Where's the oil? Model suggests much may be gone (Rush was right!)

AP ^ | 5/14/2010 | CAIN BURDEAU

[CPT Clay]

Thanks, in comparison Ixtoc I was much worse.

[Lorica]

bttt - interesting thread!

[norraad]

HOOO'dogies, with such effective Good’ol’Boy ingenuity , it's a wonder the south lost the war.

[elpadre]

ya gotta luv em

[OldDeckHand]

"Wasn’t the Exxon Valdez refined oil? So it was thick. This oil is a natural substance. Aren’t there naturally occurring oil leaks all the time?"

I believe it was heavy crude, which is much different than the light sweet crude that is coming out of the Gulf.

The Heavy crude is less desirable because it takes more energy and time (and money) to refine. The light sweet crude is what everyone wants.

[Xylo]

I like that hay idea; seems like it worked well on the very small scale demonstration they gave.

I’d still love to see us reduce our dependency on oil (not just foreign) so events like this stop happening.

[MontaniSemperLiberi]

This post is exactly correct folks.

Just to add, those components that are light enough to make it to the surface are typically light enough to evaporate before making it to shore.

[angcat]

Rush is full of crap. He is in denial. This will kill fish and ruin the seafood industry.

[Chode]

bookmark bump...

[Lexinom]

Yep, I remember that about the beach in Galveston as well, over 30 years ago.

[Doe Eyes]

Yep, I remember that about the beach in Galveston as well, over 30 years ago.

Thirty years ago, it wasn't seepage.

From: History’s 10 Most Famous Oil Spills

The 2-mile-deep exploratory well, Ixtoc I, blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay of Campeche off Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. By the time the well was brought under control in March, 1980, an estimated 140 million gallons of oil had spilled into the bay. The Ixtoc I spill is currently #2 on the all-time list of largest oil spills of all time.

[Doe Eyes]

In 1979, Mexico's Ixtoc I in the western Gulf blew out and spewed about 420,000 gallons of oil a day for nine months. Large quantities of oil did not reach Texas beaches.

I remember going to the beach on South Padre Island. There were little tar balls all over the beach. This thick tar would stick to my feet. The hotel had packets of cleaner they gave out for free, but it really didn't work very well.

[Joya]

Animation of oil spill.

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/animation_gulf_of_mexico_oil_s.html?utm_source=API&utm_medium=twitter

[Louis Foxwell]

I remember going to the beach on South Padre Island. There were little tar balls all over the beach.

The beaches in LA were the same that same summer.

[thackney]

BTTT

Animation of oil spill.

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/animation_gulf_of_mexico_oil_s.html?utm_source=API&utm_medium=twitter

[dfwgator]

Maybe it will all float to Cuba.

[thackney]

ruin the seafood industry

Interesting that larger spills with less clean up efforts didn't ruin the seafood industry but this one will.

Must be all the media coverage and hype will convince the fish they have actually all died.