Comments on: Timor Oil Spill: Second Failure to Plug the Leak http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/10/16/timor-oil-spill-second-failure-to-plug-the-leak/ The Latest News in Marine Science Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:58:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/10/16/timor-oil-spill-second-failure-to-plug-the-leak/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Tom Wed, 05 May 2010 13:07:56 +0000 http://marinesciencetoday.com/?p=2483#comment-503 I'm afraid you are right. In fact, if the wellhead is not capped soon, it might become one of the greatest environmental disasters of all time, given that the damage it could do to the shoreline ecosystems of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida would take many years to recover from. In fact, we have some stories on MST about a team of scientists that were recently studying the long-term damage in Prince William Sound from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. A tragic irony of this kind of disaster is that we KNOW we're going to be damaging the environment when we burn the products derived from this oil. Now we're even ruining the environment just by drilling for it. A tragic symmetry to that. . . Thanks for your comment, Katelyn! I’m afraid you are right. In fact, if the wellhead is not capped soon, it might become one of the greatest environmental disasters of all time, given that the damage it could do to the shoreline ecosystems of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida would take many years to recover from. In fact, we have some stories on MST about a team of scientists that were recently studying the long-term damage in Prince William Sound from the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

A tragic irony of this kind of disaster is that we KNOW we’re going to be damaging the environment when we burn the products derived from this oil. Now we’re even ruining the environment just by drilling for it. A tragic symmetry to that. . . Thanks for your comment, Katelyn!

]]> By: Katelyn Henderson http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/10/16/timor-oil-spill-second-failure-to-plug-the-leak/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Katelyn Henderson Wed, 05 May 2010 07:48:25 +0000 http://marinesciencetoday.com/?p=2483#comment-502 the oil spill in Mexico would surely be one of the greatest environmental disasters for this year.*:` the oil spill in Mexico would surely be one of the greatest environmental disasters for this year.*:`

]]> By: Tom http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/10/16/timor-oil-spill-second-failure-to-plug-the-leak/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Tom Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:01:22 +0000 http://marinesciencetoday.com/?p=2483#comment-275 For those who may not remember, Red Adair was a famous well-capping expert who typically relied on explosives to "blow out" oil and gas well fires. He was immortalized by the 1968 film "Hellfighters" starring John Wayne. Adair was a technical advisor to the film and became a lifelong friend of Wayne's. So far, the Timor leak has not ignited but apparently neither has it been successfully capped. For those who may not remember, Red Adair was a famous well-capping expert who typically relied on explosives to “blow out” oil and gas well fires. He was immortalized by the 1968 film “Hellfighters” starring John Wayne. Adair was a technical advisor to the film and became a lifelong friend of Wayne’s. So far, the Timor leak has not ignited but apparently neither has it been successfully capped.

]]> By: Sweetwater Tom http://marinesciencetoday.com/2009/10/16/timor-oil-spill-second-failure-to-plug-the-leak/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Sweetwater Tom Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:04:04 +0000 http://marinesciencetoday.com/?p=2483#comment-273 WWRAD? What Would Red Adair Do? (All I can do is shake my head and wish them the best of luck!) WWRAD?

What Would Red Adair Do?

(All I can do is shake my head and wish them the best of luck!)

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