US Coast Guard Will Try Burning Oil Spill as It Nears Land
by David » 4/28/10
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Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/29spill.html
The oil slick now covers ~2,000 square miles?!!! 42,000 gallons of oil leaking per day is 1,000 barrels a day. If it leaks for another 60 days, that's approx. 2.5 million gallons or a quarter of what was estimated to have leaked during the Exxon Valdez catastrophe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill. Let's hope they can shut it off much sooner than that. With over 3,000 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, I'm surprised this hasn't happened more often. My heart goes out to the families of the 11 workers killed, such a tragedy for them and the environment.
Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/29spill.html
The oil slick now covers ~2,000 square miles?!!! 42,000 gallons of oil leaking per day is 1,000 barrels a day. If it leaks for another 60 days, that's approx. 2.5 million gallons or a quarter of what was estimated to have leaked during the Exxon Valdez catastrophe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill. Let's hope they can shut it off much sooner than that. With over 3,000 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, I'm surprised this hasn't happened more often. My heart goes out to the families of the 11 workers killed, such a tragedy for them and the environment.
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