Has there ever been an oil spill in Yellowstone National Park? If so, how many?
Showing posts with label oil spill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oil spill. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Oil & Gas Spills in North America Since 2010
Monday, October 24, 2016
Oh Frack... Ain't no such thang clean oil n gas!
You've heard that there ain't no such thing as "Clean" Coal. Maybe scrubbing some of the sulpher and removing some of the heavly metals. But certainly not clean. And then there's the dirty little secret of Coal Ash!.
But this article sums up the current research related to fracking. Ouch. Evidense keeps mounting about the down-side of oil fracking. This article really sums it up.
Link to the Ecologist article on Fracking.
Of course, our argument here at SustainZine, is focused around the sustainability nature of fossil fuels in general. It's okay, kinda, to use fossil fuels, but only do so when you have a long term plan that is sustainable, and this is the bridge to the future.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
BIG BP payout settlement of $18.7
BP to Pay $18.7 Billion to Settle Deepwater Horizon Spill Claims http://www.wsj.com/articles/bp-agrees-to-pay-18-7-billion-to-settle-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-claims-1435842739
Put a huge amount of the BP litigation behind it.
This would be the same as all the profits that the company has made since 2012. However the payment schedule is 1.1 million dollars per year.
Yes, BP was pretty irresponsible back then. But it still makes one wonder what if it were not such a big company that can afford to make all of the payments and restitution? If this has been done by a small company, or a non-multinational company, then the whole cost of the oil spill would have gone to governments and individuals.
So, feel free to hate BP, but it could have been a lot worse on the pain and recovery side.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
As BP oil spill trial resumes, lying accusations bubble up - CBS News
As BP oil spill trial resumes, lying accusations bubble up - CBS News:
Everyone remembers the massive Gulf oil spill starting April 20, 2010 and 87 days of spillage.
As we all watched the pictures from the surface oil slick and the underwater cameras at the well head, it was a tale of two oil spills.
BP: trickle ... => Media: deluge
BP: gallons ... => Media: barrels
But the truth is, no one anywhere believed the BP numbers.
They really had no recovery plan. As this article said, they only had a plan to create a plan, if and when they needed a plan.
Disaster recovery plans for businesses have details that have been well thought through. One page for a wellhead breach under water is not exactly a detailed plan.
The dispersant (Corexit) works at the surface with sunlight and such. However about 45% of the Corexit was used at the well head, resulting in oil that was stuck in limbo half way to the surface. At the surface it can be removed and/or treated.
More importantly, apparently, for BP was that at the surface it can more accurately be MEASURED.
The difference between the 4.2m Barrels by Justice department experts and the 2.45mb by BP is almost half. Of course the BP numbers wrong. Is it more than 4.2mb, probably. Less, probably not.
Additionally, however, the $1,100 penalty max per barrel (~42 gal/brl) would be essentially 4 times that ($4,300/brl) if BP is found negligent.
That's the difference between $18B in fines and about $2.7B (BP's low-ball estimates and the lower fine).
There really is, however, lots of blame to go around. The regulatory agency that rubber-stamped everything oil and mining related has now be disbanded in disgrace. The "plans" were the same for all oil drillers. Everyone was doing the same types of drilling, although maybe not quite the lax monitoring/procedures.
AND the government had a limit on the exposure for drillers in a very cozy relationship with the oil companies. It was a paltry amount... with the official rationale of promoting drilling (and oil independence). Of course, that limitation was immediately revoked.
Can you imagine if BP were a smaller player that simply went bankrupt? The good thing about a BIG company with deep pockets (pun) is that you can make 'em pay, and then keep making them pay.
In the end, the oil industry is a far safer place because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Here are some lessons learned (and used).
'via Blog
Everyone remembers the massive Gulf oil spill starting April 20, 2010 and 87 days of spillage.
As we all watched the pictures from the surface oil slick and the underwater cameras at the well head, it was a tale of two oil spills.
BP: trickle ... => Media: deluge
BP: gallons ... => Media: barrels
BP: creek => river
But the truth is, no one anywhere believed the BP numbers.
They really had no recovery plan. As this article said, they only had a plan to create a plan, if and when they needed a plan.
Disaster recovery plans for businesses have details that have been well thought through. One page for a wellhead breach under water is not exactly a detailed plan.
The dispersant (Corexit) works at the surface with sunlight and such. However about 45% of the Corexit was used at the well head, resulting in oil that was stuck in limbo half way to the surface. At the surface it can be removed and/or treated.
More importantly, apparently, for BP was that at the surface it can more accurately be MEASURED.
The difference between the 4.2m Barrels by Justice department experts and the 2.45mb by BP is almost half. Of course the BP numbers wrong. Is it more than 4.2mb, probably. Less, probably not.
Additionally, however, the $1,100 penalty max per barrel (~42 gal/brl) would be essentially 4 times that ($4,300/brl) if BP is found negligent.
That's the difference between $18B in fines and about $2.7B (BP's low-ball estimates and the lower fine).
There really is, however, lots of blame to go around. The regulatory agency that rubber-stamped everything oil and mining related has now be disbanded in disgrace. The "plans" were the same for all oil drillers. Everyone was doing the same types of drilling, although maybe not quite the lax monitoring/procedures.
AND the government had a limit on the exposure for drillers in a very cozy relationship with the oil companies. It was a paltry amount... with the official rationale of promoting drilling (and oil independence). Of course, that limitation was immediately revoked.
Can you imagine if BP were a smaller player that simply went bankrupt? The good thing about a BIG company with deep pockets (pun) is that you can make 'em pay, and then keep making them pay.
In the end, the oil industry is a far safer place because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Here are some lessons learned (and used).
'via Blog
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