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Edu's Disallowed Goal

I can only imagine the Congressional hearings after today’s questionable performance by the referee from Mali.  FIFA, Slovenia, Mali, the referee, the vuvuzelas, and MMS (surely they had some role) would all get the full Tony Hayward treatment.

Kudos to the US team for never giving up and rallying from a 2 goal deficit to tie.  Soccer can be very cruel, and sometimes the calls don’t go your way.  Best wishes to the many BOE readers in Slovenia.  You have a very good team and we wish you well.

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NWS Earle Executive Officer Caudill, Kevin Costner, and Ohmsett Manager Bill Schmidt (1999 photo at Ohmsett)

Leading researchers from around the world are drawn to the Minerals Management Service’s Ohmsett facility at Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey to test their oil spill response theories and equipment.  Kevin Costner’s oil separator, which has received much recent attention, is well known to MMS and Ohmsett. The Costner Industries system is used to separate and recycle  the oil used for Ohmsett testing.  Learn more about Ohmsett including testing capabilities for renewable energy devices.

Ohmsett - Pool of Dreams

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Check out this entertaining Australian TV bit on the Gulf of Mexico spill.

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BOE Exclusive: An international expert (pictured above) has been hired to assist the Flow Rate Technical Group.  He will calculate a precise flow rate with five significant figures.

Yesterday’s announcement of a new flow rate range (35,000 to 60,000 bopd) was not accompanied by any data, assumptions, or analysis.  When will the documentation and supporting information be released?

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Yanks win: 1-1! 🙂

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For the first 12 hours on June 9th (midnight to noon), approximately 7,920 barrels of oil were collected and 15.7 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared.

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On June 8th, a total of approximately 15,000 barrels of oil were collected and 29.4 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared.

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For the first 12 hours on June 8th (midnight to noon), approximately 7,850 barrels of oil were collected and 15.2 million cubic feet of natural gas was flared.

The production engineers are doing a good job managing this operation.

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On June 7th, approximately 14,800 barrels of oil were collected and 30.6 million cubic feet of natural gas flared.

Meanwhile, the challenge of estimating the volume of oil that is not being collected in the production system remains.

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