Saturday, July 31, 2010

BP Oil Spill: URGENT UPDATE! Corexit Operations Still In Progress.

This is proof that they continue to spew this toxic dispersant into the Gulf. Why? Perhaps because there is another fissure spewing oil or because the true intent of this spill was to poison people. We may never know, but when Bob Dudley, CEO of BP says on the MSM that they are scaling back clean up efforts and you see things like this... It makes you wonder... and it makes you ANGRY!!!!

Friday, July 30, 2010

Profiting From the Oil Spill

FBN's Gerri Willis on the industries and companies that are benefiting from BP's oil spill and the cleanup.

Gulf oil spill exaggerated ?

BP says it has plugged the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, but the controversy continues. There's a heated debate over just how bad the spill will affect the environment. Some scientists believe the aftermath will be felt for decades, while others say the oil's already rapidly dispersing. Michael Grunwald from Time Magazine says the problem's being exaggerated.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Oil Spill Threatens Lake Michigan

Canadian oil pipeline leaking into major river connected to key water source

BP new CEO says Focus will be on restoring reputation

CNBC apos;s Maria Bartiromo spoke to the incoming CEO on the issue wherein he said the focus right now is on restoring reputation of BP.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Towboat Causes Second Oil Spill

Collision damages underwater well, sending oil spewing into estuary

What BP Cleanup Means for Industry

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Vice Chairman Tom Petrie argues BP naming a new CEO was a positive step.

BP May Face Billions in Negligence Fines

FBN's Liz MacDonald on the big swing in civil fines that the oil company may face if it is found guilty of gross negligence.

Monday, July 26, 2010

BP CEO Tony Hayward on His Way Out

FBNs Jeff Flock on the potential management changes at the oil company.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

China battles Yellow Sea oil spill

Chinese authorities struggling to contain the environmental and economic damage of a major oil spill in the Yellow sea which began last Friday.

The pipeline has now been repaired, but the cause of the explosion that ruptured it is unknown.

Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports from Dalian. (July 23, 2010)

Friday, July 23, 2010

BP Using Oil Dispersant to Cover Tracks? - Julia Whitty



Environmentalist and author Julia Whitty accuses BP of using oil dispersant and methanol to distort the data on how many barrels of oil have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. She's convinced BP is simply "working the angles" for their inevitable day in court.

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Julia Whitty talks about Deep Blue Home. Whitty presents a penetrating exploration of the three-dimensional ocean river, far more powerful than the Nile or the Amazon, encircling the globe. It's a watery force connected to the earth's climate control and so to the eventual fate of the human race. Whitty is the author of The Fragile Edge. - Book Passage

Julia Whitty is a writer and former documentary filmmaker. She is the author of Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean, due out July 2010, and of The Fragile Edge, a book on coral reefs, winner of a PEN USA Literary Award, the John Burroughs Medal, the Kiriyama Prize, and finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Her short story collection A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga won an O. Henry and was a finalist for the PEN Hemingway Award.

Oil Spill Workers Developing Mysterious Illness

Because drilling can bring warm fluids up from depth, potentially melting the shallower gas hydrate, many researchers and engineers anticipate that drilling through gas hydrate may pose a hazard to the stability of the well, the platform anchors, the tethers, or even entire platforms
Air tests from the Louisiana coast reveal human health threats from the oil disaster. The concentration threshold for hydrogen sulfide is about 5 to 10 parts per billion. Last Thursday, the EPA measured levels at 1,000 ppb.
Ambient air standard for the VOC benzene, for example, is 3.76 ppb, while its standard for methylene chloride is 61.25 ppb. Air testing results show VOC concentrations far above these state standards. On May 6, for example, the EPA measured VOCs at levels of 483 ppb.
From youtube user Early2it

Here is more info about the gulf gas oil eruption going on.

Me and a friend were talking today and I though maybe you could use this info, it mostly regional stuff, but you might be able to put it in a more global context for us..

Let me know what you think about this methane glazer thats down under the Gulf and what sort of related stuff you know about present conditions globally that could be effecting it.

This is raw stuff, it might not be 100% but it is good intel...

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Its a gas-oil eruption and there are several plumes not just the one around the horizon rig..

The gas and oil coming out of the plume you see on tv totals less than 2% of the gas and oil being released into the waters.

There is a core methane hydrate deposit, the largest known to exist.

In fact if it is allowed to escape, when it burns off it will consume all the oxygen within the whole of the atmosphere of the entire earth, no more air for anything to breath not just fish, it really is Pandora's box these ass clowns opened up.

What is fueling the eruptions is the reaction occurring from the frozen methane hydrates transforming, faster and faster, from a frozen solid state to a liquid, then rising and finally turning back into gas, it is a chemical reaction that is the power source behind the eruptions, not the normal volcanic activity.

Think of it as an underwater methane glazier that is melting as a result of the changing pressure and temperature of the planet.

Who knows if it would have remained frozen if BP wouldn't have been doing experimental exploration.

Really its just a small part of what you see taking place around the world with all the earth quakes and volcanoes going off everywhere.

Mainly the volcanic eruption in Iceland changed the pressure the methane was being held under by a few degrees, its the pressure thats been keeping it frozen, our it would have erupted a long time ago.

The people drilling did not have real time measurements, so they were not prepared for the level of pressure that they encountered, it was way beyond what they had estimated and were expecting it to be when they hit the deposit

But factually speaking people shouldn't be calling it an oil spill, and the people saying that know thats not what it is.


You got fundies who still believe Iraq was a threat, and the Taliban had something to do with it all, people truly do believe whatever they decide they want to believe, so long as its not the truth, and the facts rarely have anything to do with it.

Even people who think of themselves as sensible and reasonable are just liars like the rest of us.

Liars whose only concern is their own ass nothing more, no matter what they claim.

what is happening in the Gulf is not a spill and never has been, its a gas-oil eruption, and there is 3000 to 5000 times more gas being released than oil.

Which when you do the math, its 1 part to 250,000 part oxygen depletion ratio occurring as the gas-oil, and various other chemicals, interact with the sea water.

Thats how I came up with 3-6 months, all life in the Gulf and Atlantic, 6-12mn all life in all oceans, 12mn - 2yr all life that breaths air on the surface.

Simple math try it yourself.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

China battles Yellow Sea oil spill

Chinese authorities struggling to contain the environmental and economic damage of a major oil spill in the Yellow sea which began last Friday.

The pipeline has now been repaired, but the cause of the explosion that ruptured it is unknown.

Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports from Dalian. (July 23, 2010)

Potential Gulf Evacuation Threatens Cleanup

Louisiana's governor declares state of emergency as tropical storm Bonnie looms

BP Oil Spill: Evacuations Possible as Bonnie Makes way to Gulf Coast

Isn't amazing how all of the sudden, out of the blue a Tropical Depression forms off of the Florida coast, and it's project path is to hit the Louisiana Coast.... Oh yeah... it's supposed to strengthen and become Tropical Storm. Bonnie too.... Look folks... If you haven't begun making plans for evac (if you live in the area) do so NOW. Go to the drudgereport for some info on this storm!!! Tune in tonight July 22nd at 8pm EST at www.blogtalkradio.com/freedomlink-radio for the latest information on this!

BP Oil - Richard Hoagland - Static Kill Apocalypse - Coast to Coast AM - George Noory


Richard C. Hoagland is a former space science museum curator; a former NASA consultant, and during the historic Apollo Missions to the Moon, was science advisor to Walter Cronkite and CBS News. For over 20 years, Hoagland has been leading an outside scientific team in a critically acclaimed independent analysis of possible intelligently-designed artifacts on Mars. Richard and his team's investigations have been quietly extended to include over 30 years of previously hidden data from NASA, Soviet, and Pentagon missions to the Moon.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

BP oil spill operations threatened by new tropical storm entering the Gulf

Cameron : BP had no role in Lockerbie bomber release,

OBAMA - CAMERON : In his first official visit to Washington, D.C., British Prime Minister David Cameron faced questions over the release of one of the Lockerbie bombers. He rebuffed U.S. calls for an investigation and denied that BP played any part in the release."

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

BP Sells Assets to Cover Cost of Spill

Former EPA Director Christie Todd Whitman on the oil companys continued efforts to pay for and clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP Oil Spill = BP Seepage!

BP Seepage Broken Well Leaking Oil Again!

The U.S. government is allowing BP to keep the cap on its ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico but will continue to monitor the situation. Officials were worried the plug fitted last week may have triggered other leaks. However authorities say they may be natural and unrelated to the well. BP hoped the device had stemmed the flow of oil for the first time since a rig explosion three months ago

Monday, July 19, 2010

Oil Spill: BP Plans Sale of Assets

As BP seeks to sell $10 billion in assets to pay for oil-spill damages, Peter Mcguire, managing director, CWA Global Markets speaks to CNBC's Martin Soong, Karen Tso and Sri Jegarajah about who's waiting with their check books to snap up some of the oil giant's assets.

B.P. Stock Falls On Reports Of Oil Leaking Some Distance From Containment Cap

July 19, 2010 BBC World News

Leak Detected In Gulf Floor!

July 19, 2010 CNN

Sunday, July 18, 2010

BP OIL SPILL UPDATE WITH CAPTAIN KELLY SWEENY - CAP

Oil spill threatens sea turtles

Besides seabirds and wetlands' wildlife, the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is also threatening the world's most endangered sea turtles.

The Kemp's Ridley Turtle has been making a comeback in recent years with the help of conservationists.

But its migratory path takes it right through the polluted Gulf.

Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports from Mexico's northeastern Gulf Coast.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Oil spill tragedy for Gulf Fishermen

As officials with BP test the seal on the company's blown-out well, one lifetime fisherman worries about the long-term affects of the spill.

Ryan Lambert is a fisherman, hotel owner and well-known local businessman in New Orleans, Louisiana, who has worked on the water for 29 years.

This is his story.

Kindra Arnesen on Intel Hub Radio Stop Poisoning the Gulf

Our interview with Kindra Arnesen, with special co hosts, Matt and Gavin of Project Gulf Impact.

Friday, July 16, 2010

BP cap plugs Gulf oil leak

Nearly three months since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the flow of oil from the ruptured undersea oil well has been halted -- at least temporarily.

Engineers from oil giant BP are waiting to see if the new cap placed over the well can hold the oil without blowing a new leak.

Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports from New Orleans.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

BP Says No More Oil Going Into Gulf

AssociatedPress--July 15, 2010--BP says oil has stopped gushing from the busted well after all the valves were shut on a new cap.

BP New Containment Cap is Leaking

New Leak Found In Oil Containment Cap

July 15, 2010 CNN : Professor of Physics Michio Kaku describes it as the light at the end of the tunnel , for the first time we know what we are doing ....high pressure is the name of the game says Michio Kaku...

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

High hopes for BP oil well cap

Oil giant BP has begun testing a new cap that could finally choke off the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico that has been gushing crude into the ocean for three months.

The operation had earlier been postponed after the US government expressed concern the tests were potentially dangerous.

Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports from New Orleans.

BP cap pressure test delayed

BP cap pressure test delayed
ReutersVideo--July 14, 2010 --The latest efforts of BP to stop oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico have been delayed as US officials want more time to analyze the procedure of fitting new cap.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

BP tests new device to cap US oil leak

BP is preparing to test the new containment device it has lowered on to the leaking oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

The British energy giant expects to know within the next two days if its latest effort to stop the gushing oil will be successful.

Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports from New Orleans. (July 14, 2010)

BP puts a New Cap on the Leaking well

Energy giant BP has installed a new cap that it hopes will enclose a ruptured deep-sea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.

The company needs to gradually shut the valves to ensure the well can handle added pressure.

If the attempt is successful, it would mark the first time in nearly three months that oil stopped flowing into the waterway. But BP has acknowledged that this fix is only a temporary solution.

Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports on efforts to put an end to a long-running environmental disaster.

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Monday, July 12, 2010

Tensions Flare on Oil Spill Panel

FBNs Connell McShane on looming tensions among members of the presidents independent commission as they convene today for the first time.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

BP Places Cap Over Leaking Oil Well

AssociatedPress | July 11, 2010 BP has placed a new cap atop the Gulf oil well that could allow it to capture all the crude that's leaking from the well. However, it still must run tests on whether the cap can withstand the pressure of oil pushing up from below the seafloor. (July 11)

BP Workers Exposed to Health Risks

New reports show that the health of the clean-up workers in the Gulf might be at risk after all.

The REAL REASON Behind the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - 2010

Regulators Failed to Address Risks in Oil Rig Fail-Safe Device

READ THIS: Dick Cheney's deregulation agenda is the real (underlying) reason / cause behind the US oil spill by British Petroleum (BP) in 2010 off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Deregulation coupled with lax government oversight (lackies appointed by Dick Cheney at the helm) lead to the omission of key safety features and protocols, a free pass for drilling licenses, emphasis on profit over safety, and absolutely NO PLAN for containment of blowouts. In addition, the courts in the Gulf States, are completely stacked with Republican appointees (like Feldman) with major investments in or connections with BIG OIL (see last paragraph).


Must read: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/us/21blowout.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

For example, George W Bush and Dick Cheney helped block a 2002/03 Bill that would have required the use of acoustic switches as a means to activate the blowout preventer (BOP).


Also, BP did not want to lose an oil well (by activating the BOP); this would have cost them future profit in addition to the costs for exploration and preparation of the well. This is most evident when you look at attempts in the first month and a half: all of the post-blowout efforts have been focused on SAVING the well; it was only after more than a month before BP attempted "TOPKILL", which would have sealed the well.

Lastly, US District Judge Martin Feldman, who overturned the temporary drilling ban on June 22, owns investments in Ocean Energy (Houston-based), Quicksilver Resources, Prospect Energy, Peabody Energy, Halliburton, Pengrowth Energy Trust, Atlas Energy Resources, Parker Drilling and others. Feldman is also a REAGAN appointee, in 1983. Conflict of interest or institutional corporate control over public policy?
High waves and brewing storms are hampering efforts to contain a massive and growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico just as traces seep into the coastal wetlands of Louisiana.

State of emergency

The oil is gushing from a sub-sea well about 80 kilometres off the coast of Louisiana and 1,500 metres below the water's surface. The leak occurred after a drilling rig exploded on April 20 and then sank.

As of Thursday, an estimated 800,000 litres (5,000 barrels) of sweet crude oil were leaking daily. BP officials say it could take as long as 90 days to stop the leak, meaning as many as 71.5 million litres could ultimately get into the water.

The country's worst oil spill occurred in 1989, when the Exxon Valdez, a massive tanker, smashed into a reef off Alaska's coast and spilled 41.6 million litres in Prince William Sound. In that case, however, there was a finite amount of oil to spill.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency Thursday night, mobilizing the Louisiana National Guard.

The area is teeming with shrimp, oysters and other marine life, helping to make Louisiana's $1.8-billion annual seafood industry the largest in the lower 48 states. More than 1.8 million migratory waterfowl use the Louisiana coastal wetlands.

Officials 'frightened'

U.S. Coast Guard crews were patrolling the coastal marshes early Friday morning looking for areas where the oil has flowed in.

"I am frightened," said David Kennedy, acting assistant administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service.

"This is a very, very big thing," Kennedy said. "And the efforts that are going to be required to do anything about it, especially if it continues on, are just mind-boggling."

Oil clumps seabirds' feathers, leaving them without insulation, and when they preen, they swallow it.

Prolonged contact with the skin can cause burns, said Nils Warnock, a spill recovery supervisor with the California Oiled Wildlife Care Network at the University of California.

Oil swallowed by animals can cause anemia, hemorrhaging and other problems, said Jay Holcomb, executive director of the International Bird Rescue Research Center in California.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was focusing on national wildlife refuges on a chain of barrier islands.

About 34,000 birds have been counted in the national refuges most at risk, said Tom McKenzie, the regional spokesman. Gulls, pelicans, roseate spoonbills, egrets, shore birds, terns and blue herons are in the path of the spill.

Mink and river otter also live in the delta and might eat oiled carcasses.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

BP secret deal with Libya

Was oil giant also behind release of Lockerbie bomber?
BP secret deal with Libya

Nuke Only Option, Gulf 40% Covered By Underwater Oil Lakes Says Ocean Energy Institute Founder

Nuclear Device Only Option to Stop Oil Flow
Bloomberg — Matthew Simmons, founder of the Ocean Energy Institute, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about BP Plc's oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and his views that the Military should takeover capping efforts and that the use of a "small-bore nuclear device" is now the "only option" to stop the flow of oil. He states the flow of oil is 120,000 barrels a day and also describes an underwater lake of oil 1100 meters below the surface, covering 40% of the Gulf of Mexico. Relief wells are useless he says, and will only triple the flow of oil and gas, and ultimately fail.

Gulf Oil Disaster: Cause For Mass Evacuation?

The windowless mass evacuation busses are rolling in..

Sunday, July 4, 2010

The Oil Spill is getting worse MSNBC

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Crude Oil is Toxic - Gulf Residents should RUN AWAY

Exxon Valdez Survivor To Gulf Residents RUN AWAY!!! 

A message from exxon valdez oil spill survivor Merle Savage about the health hazards of cleaning up the toxic crude oil spill in the Gulf.

Gulf Oil Spill Health Hazards

Many people will be exposed to chemicals in air, water, sand, soil, and food as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It is important to understand the potential toxic effects and take appropriate protective actions to reduce exposure and harm.

This report describes the toxicity of chemicals in crude oil and in the dispersants currently being used in the Gulf area. Read More >>>>

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Friday, July 2, 2010

CNN Covers the oil spill cover up


Even though Cnn is part of the problem. Isnt it interesting when cooper is denied access, he gets pretty mad. I also find it interesting that CNN would go after a big money business like BP. Looks like there is some division going on , and the media has been sicked on bp..
Good too. Because its always worst than you think, and hopefully people will take command and kick out all the traitors . Including all those politicians that want this to get wost so they can have more power.. ! (the above text was posted on youtube and does not necessarily express this blog's opinion)

BP Oil Spill - Slick Operators

Slick Operators aired on a show called Scottish Eye on Channel 4 in the UK on January 20, 1990. As far as I can tell there is not another copy on the internet anywhere, not really any info about it either. This was a VHS copy that was given to a friend at a conference in Alaska in 1990, so the quality is what it is.

It investigates BP's role in the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska and shows the companies history of cutting corners on safety to make more money. Things that were said to be impossible in the cover up of the Exxon Valdez spill were routine at an oil terminal in Scotland.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

BP bringing in white sand to cover oil, has evidence

Larry Johnson, Pensacola City Councilman appears on the June 30, 2010 edition of Hardball on MSNBC.


Gulf air turns toxic after oil spill relief effort - Poison Spreads

As Hurricane Alex is sweeping towards the American coastline, it has already disrupted the oil spill containment efforts in the Gulf of Mexico ...and drawn the crude to environmentally sensitive regions. Meanwhile further inland, people are starting to complain about strange symptoms and illnesses that could be related to the clean-up work.

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