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April 28, 2011 by admin

Scientists Wait for BP Funds to End

A year after the BP oil tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico, there is now hope that some money will be made available to research the extent of the impact of the oil spills in the region. The $500 million fund released by BP is being controlled by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Research Board, which is waiting for research proposals, according to a statement released today. 

Scientists had been waiting desperately for the funds. The fund was set up to provide $50 million each year for 10 years to study 5 particular aspects related to oil spills. These are oil dispersions, environmental impacts and restoration, health effects, degradation and technologies for cleanup and mitigation.


The call for proposals is aimed at promoting collaborations between multiple institutions. Initial grants will vary from $1 million to $7.5 million. However, it is expected that individual researchers may also get anything between $100,000 and $1 million for smaller projects.

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April 24, 2011 by admin

Deepwater Horizon Deaths

The following is a list of the people who, sadly, lost their lives in the Deepwater Horizon Disaster. My they rest in peace.

Adam Weise, 24, of Yorktown, Texas.

Aaron D Burkeen, 37. Burkeen lived near Philadelphia, Mississippi. He was responsible for making sure everyone got off the rig safely, but never made it off himself. He leaves behind a wife and two children.

Donald Clark, 49, of Newellton, Louisiana. He was scheduled to leave the rig on April 21, the day after the explosion.Roy Kemp, 27, of Jonesville, Louisiana. He leaves behind a wife, Tracy, and two daughters

Jason Anderson of Bay City, Texas. He leaves behind two children.

Stephen Curtis, 29, or Georgetown, Louisiana. He followed in the footsteps of his father Howard, a dive welder for 39 years. Curtis was the father of two children.


Gordon Jones, 28, of Louisiana. He leaves behind a wife and two children.

Blair Manual, 56, of Gonzales, Louisiana. He was a chemical engineer who was engaged to be married. He was the father of three daughters.

Dewey Rivelle, 48, of State Line, Mississippi. He worked for Transocean for 29 years, as a driller, and he was also a father.

Shane Noshto, 22 of Franklin County, Mississippi. His widow, Natalie, filed a Deepwater Horizon lawsuit against Transocean, BP and Haliburton.

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April 23, 2011 by admin

Coast Guard Report Cites Transocean

The U.S. Coast Guard cited safety failures by Transocean Ltd. (RIG), the owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, in an explosion last year that resulted in the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

Poor maintenance of electrical equipment, the bypassing of gas alarms and automatic shutdown systems and a lack of training played a role in the April 20, 2010, catastrophe, which killed 11 people, injured 16 and left crude pouring into the Gulf for 87 days, the Coast Guard said in a 288-page report released today.

“We strongly disagree with, and documentary evidence in the Coast Guard’s possession refutes, key findings in this report,” Lou Colasuonno, a Transocean spokesman in New York, said in an e-mail.
 


“The Coast Guard inspected the Deepwater Horizon just seven months before the Macondo incident and certified the rig as being fully compliant with all applicable U.S. and international marine safety compliance standards, including those associated with fire and gas detection systems,” Colasuonno said. “Further, at the time of the accident the Deepwater Horizon possessed all required valid documents verifying compliance with all international and Coast Guard requirements. The company looks forward to setting the record straight.”

The Coast Guard said in the report that the “deficiencies indicate that Transocean’s failure to have an effective safety management system and instill a culture that emphasizes and ensures safety contributed to this disaster.”

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April 22, 2011 by admin

Tourists Returning to the Gulf Slowly

The tourist industry is still struggling in the Gulf of Mexico, even a year after the BP oil spill. Businesses have been severely affected by this. However, most of them are now quite optimistic that the bad days are well behind them.  Most of the tourists who enquire about a trip in the location these days are concerned about whether there is any oil in the waters. Despite the reassurances given to prospective tourists, the number of visitors to the regions is still 25% less than the same time last year.


The ecological disaster has affected the Gulf Coast’s economy badly- oil, fishing and the tourism industry.  By last week, at least half a million individuals and businesses had filed cases for economic losses caused by the oil spill and so far nearly $4 billion have been paid in compensations. The reasons why some visitors are still staying away from the area have been attributed to the fragile economy and even the rising gasoline prices. However, in some areas of the Gulf, advertising has helped to lure some tourists back.

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