I know this is a huge cop-out for a blog post but honestly, if you have any interest in the actual workings of the BP oil leak and what they have been trying to do to prevent it, this article is for you. It is a great summary (including diagrams!!) that explains most of what has happened thus far. Enjoy.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10317116.stm
Cheers.
here's a regularly updated blog from a US CreekKeeper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterkeeper_Alliance) boots-on-the-ground account of the british petroleum (BP) disaster:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bpoilslick.blogspot.com/
some perspective:
monday july 12 waz day 84.
us gov official est flow pre-cap (on monday) 60,000 barrels/day
flow-rate from well head est (Matthew Simmons) 120,000 barrels/day
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGAoU1H2gM)
exxon valdez 260,000 - 750,000 barrels TOTAL!
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill)
over 1 million US gallons COREXIT used by planes spraying but also injected into the free flow at the blowout preventer. this wiki page should rock-ur-world!
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corexit)
GL out there!
omg.
ReplyDeleteBP Back to Slow Process of Choking Oil With Cap
AssociatedPress--July 15, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmZrTkyXFTE (1:16)
vid comments are interesting too.