Dear British Petroleum, WTF I hear you wanna be called Beyond Petroleum, now? Do you think you’re some kind of rap star or something?? Haha! Whatevs, let’s just go by our ole grade school nickname for you, BP. I know its been a while since I last wrote. It’s not like I was neglecting you . . . → Read More: Open Letter to My Bros at British Petroleum
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  November 3rd, 2011  Leave a comment  Industry & Government, Oil Spills  BP, Deepwater Horizon, dolphins, Drilling, Macondo, Oil Spill By Dr. M, on October 15th, 2010 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Oil Spills Arctic, Drilling, European Union, Greenland, oil, oilspill Is the EU trying to off oil competitors or is there real concern on protecting the Arctic ecosystem? via EU clashes with Greenland over international stewardship of Arctic | Environment | guardian.co.uk. Is the EU trying to off oil competitors or is there real concern on protecting the Arctic ecosystem? via EU clashes with Greenland over international stewardship of Arctic | Environment | guardian.co.uk. By Dr. M, on September 26th, 2010 Leave a comment Industry & Government, Oil Spills ban, Drilling, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill What could go wrong? O’ wait… European coastal nations have agreed to review rules for offshore drilling, but said each country should decide individually on how to improve safety on oil rigs to avoid disasters like the Gulf of Mexico spill. A German proposal suggesting a suspension of some deep-water drilling operations – opposed by . . . → Read More: Ban on deep-sea drilling rejected
By Dr. M, on July 11th, 2010 2 comments Oil Spills BP, cleanup, corexit, Cuba, Deepwater Horizon, deepwater well, Drilling, Emergency Relief Well Act, Florida Keys, Galveston, Gulf of Mexico, Jindal, Lake Pontchartrain, NOAA, Obama, offshore, Oil Spill, oysters, relief well, shorebird, Shrimp, super skimmer, Susan Shaw, tarball This satellite radar image taken by Envisat's ASAR sensor at 10:44pm local time on July 7 shows a large patch of oil extending north from the site of the leaking Macondo well, and an area of small slicks along the Mississippi shoreline. A large dark area extending from Mobile Bay to beyond Panama City . . . → Read More: Oil Spill Update July 11, 2010
By Dr. M, on May 22nd, 2010 12 comments Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Oil Spills Biodiversity, deep sea, Drilling, Oil Spill, pollution, seafloor, Toxicity The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now over a month in duration and continues to worsen. Estimates of the total oil flowing from the damage were estimated initially at 5,000 barrels per day. Now the 26,000 estimate by FSU professor Ian MacDonald looks more plausible. Moreover, the greatest impact of the current . . . → Read More: Anatomy of an ecological catastrophe: what to expect in the deep Gulf of Mexico
By Kevin Zelnio, on May 7th, 2010 2 comments Conservation & Environment, Oil Spills Deepwater Horizon, Drilling, oil slick, Oil Spill A few days Chris Rowan of the fabulous geology blog Highly Allochthonous wrote a good post on the risky business of drilling for oil. In it, he compared the current disaster to the Lusi: “I have been struck by several parallels between events in the Gulf of Mexico and Lusi , the mud volcano in . . . → Read More: Oilmageddon Update May 7
By Dr. M, on April 6th, 2010 5 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Uncategorized Democrat, Drilling, Obama, offshore, oil, policy, Politics, Republican Last Wednesday, Obama in a very surprising move, unveiled plans for large swaths of the ocean off the East Coast, eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska to be drilled for oil and gas for the first time. Specifically the plan allows areas from Delaware to central Floria, the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, and swath 125 miles . . . → Read More: Oil: From the offshore to onshore, From the deep sea to coral reefs
By Kevin Zelnio, on February 2nd, 2010 2 comments Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government, New Research Best of Zelnio, Drill Cuttings, Drill Mud, Drilling, Experiment, Infauna, Mesocosm, Sediment, Sedimentation, suspension feeding Oil and gas extraction is pervasive among the coasts of the world. In many areas, such as the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of west Africa, resource exploration companies have been moving into pretty deep waters. Many rigs use water-based muds in the drilling process. It is considered to the best alternative because . . . → Read More: ‘Safe’ Water-Based Drill Cuttings Affect Seafloor Animals
By Dr. M, on February 11th, 2009 One comment Bringin' It, Carnivals & Link Love, Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government Drilling, energy, gas, Obama, offshore drilling, oil Rick notes that… US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today his intention to shelve plans passed on the final business day of the Bush administration to open much of the U.S. coast to oil drilling, including 130 million acres off California’s coast from Mendocino to San Diego. To those of you from the . . . → Read More: Yeah!
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 26th, 2009 One comment Vessels and Equipment Drilling, IODP, JOIDES Resolution, ship, Vessel JOIDES Resolution sailing out Singapore shipyard. Photo Credit: Ocean Leadership The JOIDES Resolution, once workhorse of the deep sea scientific drilling research community, is currently at sea trials following a major overhaul. NSF has a press release, here is a snippet: “This is a long-awaited day for the world of ocean research,” said Robert Gagosian, . . . → Read More: JOIDES Resolution Sails Again!
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