{"id":399,"date":"2011-08-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/?p=399"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:44:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:44:17","slug":"breaking-news-oil-leak-in-gulf-confirmed-from-the-bp-gulf-oil-spill-macondo-well-65471","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/environment\/breaking-news-oil-leak-in-gulf-confirmed-from-the-bp-gulf-oil-spill-macondo-well-65471\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS! OIL LEAK IN GULF CONFIRMED FROM THE BP GULF OIL SPILL MACONDO WELL!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Alabama Press Register has gathered photos, video, and oil samples that BP and the Coast Guard are lying about oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon Macondo well.<\/h3>\n

As reported previously, a new huge oil slick has been found at the site of the BP Gulf Oil Spill well. BP and the Coast Guard responded to those reports as baseless, asserting there was absolutely no merit to claims that the Macondo well was leaking again or that there was even an oil slick at the site of well.<\/p>\n

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Photos And Videos Of Massive Oil Slick Found At BP\u2019s Deepwater Horizon Gulf Spill Site<\/h2>\n
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After BP Denied Claims Oil Was Leaking From The Macondo Well A Flyover Reveals A New Massive Slick In The Gulf Coming From The Site Of Last Year\u2019s Disaster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Alabama Register confirms that BP\u00a0 and the Coast Guard are lying about oil leaking from the Macondo well.<\/p>\n

They traveled to the well site and collected photos and videos of the oil leaking to the surface from the site of the Macondo well.<\/p>\n

They also took samples of the oil from the water and had the samples analyzed.<\/p>\n

The scientific test matched the oil samples collected to the oil in the deepwater horizon well.<\/p>\n

BP and the Coast Guard still claim they can\u2019t find any oil leaking from the well, yet the video, photos and scientific tests prove they are lying.<\/p>\n

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Oil emerges in Gulf near Deepwater Horizon well<\/h2>\n

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In this video shot near the site of the Deepwater Horizon accident, globs of oil are seen blooming on the Gulf surface in iridescent yellow circles. Chemical analysis of the Press-Register\u2019s samples by LSU scientists found that the oil could be from the BP well, but results were not conclusive. BP meanwhile said no oil was present when the company flew over the area Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Scientists: Oil fouling Gulf matches Deepwater Horizon well (photo gallery, video)<\/h1>\n

MOBILE, Alabama\u00a0\u2013 Scientific analysis has confirmed that oil bubbling up above BP\u2019s sealed Deepwater Horizon well in recent days is a chemical match for the hundreds of millions of gallons of oil that spewed into the Gulf last summer.<\/p>\n

The Press-Register collected samples of the oil <\/a>about a mile from the well site on Tuesday and provided them to Ed Overton and Scott Miles, chemists with Louisiana State University.<\/p>\n

The pair did much of the chemical work used by federal officials to fingerprint the BP oil, known as MC252.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter examining the data, I think it\u2019s a dead ringer for the MC252 oil, as good a match as I\u2019ve seen,\u201d Overton wrote in an email to the newspaper. \u201cMy guess is that it is probably coming from the broken riser pipe or sunken platform. \u2026 However, it should be confirmed, just to make sure there is no leak from the plugged well.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an emailed statement, BP officials wrote that the company had a vessel stationed at the site all day Thursday but never saw any oil.<\/p>\n

During BP\u2019s inspection, the wind was blowing up to 10 mph, and waves were up to 2 feet high. Scientists said that even a light chop would likely have obscured the small sheens emerging every few seconds.<\/p>\n

By contrast, the wind was still and seas were flat and glassy Tuesday when the newspaper located the oil.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is still no evidence that the oil came from the Macondo well,\u201d BP officials wrote in the emailed statement.<\/p>\n

Late Thursday night, BP officials sent word that an ROV survey of the well found no leaks.<\/p>\n

It took several hours for the Press-Register to locate the small area where oil was bubbling to the surface. Scientists said the location where oil emerged would change continually, depending on water currents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In response to a Press-Register story about the find, the U.S. Coast Guard sent a helicopter and a boat to the well site Thursday but failed to find any oil, according to Capt. Jonathon Burton, who oversees operations in that portion of the Gulf.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it is a natural seepage, or a burp out of the wreckage down below, that would explain why we had something two days ago and not today,\u201d Burton said.<\/p>\n

He said knowing that the oil matches with the BP well was useful, as it ruled out the possibility of other sources, such as the pipelines that crisscross the Gulf floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is it looks as if we\u2019ve ruled out any significant source,\u201d Burton said, referring to the apparently small amount of oil hitting the surface. \u201cWe certainly need to see if we can pinpoint the cause. We\u2019re going to work that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

[\u2026]Bonny Shumaker, a pilot with On Wings of Care, along with members of the Gulf Restoration Network, first observed the oil sheens from the air on Friday and reported the location as the Macondo well site.<\/p>\n

During the newspaper\u2019s Tuesday trip, the area where oil sheens could be seen blooming on the surface regularly was about an acre in size. The oil was the heaviest about a mile from the well.<\/p>\n

Robert Bea, a prominent University of California petroleum engineer studying the BP spill, was not surprised that oil was seen away from the well head. Bea said he believed there was a high probability that the oil originated from the BP well.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooks suspicious. The point of surfacing about one mile from the well is about the point that the oil should show up, given the seafloor at 5,000 feet \u2026 natural circulation currents would cause the drift,\u201d Bea said. \u201cA remote operated vehicle (ROV) could be used to \u2018back track\u2019 the oil that is rising to the surface to determine the source. This should be a first order of business to confirm the source.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bea provided drawings to the newspaper that illustrated how oil might be able to rise up from thousands of feet underground along the outside of the sealed well pipe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps connections that developed between the well annulus (outside the casing), the reservoir sands about 17,000 feet below the seafloor and the natural seep fault features\u201d could provide a pathway for oil to move from deep underground to the seafloor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Source:<\/strong> The Alabama Press Register<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n


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