Emergency teams have been working on Chevron's (NYSE:CVX) spill cleanup since Saturday at the Salt Lake City, Red Butte Creek oil spill site. A formal plan of how they plan to proceed has not been released and is said to be weeks away. Although, we are ensured that does not mean cleanup isn't happening.
Dan Johnson, a Chevron spokesman said, "on Saturday we immediately began to soak up oil. That's why we have collected 500 barrels so far. There's still 300 more out there and we will work diligently to clean it up." The formal cleanup plan will be part of Chevron's official response to a notice of violation. This is not expected to be done for around another 10 days.
The NOV is the official process for environmental disasters, making Chevron legally liable as well. The EPA has given credit to Chevron for their aggressive cleanup and taking full responsibility. The EPA stated, "we expect and will work to ensure they remain responsive. EPA has been and will continue to review and provide direction on incident objectives and progress made under those objectives. We will ensure that actions taken are sufficient to clean up the spill."
Showing posts with label spill cleanup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spill cleanup. Show all posts
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Updates On Top Kill and BP (NYSE:BP) Oil Spill Live Feed
As many are anxiously watching the BP (NYSE:BP) oil spill live video for any change with BP's "top kill" attempts, there aren't visible signs of much change.
Being close to 96 hours into the "top kill" attempt, most were thinking it would be stopped by now. Looking at the video of the oil spill, there appears to be a dark substance coming out of it again which looks like oil. When BP started their procedure, there was a visible change in what was spewing out of the two broken areas on the pipe. Rather than the dark crude oil there was what looked like mud, the thick engineer mud that was being pumped in.
Originally, by BP's statements, the "top kill" process was only going to take a couple days but it is now on their third day. Although BP seems to still be optimistic. They said, there's a "number of options" in case the "top kill" fails. BP also said things seem to be "promising" as they continue on with their efforts.
If BP is successful, they could then turn their full focus on cleaning up the oil that has already spilled into the ocean and is devastating shorelines, among other things.
Being close to 96 hours into the "top kill" attempt, most were thinking it would be stopped by now. Looking at the video of the oil spill, there appears to be a dark substance coming out of it again which looks like oil. When BP started their procedure, there was a visible change in what was spewing out of the two broken areas on the pipe. Rather than the dark crude oil there was what looked like mud, the thick engineer mud that was being pumped in.
Originally, by BP's statements, the "top kill" process was only going to take a couple days but it is now on their third day. Although BP seems to still be optimistic. They said, there's a "number of options" in case the "top kill" fails. BP also said things seem to be "promising" as they continue on with their efforts.
If BP is successful, they could then turn their full focus on cleaning up the oil that has already spilled into the ocean and is devastating shorelines, among other things.
Friday, May 21, 2010
BP (NYSE:BP) Spill Cleanup, Wildlife Fatalities
As BP (NYSE:BP) continues on with spill cleanup attempts, the pollution caused by oil and chemicals is proving fatal to wildlife. This is just the beginning as oil is hitting our shore lines.
Kim Hubbard, a Audubon photo editor just arrived in Louisiana. She's already seeing the effects of the oil spill on animals, one of her photos include an oiled Kemp's Ridley sea turtle. This is a daily occurrence and collection of oiled wildlife.
On a conference call today with several NOAA officials and U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials, it was reported that eight turtles have been collected, two later died. Of the 66 birds that have come in, 43 have died and 23 are alive and being rehabbed. There is much concern for marine animals as well like manatees, whales, and dolphins.
Robert Weisberg, a physical oceanographer and modeler from the University of South Florida, reported that once the oil hit the loop current it was only a matter of a week before it was carried to Florida's straits and then just another week after that before reaching Miami's straits. The NOAA reported Wednesday that the oil slick had already reached the loop current.
Kim Hubbard, a Audubon photo editor just arrived in Louisiana. She's already seeing the effects of the oil spill on animals, one of her photos include an oiled Kemp's Ridley sea turtle. This is a daily occurrence and collection of oiled wildlife.
On a conference call today with several NOAA officials and U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials, it was reported that eight turtles have been collected, two later died. Of the 66 birds that have come in, 43 have died and 23 are alive and being rehabbed. There is much concern for marine animals as well like manatees, whales, and dolphins.
Robert Weisberg, a physical oceanographer and modeler from the University of South Florida, reported that once the oil hit the loop current it was only a matter of a week before it was carried to Florida's straits and then just another week after that before reaching Miami's straits. The NOAA reported Wednesday that the oil slick had already reached the loop current.
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