Posts belonging to Category Horizon Oil Spill Progress

The Trickle Down Effect

The oil spill has continued to wreak havoc on our economy. Even with the cap and the static kill plugging the well and oil clearing up  in the Gulf many business have lost more than they can handle and we are starting to see businesses close down. Loses of 40% to 50% have hurt many [...]

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Bp starting static kill

the oil giant may begin the static kill procedure as early as this evening, pumping mud and cement into the crippled oil well as part of a one-two punch that officials believe will stop the flow of crude once and for all. “We want to confirm that we can inject the oil that’s in the [...]

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Microbes even better oil eating microbes in the Gulf

The oil spill has caused us so much damage and the many different attempts or lack of attempts by the federal government have came up with little protection or solutions. It seems the wonder of nature has a answer to try and clean itself. In the form of Microbes, oil eating microbes. Along with evaporation [...]

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Vanishing Oil? Destin oil spill updates

Destin is clear of the oil spill. In fact the oil spill is shrinking, the only problem nobody seems to know why, the surface oil is breaking up and dissappearing. You can see it in the tracking maps that it is continually getting smaller Destin Beaches are currently clear and there is only sporadic sightings [...]

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Destin Beach Updates oil spill effects

Today was one of the most amazing days at the harbor and on east pass that i have seen in a few years the water was amazing. The beaches are open and will be, the predictions are for the oil to stay in the area of LA for now. You will still see pockets of [...]

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The oil spill is still predicted to reamin to the west

New predictions have the oil spill moving farther west toward LA shores and showing us in the clear.

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Cap to stay on well

The U.S. government is allowing BP to keep a cap on its damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well for another 24 hours, after the oil giant promised to closely observe the seabed for evidence of a new leak. On Sunday, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, who is in charge of the government’s response to [...]

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Still hoping the cap works

Pressure readings have been less than ideal from the new cap shutting oil into BP’s busted well, but the crude will remain locked in while engineers look for evidence of whether there is an undiscovered leak, the federal pointman for the disaster said Friday. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said on a conference call [...]

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BP reports cap is working and stopping flow of oil into the Gulf

We know quarterly earnings are due out soon and reporting the oil capping a sucess will help BP says oil has stopped leaking into the Gulf for the first time since April. BP has been slowly dialing down the flow as part of a test on a new cap. Engineers are now monitoring the pressure [...]

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Destin Florida Oil Spill Update

The oil is predicted to withdraw to the west over the next 72 hours even farther from Destin and surrounding Beaches. This is the biggest movement of the oil to the west in over a month. After a Sunday morning flight, State Emergency Response Team officials declared an all clear for the East Pass area. [...]

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