Posted in accidents, well control incidents, tagged blowouts, Gulf of Mexico, Jay Grimes, macondo, offshore oil, oil spill, oil weathering, oil-eating bacteria on July 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
oil-eating bacteria
“When a large amount of oil comes into the environment, then they quickly muster, if you will, and they can sometimes grow to 1,000-fold,” said Jay Grimes, a professor of microbiology at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Posted in accidents, well control incidents, tagged Gulf of Mexico, macondo, offshore oil, oil spill, oil weathering, SINTEF on July 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be dissolving far more rapidly than anyone expected, a piece of good news that raises tricky new questions about how fast the government should scale back its response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
A very good article in the New York Times confirms what experienced oil spill observers expected – oil from the Macondo spill is disappearing rapidly as a result of natural processes (see SINTEF diagram below). While marsh and coastal damage could be significant, more oil from Macondo shouldn’t add to those problems.
SINTEF Weathering Diagram
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 