Oil Drilling News

 

GULF OIL DISASTER

 

U.S., BP Near Deal on Fund

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704388504575418602719011146.html

“The Obama administration and BP PLC are close to a deal to use future revenues from the oil giant's Gulf of Mexico operations to guarantee its $20 billion cleanup and compensation fund, a move that would give both sides an incentive to continue production in the Gulf, scene of the U.S.'s worst-ever offshore oil spill.”

Also see: Activists Criticize Plan to Use BP’s Future Drilling Revenues to Back Spill Fund

 

Did the feds try to squelch "oil plume" data?

http://blogs.chron.com/newswatchenergy/archives/2010/08/did_the_feds_tr_1.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Fnewswatchenergy+%28NewsWatch%3A+Energy%29

 

WILDLIFE, HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM IMPACTS

 

Is the News Coming From the Gulf Too Good To Be True? Unfortunately, Yes

http://www.alternet.org/story/147782/is_the_news_coming_from_the_gulf_too_good_to_be_true_unfortunately%2C_yes

 

Lessons from a week in the Gulf. Hampered by a total lack of transparency

http://oceanswavesbeaches.surfrider.org/lessons-from-a-week-in-the-gulf-hampered-by-a-total-lack-of-transparency

 

Gulf Coast Fishermen Challenge US Government Over Dispersants

http://www.truth-out.org/gulf-coast-fishermen-challenge-us-government-over-dispersants62183

 

NOAA Reopens More than 5,000 Square Miles of Closed Gulf Fishing Area

http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/media/pdfs/2010/fisheries_reopening_aug10_Final_Press_Release.pdf

Here’s the map showing the remaining closure area which is still 52,395 square miles (Approx. 22% of the Gulf of Mexico Federal waters)

 

NASA Photo - Oil Slick, Mississippi River Delta, Gulf of Mexico

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=45041&src=eoa-iotd

“The International Space Station (ISS) observed the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in late July 2010, as part of ongoing observations of the region. When this image was taken, three months after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, the leak had been plugged for eight days.”