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Full title: AP: Offshore wells buried during Hurricane Ivan have been leaking oil into the Gulf since 2004 Down to just one full-time employee, Taylor Energy Company exists for only one reason: to fight an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico that has gone largely unnoticed, despite creating miles-long slicks for more than a decade. The New Orleans-based company has downplayed the leak’s environmental impact, likening it to scores of minor spills and natural seeps that the Gulf routinely absorbs. But an Associated Press investigation has revealed evidence that the spill is far worse than what Taylor — or...

It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good, and a pipeline leaking on somebody else’s front yard can be a godsend, too. The environmentalists who were waging a losing war against the proposed Keystone pipeline woke up to the news of a small pipeline leak in Arkansas and thought it was Christmas morning. If environmentalists were the praying kind, they would say the Arkansas leak was an answer to their prayers. They think it ends the debate over the Keystone pipeline. One green lobbyist says “this should be the nail in the coffin of the Keystone pipeline.” They’re eager to...

I have no idea if I am posting this correctly as I rarely post things. But this is pretty amazing video. I wonder why the media has not picked up on it? The Obama administration says the Oil leak is nothing to worry about now. Nobody knows what the truth is since the goverment has imposed a news blackout of the Oil Leak. You can be sure that this administration is hiding something, the imposed news blackout makes that case by its mere existence.

Engineers monitoring BP Plc's damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico detected seepage on the ocean floor that could mean problems with the cap that has stopped oil from gushing into the water, the government's top oil spill official said today. Earlier on Sunday, BP officials had expressed hope that the test of the cap which began Thursday could continue until a relief well can permanently seal the leak next month. Oil gushed from the deep-sea Maconda well for nearly three months until the new cap was put in place last week. But late on Sunday, the U.S. government released...

BP Says It MIGHT Stop The Leak Completely Today Gus Lubin Jul. 12, 2010, 9:33 AM If a new sealing cap is lowered successfully, BP could stop the oil leak today. Of course we're all waiting to be disappointed after Top Hat, Top Kill and the Lower Marine Riser Package failed. If today's operation (the 3-Ram Capping Stack) fails, our best hope defaults to relief wells that may be completed in mid-August. Here's how today's fix is going to work (Times Picayune): The cap, which is essentially a small blow out preventer with a cap on top, has the potential...

HOUSTON -- The liability for the damage being done by the blown out well in the Gulf could cost companies based in Houston huge sums. But can they afford it? Disturbing images of oil in the water and tar balls on beaches have come every day from the Gulf Coast. The images stand in stark contrast to the gleaming office towers in Houston occupied by oil and gas companies. In a city that for decades has dominated the world’s energy industry, it may be taken for granted that the companies are among the most profitable in the world and their...

Sixty percent (60%) of U.S. voters continue to support offshore oil drilling, but voters remain critical of President Obama's response to the ongoing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and are more critical than ever of how the companies involved are responding. Forty-seven percent (47%) rate the president’s handling of the Gulf oil leak as poor... The number of voters who give the president poor marks is up 21 points from early May. Thirty-six percent (36%) now rate his response to the spill as good or excellent

Projections Show 20% Chance Oil Will Reach From Corpus Christi To Charleston Gus Lubin Jul. 5, 2010, 11:40 AM NOAA just released threat simulations for the oil spill, assuming a 33,000 barrels ber day spill that lasts for 90 days (via SkyTruth). Simulations show an 80% chance damage will round the tip of Florida. There is a 20% chance oil will make it all the way up to Charleston, SC, and west to Corpus Christi Texas. In the worst scenario -- less than 1% chance -- oil could spread down to southern Mexico and engulf the Caribbean islands. The simulation...

Excellent job by these guys...pass it around

There's a lot being discussed about the oil leaking in the gulf, and rightly it SHOULD be discussed.

“Respected American journalist Helen Thomas’s answer shows … a courageous, bold, honest and free opinion which expresses what people across the globe believe: that Israel is a racist state of murderers and thugs,” Hezbollah MP Hussein Moussawi said in a statement. Can we end any absurd debate about whether or not Helen Thomas’s remarks were anti-semitic? I mean if you share Hezbollah’s view about how the Jews can get the hell out of Palestine how are you not an anti-semite? And, of course, Helen Thomas and Hezbollah have been on the same page for quite some time now.

BP does not own a vast majority of its gas stations. They're run by small business owners like Ravaee who make their money mostly off inside sales. They are concerned about the boycott gaining momentum. "They are not harming BP. BP won't feel this at all at the retail level. The people being harmed are mom and pop small businesses," said Jim Smith, President of the Florida Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Associations.

I guess Barack Obama is now subscribing to the Bill Maher theory of how a "real black president" should act: He's looking for some ass to kick! And the DUmmies are urging him on. Never mind that BO is not actually DOING anything about the BP oil spill. They just want Oilbama to act angry and outraged--in other words, more like a DUmmie. Several threads on this over at DUmmieland. The two main ones we're using are this THREAD, "On the epic BP environmental clusterf***: "Obama Looking for Whose Ass to Kick"!!!" and this THREAD,"Barack Obama: I'm Talking To...

Staring day after day at images of oil billowing from an undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico, many Americans are struggling to make sense of the numbers On Monday, BP said a cap was capturing 11,000 barrels of oil a day from the well. The official government estimate of the flow rate is 12,000 to 19,000 barrels a day, which means the new device should be capturing the bulk of the oil. But is it? With no consensus among experts on how much oil is pouring from the wellhead, it is difficult — if not impossible — to assess...

Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that the triangular flanges on the oil cap are more visible than they were a few hours ago. This would indicate that the oil plume has receded slightly. Anyone notice this? Is it true that the cap has valves which will be gradually closed once pressure is equalized? Any experts on this care to comment? I can't find much information on this aspect of the cap.

The only thing FUnnier than the title of this DUmmie THREAD, "Cheney killed the ocean!" is the graphic posted there which is why I am using it above. Yup! Send out an APB. Dick Cheney killed the ocean. Meanwhile do nothing Obama, the biggest recipient of BP political donations had absolutely nothing to do with being nearly inactive in the face of the biggest oil spill in history. Nope. We need to blame DICK CHENEY who hasn't been in office for over a year. So let us now watch the DUmmies place all the blame on Cheney while giving...

It was September of 1966, and gas was gushing uncontrollably from the wells in the Bukhara province of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. But the Reds, at the height of their industrial might, had a novel solution. They drilled nearly four miles into the sand and rock of the Kyzyl Kum Desert, and lowered a 30-kiloton nuclear warhead — more than half-again as large as “Little Boy,” the crude uranium bomb dropped over Hiroshima — to the depths beneath the wellhead. With the pull of a lever, a fistful of plutonium was introduced to itself under enormous pressure, setting off...

Here is video of Physics expert Michio Kaku on “The Today Show” where he explained the current attempt by BP to stop the flow of oil from the broken pipe at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The current plan is to “cut and cap” – cut the pipe off cleanly and then cap it to capture the flowing oil. Kaku said by cutting the pipe, it is actually going to allow about 20% more oil to flow into the Gulf. So, if the “Cut and Cap” approach does not work, the problem will actually be worse. On the...

Yesterday, the White House director of Energy and Climate Change Policy, Carol Browner, assured "Fox and Friends" host Gretchen Carlson that the Obama administration was "making decisions in real time" regarding the Gulf of Mexico oil leak. Browner further appeased Carlson by insisting that Team Obama had been on the leak "since day one" and that any complaints of government beadledom were unfounded. "There is no bureaucracy here," said Browner. The Energy Czarina went on to highlight two names from the "best minds in America" club that we keep hearing about in reference to stopping the British Petroleum (BP) gusher:...

Some of the DUmmies must think they are "Brains" from the Thunderbirds. These rocket scientists are coming up with ingenious ways to fix the Gulf oil leak that I'm sure no one has ever thought of before. Witness this THREAD, "Why couldn't they make a 3 inch thick iron plate about 1 meter squared. Then. . . ." So let's all head out to Tracy Island, aka DUmmieland, where Brains is working into the wee hours of the night, coming up with workable solutions, in Rocket Scientist Red, while the commentary of your humble guest correspondent, Charles Henrickson, is...