The latest satellite images from the International Space Station (ISS) help us answer the question “What does 130 million gallons of oil floating in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill look like?”
What Does 130 Million Gallons of Oil Floating in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill look like?
“It looks very scary. It’s not good. I really feel… not good about that.” That’s what the International Space Station Commander, cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, says about the Gulf’s oil disaster according to Gizmodo.com
When Oleg looks down from the ISS (Internation Space Station) this is the view.
ISS NASA Satellite Photo of Gulf oil spill May 19, 2010
Gizmdo Blogger, Jesus Diaz, was kind enough the change the contrast a little to help make the colors brighter.
ISS NASA Color Enhanced Satellite Image Of Gulf Oil Spill From May 17, 2010
So now let’s just put this into perspective and answer our question.
By taking the photo above and overlaying it on Google Earth the following image is created.
This is what 130 million Gallons of Oil Floating in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill looks like.
130 Million Gallons Of Oil Floating in The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill
BP admitted yesterday that much more oil was coming from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig then it previously estimated.
Independent scientists say that about 100,000 barrels of oil per day are leaking into the Gulf of Mexico.
Those number look more accurate than ever after BP acknowledges that it was now capturing 5,000 barrels per day using its siphon device and it hasn’t even put a dent into the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico.
Over the 31 days since the oil began leaking 3.1 million barrels of oil have leaked into the Gulf of Mexico, given an oil spill rate of 100,000 barrels barrels per day.
At 42 gallons per barrel, that puts the total amount of oil floating in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill at over 130,000,000 gallons of oil.
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I think for one ,…that it shows how much oil is actually under the Tertiary layer . Chevron's original estimate was 3-15 billion gallons . Of course ,given the propensity of big businesses and our own government to operate with with no business ethics and transparency , I believe it could be higher . What's even more disturbing to me is what I learned about NALCO and TIORCO by going to their websites and looking around for a while . Utterly sickening. Alex , I hope whatever happens ,that people like you and I will continue to live our lives true to the values we hold self-evident as an example to those around us. As of late, I feel responsible to no man….but rather a growing sense of responsibility toward to every man and woman. Godspeed
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………….also…….ask yourself why a division of the MMS is responsible for providing the Freedom of Information Act files……..could this mean that the people who should have been responsible for revealing the truth as this unfolds , are in charge of keeping all the secrets ?
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as of 1 hour ago in the north sea : North Sea oil rig evacuated due to unstable well -yahoo news source
COREXIT ?….that's nothing……check out how BP , NALCO AND TIORCO/STEPAN go back to
abandoned wells that have been capped due to low productivity ….and pump them full of
expanding plastic polymers………….. "BRIGHTWATER" being one product……a sub-nano
microengineered expanding polymer . These products are forced into into porous rock where
they expand and as a result ,force remaiming hydrcarbon deposites to sublimate……in
otherwords….they replace the oil and water left in the porous substrate under the
seafloor with plastic….read all about it….they are also operating all over the
world……go to TIORCO's WEBSITE…and read for yourself…..SPREAD THE TRUTH.
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NO worries Isaac. Helps to add to conversation.
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awesome….I am finding out very disturbing things about these companies and how they operate. Example……..I thought up until recently, that they used seawater (I was okay with that )to pump out second generation wells, only to find out they are using chemicals like "BRIGHTWATER" and then sealing it in the ground when they close the well. I never saw any mention of that practice in the media. Of course everybody that I tell about it is shocked beyond disbelief . And I know that they are hiding many other things. I will bring them to light over the next few days. -Isaac
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Alex, let me know if the posting is obnoxious, I mean no harm just trying get the word out.
Isaacnd200 at gmail [edit: remove actual email so you don't get spammed]
I am very angry, as we are all. The casual practices of Big Oil are never revealed to the public .Take for instance , “BRIGHTWATER” a product made by BP, NALCO and TIORCO. This is a liquid plastic they pump into the ocean floor that absorbs into porous rock and expands to force the remaining oil out of abandoned wells. All over the world. It is practices like this that are going to be mankind’s downfall. In the past 3 days I have uncovered some of the most unbelievable information, unbelievable except for the fact that I learned them from oil company websites . Like NALCO’s website ( maker of COREXIT in cooperation with BP ).
The website with a flock of pink flamingos and the earth symbol. Look at how many awards they been awarded for being environmentally responsible.
Then ask why most of the people that buy stock in these companies are actually the type that like to argue with real environmentalists about the need for sustainable ,responsible practices. Follow the link to TIORCO’s website and take a look at what they are so proud of.
Now think about the fact that there is a huge 3-15 billion barrel deposit , with a broken well-head spewing uncontrollably into one the most beautiful areas I have ever lived. Combine that with the fact there are numerous lost chemical weapons dumps all over the Gulf area as well . Add that to the fact that the dispersant (COREXIT) being sprayed in the Gulf has been banned in this country for 30 years and at the time it was banned, it was a much lower concentration than the formula they are currently using,… illegally too . Now add that to the hurricane season coming up and think about having a hurricane come through while this unfolds in front of us. Consider that the foreclosed properties on the Gulf will be owned by China anyway .Don’t even think about happens if they try to use a nuclear explosion to close this. It is unfortunate that only at the precipice of disaster do we become willing to change.—-Isaac
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note this was written before horizon had a blowout
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here is a rant I found this morning on yahoo,I'm gonna go start digging….
HEY WAKE UP AMERICANS // MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE FINDING OUT THAT A SUB ( YES A SUB) FROM IRAN LEFT CUBA // MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN ( DOCUMENTED BY US AND ALSO THE RUSSIANS ) SHOT THAT MISSILE TO BLOW UP THE BP // PLATFORM ( WELL) >> ~~ YOU DO NOT THINK YOUR MUSLIM PRESIDENT WILL ADMIT TO THAT ??? IT'S TRUE/ IT'S A FACT THAT YOU WILL NEVER BE TOLD IN PUBLIC! WE GET THE NEWS DIRECT FROM RUSSIA / I DO HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS FROM RUSSIA ! YOU NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT THE RUSSIANS >> YOU REALLY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THESE MUSLIMS AND YOUR MUSLIM PRESIDENT WHO ARE TRYING TO DESTROY OUT COUNTRY !
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Kill, Baby, Kill! New Oil Rigs Coming to U.S. Coast
April 7, 2010
by JonB
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There’s nothing like announcing a plan that could bring new oil rigs to 300 million acres of ocean to start a loud conversation among ocean-lovers of all stripes. Which is exactly what President Obama did a week ago, reopening a debate that many of his supporters thought was moot once candidates McCain and Palin had been shunned.
By coincidence, I was in Louisiana when the announcement was made, where a $65 billion a year gas and oil industry is THE state’s major business and the Gulf of Mexico coastline has long been dotted by oil rigs (and oil spills). We have been filming in southern Louisiana for the past 21 months, focused on the relationship between man and the sea. In “SoLa” it is impossible to ignore the impact that oil and gas have on both the populace and the waterways.
The Obama administration’s plan could prove to be either be savvy politics or blatant pandering. In the immediate future it curries favor with pro-drilling interests and helps lure some pro-development Democrats – like Virginia’s Mark Warner and Jim Webb – to potentially support other climate change initiatives. The reality is that the first lease sale under the plan could take place off the coast of Virginia within a few months; the rest would not start lining up until 2012, but probably longer given anticipated state and court fights. The argument that opening up these new domestic resources will help push us away from dependence on foreign oil is a false one; even if all of the continental shelves proposed are tapped there’s only enough oil there to last for three years, enough natural gas for two. Not all Washington politicians were charmed: “Giving Big Oil more access to our nation’s waters is really a ‘Kill, Baby, Kill’ policy,” said New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenburg.
And what’s the reality of having big rigs in your backyard, plus all the tanker and barge traffic that accompanies them? Use Louisiana as an example.
Some years ago the state set up the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, to “protect Louisiana’s citizens and environment from the effects of oil spills.” Today the state leads the U.S. in annual oil spills; between 1991 and 2004 an average of 1,500 per year (and those are just spills in state waters, the stats don’t include federal waters – three miles offshore – where many of the oil rigs live and where many of the new drilling is proposed). While we were filming in July 2008 two barges collided near midnight on the Mississippi River, in the heart of New Orleans, spilling 400,000 gallons into the river and spreading 80 miles downstream within 24 hours.
The mother of all recent Louisiana oil spills? Hurricane Katrina, when more than 9 million gallons of oil were lost, nearly comparable to the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska (11 million gallons). During Hurricane Rita another 1 million gallons leaked into Louisiana’s rivers and the Gulf … statistics which should give all coastal residents of the East Coast and Alaska pause
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Looks like there is more to it then the pics show!?
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Yep… The satellite photos only cover so much. It is cut off at the left and on the bottom.
Regardless, you can see just how enormous it is.
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I just spent 4 hours talking to BP investors on yahoo financial chat room, FINALLY, they are starting to understand that this is really bad and that there's is a chance that this could get drastically worse very shortly . I have never owned a car, I just don't care for them, I grew up in Key West riding a bicycle.I could tell by looking in peoples eyes when they drove by me walking into town ,that many are having the same thoughts.
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I would like to see the bottom half of the picture which we apparently are not privy to. If you look at the overlay image you can see that a motherload of oil must be getting drawn into the loop current and is presumably on its way around Florida in the Gulf Strem. Show us the whole picture already. We can handle it. Whether we can or not, we will have to. What an awful legacy to pass on to our children.
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The people responsible for this as well as our political leaders are insuring the end or the world for our children. I'm so utterly pissed off right now I cannot even think about this. I have a solution and have written to the White House at least ten timeswith zero response. The engineers involved in this are clearly clueless. I have a great amount of experience in dealing with high pressures and oil. I can fix this as long as there is a sand bed around that pipe. Somebody please call me at 401-323-6064
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I am happy that we (US) are getting our oil needs met by deepwater drilling. I personally don't give a hoot what the scaremongers are braying. We need the oil, period. I think that if, IF the enviromental movement weren't given such an important place in the news, we might NOT have driven the oil companies away from onshore locales (ANWR) and shallow offshore (Socal) locales into deepwater where accident mitigation is so very difficult (and financially ruinous)
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agree totally with Rocco..
I also have to ask all the enviro-whackos,
"What sort of vehicle did you drive over in?"
and don't act too surprised whan the preponderance responds: "SUV this-or-that", "LandRover", "Jeep-this-or-that", "HUMMER" (yeah!)
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also, for crude oil, the unit of measure used everywhere, is BARRELS, not GALLONS. A BARREL of
crude is 55 gallons.
The recent appearance of the word GALLONS to measure the spill volume is simply an attempt by enviro-whacks to magnify the size of the NUMBER describing the amount of oil afloat.
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