SkyTruth: Possible Second Leaking Rig Found In Gulf Oil Spill Satellite Images

  Posted by - May 17, 2010 at 5:28 pm - Permalink - Source via Alexander Higgins Blog
Sky Truth Satellite analysis indicates second oil rig may be leaking in Gulf of Mexico
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SkyTruth who has been providing excellent satellite image analysis through the Gulf oil spill crisis has found a possible second leaking oil rig in the gulf miles away from oil spill leaking at the Mississippi Canyon site.

The Details of this are still a bit sketching but from SkyTruth

And we think we’ve discovered an unrelated leak from a nearby platform that was installed back in 1984. The MMS ID# for this platform is 23051 (look it up here). A small, dark slick appears next to this platform on radar satellite images from April 26, May 8, and May 13 as well as this May 14 image.

It’s not a major leak but it may indicate a chronic problem. Somebody should check that out to make sure it doesn’t get any worse.

Here’s the Satellite Image, which now shows a surface area of almost 5,000 square miles, in which the second leak is shown.

COSMO-SkyMed radar satellite image, May 14, 2010. Image courtesy CSTARS.

While the second leaking rig is much smaller than the Deepwater Horizon Well that may be leaking 70,000 – 100,000 barrels of oils per day the appearance of a second leaking well may indicate systemic problems and should be checked.

If this is shown to be a second leaking well, this could indicate that Government supplied oil spill fly over data and maps are in accurate.

If this second spill can be seen from space, how is it possible that a leaking well could be missed by airplane or helicopter fly overs of the Gulf of Mexico?

It leads one to come to the conclusion that the flyovers are not even being performed, data is purposely being exclude or the flyover is being conducted over an area much smaller than that of the actual spill.

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