Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Oil Drilling News


GULF OIL DISASTER


BP Took Risk On Well Job: Investigator


Deepwater Horizon crew lost focus, suggests Gulf oil spill panel


Testimony indicates poor cementing of drilling rigs is a widespread problem
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/09/1917737/testimony-indicates-poor-cementing.html


Gulf of Mexico oil spill commission wins over some initial doubters


Researchers find more evidence that microbes ate BP oil in Gulf


Gulf Oil Plumes Still a Threat?

"And we need to all take a look at ourselves and change our own individual ways as much as we can to have a smaller impact on the world because until the global appetite for oil and gas is decreased, oil producing companies will continue to drill in deepwater in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Nigeria, in the Indian Ocean, you name it. This isn't going to stop until the consumption stops and that starts with each of us. It doesn't start with anybody else. It starts with an individual person. It starts with me and it starts with you."

Gulf seafood declared safe, but doubts linger

ALABAMA


BP says it has paid $657 million to Alabama so far