There are reports of another oil spill in the Gulf just off the Louisiana coast about twenty miles from the site of BP’s ClearWater Horizon rig. The spill is said to have originated from W&T Offshore’s Matterhorn SeaStar rig. Another deep water rig.
So far the details come largely from this article from the Tallashassi Environmental news Examiner. According the the article,
The site of the sheen, near Mississippi Canyon 243, lies 30 miles from the Louisiana coastline. The Matterhorn field, at a depth of 2,789 feet (850 meters) of water, was discovered in 1999, leased and permitted in July 2001, and came into production in November 2003. It is located 30 miles SE of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
The article claims that a fisherman sailed through it. Other reports add colour quoting ‘a fisherman’ who said the smell as he sailed over it was very strong. There are photos cirulating which claim to be of the spill, taken from an helicopter. And the report is that the Coast Guard has sent another helicopter to investigate. No news from them yet.
The spill is variously said to be 20 miles or 100 miles long and about 12 wide. No verification of either measurement. And no word form W&T Offshore inc either. Let’s hope this is NOT another spill.
Can a US Oil company be implicated in this leak/spill if leak/spill it is . If confirmed will a US Government try to bankrupt a US oil company
Oil percolates from deep in the earth upwards continuously in small amounts. Trapped amounts can be colossal. Releases are therefore dangerous and rare, When BP found that it had a monster strike on hands, it made a mistake.
But I do not think it is that which has been widely bruited?
Now, it leaks again. I do not believe that the area concerned has gone without surveillance, even if that is secret.
Well done, showing this more significance than most. We are soon to be swimming in abiotic oil!
This is apparently not coming from BP well head anyhow. It is not clear well but some speculation has been that it could be old sunken oil from the BP spill which had disappeared somewhat to everyones surprise becoming lighter and rising to surface. I thought oil always floated but apparently not. I am sure analysis can tell exactly where it is originating from.
Fungus
"Abiogenic petroleum origin is a discredited hypothesis that was proposed as an alternative to theory of biological petroleum origin."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenic_petroleum_origin
If the abiotic oil theory were true then:
1) What makes you think that it will get replaced as fast (or faster) than we can extract it? What if it takes thousands of years for abiotic oil to get produced and seep up to an accesible level? A Golden Goose that only lays eggs twice a year is just a Gilded Goose, I'm afraid.
2) Why does the US & UK gvt go around the world invading Iraq / Iran / Libya to get their hands on Arab oil when there's a supposed bounty of stuff on US soil? Answer: because US oil extraction has been in terminal decline since the 1970s.
3) What do you think did happen to the billions / trillions of lifeforms (plant or animal) that existed on our planet for the last few billion years? Did all that decomposed biomass just get swept out to sea and magically disappear?
I got a sneaky suspicion that they were made up of wierd chemically stuff like hydrogen and carbon, oh, what's the name of that stuff, yeah that's it, HYDROCARBONS!
Hopefully your post was just irony.
Hawkeye Scientific certainties become dogma and Science cheerleader often forget the limits inherent in all experimental evidence required to ensure accurate prediction, there are aspects to the fossil fuel Theory which simply do not hold water. Quines Two DOgmas of empiricism and Sheldrakes the science delusion both show up the scientism that breeds a curious sort of intellectual fascism so much in vogue these days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg
The Surf has left the building. All we have left is the Turf down here in the Gulf of Corexit (f/k/a Gulf of Mexico). We just can't get used to that benzene aftertaste of the Corexit Canal Crab… We've tried it many ways, tartar, cocktail, mustard, etc… but you just can't shake that industrial finish.
"Louisiana fisherman reports that fresh oil is coming ashore near South Pass, LA, and that cleanup crews are laying new boom near the beach. He also reports that cleanup crews in four-wheeled vehicles were patrolling the beaches near the marsh filled coast spraying a substance on the beach." AND
"A Coast Guard officer with a command center in Morgan City, LA, said today the Coast Guard has confirmed that oil is not coming from the Deepwater Horizon well but that they have found what appear to be smaller oil slicks in the Gulf."
‘Oil Spill Reported Near Deepwater Drilling Site in Gulf’;
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rocky-kistner/oil-spill-reported-near-d_b_838019.html
'Oily sheen, 'goop' spotted in Gulf of Mexico';
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42188860/ns/us_news-environment/
‘BP officials queried in federal investigation into possibility of insider trading’;
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2011/03/bp_officials_queried_in_federa.html#cmpid=v2mode_be_smoref_face
"Despite what she called an “unusual mortality event” killing dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico, the top federal scientist investigating the deaths, revealed Wednesday that the government has yet to send any tissue samples for laboratory testing to determine a cause."
'9 dead dolphins found since Saturday in Alabama and Mississippi';
http://blog.al.com/live/2011/03/9_dead_dolphins_found_since_sa.html
Efforts to clean up Boca beaches after tar washes ashore
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_s_palm_beach_county/boca_raton/efforts-to-clean-up-boca-beaches-after-oil-washes-ashore
BP is working on a strategic plan to clean up oil in Florida… it has been almost one year!
‘Florida spring breakers find the oil (VIDEO)’;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPf2aOIqQ0o&feature=player_embedded
'Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Blog Apalachicola Bay Corexit Poisoning';
http://gulfofmexicooilspillblog.com/2011/03/16/gul-of-mexico-oil-spill-blog-apalachicola-bay-corexit-poisoning/
'TOXIC RAIN'
http://gulfofmexicooilspillblog.com/2011/03/11/gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-blog-toxic-rain/
'NASA Data Strengthens Reports of Toxic Rain on the Gulf Coast From BP Spill';
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-cope/nasa-data-toxic-rain_b_830481.html
‘Gulf Seafood: Mysterious Crab Deaths Trigger New Fears’;
http://oilspillaction.com/gulf-seafood-mysterious-crab-deaths-trigger-new-fears