Posted in Uncategorized on February 3, 2011| 1 Comment »
EPA’s response plan rule for dairy farms is great fun for the Wall Street Journal and bloggers.
The EPA rule requires farms—as well as places that make cheese, butter, yogurt, ice cream and the like—to prepare and implement an emergency management plan in the event of a milk catastrophe. Among dozens of requirements, farmers must train first responders in cleanup protocol and build “containment facilities” such as dikes or berms to mitigate offshore dairy slicks.
Posted in accidents, well control incidents, tagged accidents, blowouts, Deepwater Horizon, drilling, Gulf of Mexico, macondo, offshore oil on February 3, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Posted in accidents, well control incidents, tagged blowouts, Deepwater Horizon, drilling, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, macondo, offshore oil, oil spill, safety on February 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The Louisiana coastal parishes are united in working with each other and with you to see the drilling process expedited as quickly as possible. It is imperative to our collective economies that we move forward with the process of providing the energy that moves our nation.
Posted in energy, tagged energy policy, Groundhog Day on February 2, 2011| 2 Comments »
Neither the rhetoric (produce more, consume less) nor our actions (produce less, consume more) ever change. When will we see the light? When will we break the cycle?Posted in accidents, tagged accidents, Brazil, fire, offshore oil, Petrobras, safety on February 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Reposted from Platt’s Oilgram News (31 January 2011):
Brazil’s Petrobras said January 28 it was forced to shut output at its Cherne II production platform after a January 19 fire on the structure, one of the oldest working in the offshore Campos Basin. The fire in an oil transfer pump unit was brought under control without injuries to crew members, damage to the environment or major structural damage to the platform, Petrobras said in a statement. The platform was producing about 9,300 b/d of crude oil when output was shut, Petrobras said, adding the field should be ready to restart production on February 1. Brazilian oil regulators, the country’s navy and environmental officials, and Petrobras technicians are investigating the cause of the fire, Petrobras said. The platform is one of two in the Chernefield, which recorded output of about 22,000 b/d of crude in November. Brazil’s petroleum regulator had an on-site inspection of the platform scheduled for June.—Jeb Blount
Posted in cuba, tagged Deepwater Horizon, drilling, offshore oil on February 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
After reading our previous Cuba post, Paul Post reminded BOE that Cuba has been drilling directional wells from shore to offshore targets for many years. He sent along some images from a 2005 report on Sherritt International Corporation’s operations in Cuba. Two of those images are pasted above and below.
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 