public still backs offshore drilling
“56 percent of Americans believe offshore drilling is necessary for the United States to produce its own energy and not rely on other countries for oil, while 38 percent believe it is a bad idea. The poll found 69 percent have not changed their views on drilling despite the spill, with 24 percent now more opposed and 5 percent more in favor of drilling.”
Law Prof, Former Justice Official To Be Executive Director Of Oil Spill Commission
http://energytopic.nationaljournal.com/2010/06/georgetown-professor-to-be-exe.php
Outer Continental Shelf Management Reform Act
http://energy.senate.gov/public/_files/S3516FLO10325.pdf
“Repairing the way that our nation's offshore oil and gas activities are managed has been an important legislative priority for our Committee. Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Republican Murkowski have worked cooperatively on this effort, identifying problem areas and potential solutions for those problems. The result is S. 3516 -- the bipartisan Outer Continental Shelf Management Reform Act.” (from Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources press release)
OIL DRILLING MORATORIUM
New Orleans Judge Blocks Offshore Drilling Ban
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/06/22/new-orleans-judge-blocks-offshore-drilling-ban/
Judge lifts offshore drilling ban as `overbearing'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill
HANDS ACROSS THE SAND
Giving a hand to stop future oil drilling
http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog/_/post/5315645
“So, I know what you're thinking. You're a surfer. You already do your part. You have the new trunks made of recylced tires. You're probably too cool to join hands with a bunch of granolas and high school biology clubs on your day off. Well, come down a peg or two. Go to HandsAcrosstheSand.com. Let he who is free of oil cast the first tar ball.”
Islanders join in international protest against offshore oil drilling Saturday
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/jsj/community/96892049.html
