The effects of BP's fuck-up...

NEW ORLEANS – It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]Gulf [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]of [/COLOR][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]Mexico's[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] fragile ecosystem.
The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent methane, compared with about 5 percent found in typical oil deposits, said John Kessler, a Texas A&M University oceanographer who is studying the impact of methane from the spill.
That means huge quantities of methane have entered the Gulf, scientists say, potentially suffocating marine life and creating "dead zones" where oxygen is so depleted that nothing lives.
"This is the most vigorous methane eruption in modern human history," Kessler said.
Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major component in the natural gas used to heat people's homes. [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]Petroleum[/COLOR][/COLOR] engineers typically burn off excess gas attached to crude before the oil is shipped off to the refinery. That's exactly what BP has done as it has captured more than 7.5 million gallons of crude from the breached well.
A BP spokesman said the company was burning about 30 million [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]cubic [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]feet [/COLOR][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]of [/COLOR][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]natural [/COLOR][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]gas[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] daily from the source of the leak, adding up to about 450 million cubic feet since the containment effort started 15 days ago. That's enough gas to heat about 450,000 homes for four days.
But that figure does not account for gas that eluded [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]containment [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]efforts[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] and wound up in the water, leaving behind huge amounts of methane. Scientists are still trying to measure how much has escaped into the water and how it may damage the Gulf and it creatures.
The dangerous gas has played an important role throughout the disaster and response. A bubble of methane is believed to have burst up from the seafloor and ignited the rig explosion. Methane crystals also clogged a four-story [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]containment [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]box[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] that engineers earlier tried to place on top of the breached well.
Now it is being looked at as an environmental concern.
The small microbes that live in the sea have been feeding on the [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]oil [COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]and [/COLOR][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]natural [/COLOR][COLOR=#0b5fa8 !important]gas[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] in the water and are consuming larger quantities of oxygen, which they need to digest food. As they draw more oxygen from the water, it creates two problems. When oxygen levels drop low enough, the breakdown of oil grinds to a halt; and as it is depleted in the water, most life can't be sustained.

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Fisherman Pete said:

not my beaches bahahahahaha.

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tinyTURTLE said:

just wait till a nice 20 foot storm surge moves this mess a half mile inland.
it has not yet begun to suck.

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Arrid said:

Don't start blaming the UK for this.

The Deepwater Horizon was a 9-year-old semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU), a massive floating, dynamically positioned drilling rig built by Hyundai Heavy Industries [19] that could operate in waters up to 8,000 feet (2,400 m) deep and drill down to 30,000 feet (9,100 m).[20] It was owned by Transocean, operated under the Marshalese flag of convenience, and was under lease to BP until September 2013.[21] At the time of the explosion, the Deepwater Horizon was drilling an exploratory well at a water depth of approximately 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in the Macondo Prospect located in the Mississippi Canyon Block 252, in the United States exclusive economic zone about 41 miles (66 km) off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico.[22][23][24][25][26] Production casing was being run and cemented by Halliburton Energy Services. Once the cementing was complete, it was due to be tested for integrity and a cement plug set to temporarily abandon the well for later completion as a subsea producer.[23][27] BP is the operator and principal developer of the Macondo Prospect with 65% of interest, while 25% is owned by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, and 10% by MOEX Offshore 2007, a unit of Mitsui.[28]BP purchased the mineral rights to drill for oil in Macondo at the Minerals Management Service's lease sale in March 2008.[29]


All those companies contracted to do work for BP are American, so yeah.

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Arrid said:

Let's face it, Without human intervention, this may not have happened. Forget blaming companies and countries, this is a global problem that effects the entire world.

We've fucked with the ecosystem too much and now we're pretty much slapped ourselves in the face.

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godsbestgift said:

i think this has to be because of the BP gas spill that made her do this, STOP DRINKING THE WATER LINDSAY!!!View attachment 999986

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PussymOneyWeed said:

^Right. An oil spill might not be so bad if it makes bitches titties pop out all the time. haha

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poplars said:

nothing like some good comic relief eh?


fuckin a.

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canniboss said:

I was thinking the same thing... I was also thinking about doing horrible, terrible, unspeakable things to the next person I see driving a Sport Utility by themselves for a 2 block trip to McDonald's.

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snocat said:

I seen tony haywood ceo of bp on fox news,what a jerk.bp has had numerous fines from osha,why does it have to lead to devastation before the govt. decides that they need a better plan.2 other oil companys stated that they would not have drilled that well in that fashion.where were these guys 2 months ago. it makes me sick to see it,then it angers me.now there saying that there only alternative is to drill a relief well,why didnt they do that in the first place!!!! I HAVE TO STOP THIS REPLY BEFORE I DESTROY MY KEYBOARD OR BREAK MY FINGER AAAAAAGGGGGRRRRRHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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