BP Oil Spill Updates

Per BP :

• For the last 12 hours on June 8th (noon to midnight), approximately 7,160 barrels of oil were collected and 13.9 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared.

• On June 8th, a total of approximately 15,000 barrels of oil were collected and 29.4 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared.

• Total oil collected in the last four days since the containment system was implemented is approximately 57,500 barrels.

• The Massachusetts began lightering this morning and should finish early morning tomorrow (lightering is a process of transferring crude oil between vessels, in this case, Enterprise to Massachusetts).

• Operations were stable with the exception of a short period, around 2pm, when the Enterprise rotated to set up for lightering necessitating a reduction in choke setting and collected volumes.

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A sad scene. Of all critters, the surface feeders, divers are the ones who get hammered the hardest. Research conducted at Shell years ago on Florida reefs showed that sweet crude (without Hurdogen sulfide) had no delterious affect on benthic marine life. Conversely, processed hydrocarbons were lethal. That research aside, oil being lighter than water floats and does not interact with sessile marine life. Hence, there should not be an adverse affect on shrimp or oysters fishing per se.

per BP :

• For the last 12 hours on June 9th (noon to midnight), approximately 7,890 barrels of oil were collected and 15.4 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared.

• On June 9th, a total of approximately 15,800 barrels of oil were collected and 31 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared.

• Total oil collected since the LMRP Cap containment system was implemented is approximately 73,300 barrels.

• Lightering has been successful. As more oil is collected, further transfers will occur.

• Operations were stable.

These guys are going to declare bankruptcy and get out of paying any more towards the cleanup. The American taxpayer will once again have to step in and save the day.

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Per BP :

• For the last 12 hours on June 10th (noon to midnight), approximately 7,770 barrels of oil were collected and 15.4 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared.

• On June 10th, a total of approximately 15,400 barrels of oil were collected and 30.8 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared.

• Total oil collected since the LMRP Cap containment system was implemented is approximately 88,700 barrels.

• As more oil is collected, further transfers from the Enterprise to Massachusetts continue.

• Dispersant use was reduced from 10 to 7 gal per minute as more oil is collected.

• Operations were stable.

That is flippin hilarious Wayne!!! lol The only part that was missing was the President refusing to talk with them about it and refusing help from other nations to soak it up in the first couple weeks because of the Jones Act. And him golfing, going on vacations, and going to two fancy nights out with the family. :bash

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