http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2010/2010-11-17-01.html Deepwater Horizon Spill Report Blames BP, Contractors, Government WASHINGTON, DC, November 17, 2010 (ENS) – Lack of a systematic approach to well safety, numerous flawed decisions, plus technical and operational breakdowns all contributed to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and massive spill from BP’s Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, says a… Read more
Scenes from the BP Oil Disaster: A Photo-Video Perspective Saturday, October 23 at 5 pm Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton Visitor Center, FREE Lecture. 5-6:30 pm Wildlife Photographer-Videographer Shawn Carey See footage and hear first-and accounts from Shawn Carey’s personal investigative trips to document the largest oil disaster in U.S. history. Shawn Carey’s frank presentation is… Read more
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GULF_OIL_SPILL?SITE=PALEH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-09-18-07-21-23 Sep 18, 2010 Cement flows for permanent plug of BP’s Gulf well By HARRY R. WEBER Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Crews pumped cement into BP’s blown-out oil well thousands of feet below the sea bottom Saturday, working to finally seal the runaway well. Engineers initially had planned to pump in mud… Read more
Scientists Warn Oil Spill Could Threaten Florida By JOHN M. BRODER Published: May 17, 2010 Oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico is moving toward a current that could carry it into the Florida Keys and the Atlantic Ocean, scientists said on Monday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/us/18spill.html
Amount of Spill Could Escalate, Company Admits By JOHN M. BRODER, CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Published: May 4, 2010 A senior BP executive said the crippled oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico could spill as many as 60,000 barrels a day of oil, more than 10 times the estimate of the current flow.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/01/us/20100501-oil-spill-tracker.html?ref=us Published: May 1, 2010 Tracking the Oil Spill The map sequence shows how the oil spill has been spreading in the Gulf of Mexico. Sources: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; U.S. Coast Guard
