BP Oil Spill Update
In case you haven’t heard, the BP Oil Spill really did happen. Thousands of people are still suffering because of massive amounts of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. Even though the major news media found the story a bit boring once the leak was actually plugged, it’s important that we continue to keep ourselves updated on what’s going on in the Gulf.
Solutions for Future Spills
Although a moratorium was enacted to disable new deepwater oil rigs, it may be lifted even before we have come up with an actual solution to deepwater oil spills. Exxon Mobil Inc.… Continue reading
The Well is Dead, but BP (and Oil) Remains
The notorious Gulf oil well is finally dead. On Sunday, Thad Allen announced that the BP oil well, having caused the worst spill in history, was stopped for good on Sunday with a permanent cement plug.
Once the application of the cement plug was completed, a successful pressure test was also administered and passed.
Although oil remains in the water and continues to wash ashore, residents of the region can rest easier knowing that well is no longer active.
So far, the oil spill has cost BP $9.5 billion in clean up. That number is separate from the… Continue reading
BP Blowout Preventer Recovered for Investigation
BP’s defective blowout preventer (BOP) was lifted by crane to the surface over the weekend, but the real work has only just begun.
The blowout preventer will be transferred to a NASA facility in Louisiana where it will be dissected and investigated for reasons behind its failure that lead to the worst oil spill in world history.
The device weighs approximately 300 tons, stands about 50 feet high, and took just under 30 hours to lift to the surface.
Deconstructing the blowout preventer will be a hefty task and the investigation could take up to three months. Although corporations, business owners,… Continue reading
