Emily Tripp Senior Writer Scientists are arguing against a widely publicized study which concluded that bacteria consumed the methane released from the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. This argument was sparked by a comment published in the May 27 issue of the journal Science. Samantha Joye, marine scientists, lead author, University of Georgia Athletic [...]
What was possibly the worst maritime oil spill in history began one year ago in a poorly drilled well deep in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion killed 11 workers and sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, causing a leak that spewed 206 million barrels of oil before it was capped, 87 days later. A [...]
On February 2, NOAA reopened 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to royal red shrimping. This area was previously closed to this kind of deep water fishing on November 24, 2010 after a commercial shrimper found tar balls in his net. The tar balls [...]
The University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science has launched a new “Oil Spill” web page http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/oil-spill/ designed to share the science being conducted at the Rosenstiel School that is relevant to the issues emerging from the incident on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform. Designed for use by teachers, students and [...]
Hundreds of fishermen and seaweed farmers are seeking compensation for their losses from West Atlas oil rig leak.
The PTTEP Australasia (a Thailand state-owned company) West Atlas oil spill has finally been stopped after 74 days and a minimum of 400 spilled barrels a day. Many questions and concerns rise and the consequences for the marine wildlife will still be felt for a long time.
Australia’s PTTEP Australasia keeps adding problems to the West Atlas oil rig’s adverse situation: after over two months of oil spill and four failed attempts to plug the leak, a massive fire erupted on the rig today.
The Timor Sea oil spill, according to Senator Rachel Siewert among the three worst in Australian history, is continuing, apparently unabated, and now the Australian Senate has asked the Federal Environment Minister today to produce all the reports and drafts related to a marine survey on the environmental impacts of the spill by Monday, 16 November.
It has been nearly 2 months since the West Atlas oil rig in the Timor Sea started leaking oil as reported in our earlier article. Now, a second attempt by PTTEP Australasia to plug the leak has failed.
The West Atlas drill rig began spewing 400 barrels of oil a day into the Timor Sea on August 21st and has occured right in the middle of a marine ‘superhighway’ for whales, turtles and seabirds and is close to unspoilt reefs and coral atolls.
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