Friday, June 25, 2010

Oil Drilling News

GULF OIL DISASTER

 

Some oil spill events on Thursday, June 24, 2010

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i-yfHJzPLDeBIhG5JDEF6VbaPR8QD9GHUJG82

 

Press Briefing by National Incident Commander June 25, 2010

http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/712211/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

BP has blown-out well in sights

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1416392020100625

“BP said in a statement on Friday the first of two relief wells had successfully detected the MC252 well and would continue to a target intercept depth of 18,000 feet, when "kill" operations would begin.”

Also see: BP says Macondo wellbore detected by first relief well

 

Gulf Oil Spill - Radar Images June 22-23

http://blog.skytruth.org/2010/06/bp-gulf-oil-spill-radar-images-june-22.html

 

Deepwater Horizon Blowout Gallery

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skytruth/sets/72157623909364472/with/4733142029/

 

Advances in Oil Spill Cleanup Lag Since Valdez

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/us/25clean.html?emc=eta1

 

US Turns Down Offers of Assistance with Oil Spill

http://www.naturalnews.com/029067_oil_spill_Gulf_of_Mexico.html

 

The Gulf Oil Spill - Could A Catastrophic Spill Happen Again?

http://environmentalism.suite101.com/article.cfm/the-gulf-oil-spill--could-another-catastrophic-spill-occur

 

BP’s Shadow Lingers in the Gulf of Mexico

http://surfermag.com/features/onlineexclusives/sixty-six_days_later_surfers_lament_the_largest_oil_spill_in_us_history/

 

The GOP’s Oil Spill Vulnerability

http://www.frumforum.com/the-gops-oil-spill-vulnerability

 

Tropical disturbance has potential to hamper spill cleanup

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/weather-news/tropical-disturbance-has-potential-to-hamper-spill-cleanup-767818.html

Track the progress of this and other tropical storms here.

 

Timor Sea Oil Spill Forcing NTT Fishermen to Migrate

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/timor-sea-oil-spill-forcing-ntt-fishermen-to-migrate/382331

“Thousands of fishermen in Kupang`s Oesapa area are preparing to migrate to Bangka Belitung in Sumatra to find a new livelihood, a fishermen's spokesman said. They will migrate because their fish catches from the Timor Sea have declined drastically since the waters were polluted by an [August 21, 2009] oil spill originating in Australian territory.”

 

THE MORATORIUM

 

Editorial: Gulf oil drilling mustn't supersede safety reviews

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100625/OPINION01/6250313/Editorial--Gulf-oil-drilling-mustn-t-supersede-safety-reviews

 

Lifting ban gives oil industry a pass

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/06/24/rachlinski.drill.ban/index.html?hpt=T2

 

Judge In Moratorium Case Sold Exxon Stock This Week

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100625-711426.html

 

WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS

 

Pensacola Beach closed after oil washes ashore

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9GHSS4O3.htm

 

Oil spill takes toll on tourism on Gulf Coast

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-06-25-1Aspill25_CV_N.htm

 

Casualty of Gulf oil spill: Local po'boys

http://www.cdispatch.com/business/article.asp?aid=6775

 

HANDS ACROSS THE SAND

 

Find an Event Near You and Participate Tomorrow at 11 am!

http://www.handsacrossthesand.com/

 

"Hands Across Sand" rallies against offshore oil

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/green/2010/06/hands_across_sand_rallies_agai.html

 

Surfrider's Hands Across the Sand

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/sports/recreation_sports/surfing_blog/surfrider%27s-hands-across-the-sand

 

Join Hands to Protest Offshore Oil Drilling This Saturday, 6/26

http://www.saveourshores.org/news/join-hands-protest-offshore-oil-drilling-saturday-626

 

Protesters of oil spill to gather in Huntington Beach

http://www.ocregister.com/news/oil-254916-gulf-hands.html

 

ALASKA

 

Moratorium Won’t Stop Unprecedented BP Project in the Arctic

http://www.propublica.org/ion/blog/item/moratorium-wont-stop-unprecedented-bp-project-in-the-arctic

“Liberty,” [is] a project in the Arctic for which BP has built an artificial island made of gravel—which according to the company and regulators, qualifies it as “onshore,” and not subject to the offshore drilling moratorium.

 

FLORIDA

 

Oil entering Florida inland waters

http://www.news-press.com/article/20100624/GREEN/100624018/1075

 

Oil threatens medical research in Fla. water

http://www.ocala.com/article/20100620/ARTICLES/6201007/1402/NEWS

 

Gulf oil spill prompts early harvest of scallops

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/22/1693135/oil-spill-prompts-early-harvest.html#ixzz0rtLE9B4E