Posted on 03/25/2014 4:57:23 AM PDT by thackney
Wonder how much of this bunker will sink in five-seven days ?
I haven’t seen any price spike.
The normally busy waterway sometimes closes for up to several days this time of year when heavy fog affects visibility, but government and industry officials said Sunday a closure lasting longer than that could force refineries to shut down and lead to millions of dollars in economic losses.
If the channel opens today or tomorrow, there will be little impact to customers. A longer closure we would like notice.
Interestingly, I was at a Houston Ship Channel plant yesterday on an unrelated shutdown/turnaround project. We had three ships loaded, setting at the dock, waiting to get out. They are still there this morning.
With the confined area and near immediate placement of spill booms and skimmers in operation, I don’t think in 5~7 days there will be any significant oil left.
We’ll see this at the pump before the day is out.
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Pump prices have been on the rise for the past week or so. Not sure of the reason
other than possible change over season in the production blend.
More info:
There is a lot of the fuel oil headed out to sea.
The best-case scenario is for most of the slick to remain in the Gulf for at least several days and congeal into small tar balls that wash up further south on the Texas coast, where they could be picked up and removed, Patterson said.
However, officials said Monday night that changing currents, winds and weather were pushing the oil not only further into the Gulf, but also southwest along Galveston Island, resulting in expanded oil recovery efforts.
The Coast Guard said earlier Monday that it hoped to have the channel open to barge traffic as quickly as possible but that more tests were needed to confirm the water and the vessels traveling through the channel were free of oil.
http://news.yahoo.com/crews-clean-oil-spill-texas-shipping-channel-053157041.html
The USCG insists “bunkers” contain only 10 + API oil because it will float if spilled.
As they are discovering in the ship channel, given enough wind, waves and current, portions of just about any petroleum product will sink.
UPDATE- Houston Ship Channel Reopens to Barge Traffic After Spill
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3137146/posts
Just before 10:00 CST on Tuesday morning, the Houston Ship Channel reopened exclusively to barge traffic...
Wow, Liverpool is on that map, I wonder if it is larger than the tiny store and the Post office that it used to be?
I think this is the bridge I used to jump from, on chocolate bayou, and could walk to Liverpool.
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/nakrnsm/5568390950/lightbox/
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