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The Anatomy of an Oil Spill Cleanup: What Works and What Doesn’t

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Preston Kott of U.S. Environmental Services moves oil absorbent boom into a warehouse at a pollution control staging area in Venice, La., April 27, 2010. Staging areas are being set up along the Gulf coast as the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to spread. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley. Photo and caption via: uscglantareapa’s photostream.

Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig (majority-owned by BP) exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last Tuesday night, the news has gone from bad to worse. First the rig sank. then the Coast Guard lit it on fire. Next we found out that there was not just one leak but two, and they were gushing the equivalent of not 1,000 barrels of oil per day, but 5,000. all of which puts the Louisiana coast at serious risk. And as the oil spill lurched toward the Mississippi Delta yesterday, containment efforts became a foremost concern: At stake are the livelihoods of oyster farmers, shrimp harvesters, and anyone who relies on the areas large tourism industry, just to name a few, as well as the fragile ecosystem of this area, including endangered Bluefin tuna who come to this area in springtime to spawn. But just how do you do damage control on this kind of thing? Oil Spill Cleanup on the High Seas How quickly crews can react, how big a spill is (or, in the case of the Gulf incident, an underground leak from an an exploration oil rig, as opposed to a production rig or boat), and weather conditions all have a lot to do with the type of remediation or containment that will be chosen. obviously, oil and water don’t mix, which means the oil spreads out along the surface of the water, creating a sheen or slick.

According to How Stuff Works:

If a crew can reach a spill within an hour or two, it may choose containment and skimming to clean up the slick. Long, buoyant booms which float on the water and a skirt that hangs below the water contain the slick and keep the oil from spreading out. T­his makes it easier to skim oil from the surface, using boats that suck or scoop the oil from the water and into containment tanks.

Oil spills happen without any advance notice, and the first wave of cleanup — all mechanical — begins within hours. Whatever equipment, human resources, absorbent materials, and dispersing agents are immediately accessible are what get used in scooping up what oil can be taken. The pros do it. Citizens don’t. The second wave of cleanup happens once the oil makes landfall (more on this later). That’s where the citizen volunteers and NGOs come in.

Booms — those orange tube-like things you’ve seen floating in the water in images across the news — have been used in the current cleanup. these are inflatable devices, placed both offshore and very close to the coast, meant to create a literal barrier past which the oil cannot pass or iwhich can absorb the oil. Crews will also use skimming devices, supplied by the Navy to the Coast Guard, to scoop the oil from the surface of the water. However, uncooperative weather has made the booms ineffective. according to Reuters, “Weather is one of our biggest challenges,” said Ayana Mcintosh-Lee, a BP spokeswoman. “Wind and waves are up. Seas are at 6-8 feet which can make it difficult to deploy boom.” in some areas, “some of the boom appeared to have broken free and washed onto an area beach and other boom appeared to have sunk,” according to the Times-Picayune. Unfortunately, it seems implausible that any of this will work for the volume of this spill, which could equal the size of the Exxon Valdez spill with about two months.

The oil rig abalze. Photo: U.S. Coast GuardWhat Works When Oil makes Landfall, What Won’t, and What We Learned from The Exxon Valdez Oil SpillApologies to the entrepreneurs hoping that their waste hair balls, straw gobs, and dried mushroom-bit inventions were going to be a viable means of sopping up BP’s current mess once it hits the beach, but let us be blunt: They won’t. (At least not right away.) not just because the government does not have these items on a list, but because this is an emergency and new product inventors won’t be able to meet logistical needs of what is needed immediately. Availability rules in desperate times, so whatever government-approved materials are stockpiled in the warehouse closest to the spill, so to speak, are likely what’s going to be used.

In responding to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, much was learned about what works for cost effective oil spill cleanup, and logistics turned out to be the key to it all. Inventing a dispersant (chemical agents such as surfactants, solvents, and other compounds used to reduce the effect of oil spills by changing the chemical and physical properties of the oil) or bioremediation agent (microorganismsor biological agents used to break down or remove oil) was only a small part of the solution then, and it still is that way. Some of the spill response treatments proposed after Valdez were found to be more hazardous than oil for marine organisms. For example, steam cleaning rocks, in retrospect, wasn’t such a good idea. (Think about the carbon footprint.) And you can’t remove all the oil from a duck’s feathers; it would die. The nuances of what it is used and how it used have everything to do with “successful” clean up.

WATCH VIDEO: How hair mats can be used in oil spill cleanup

Put more succinctly, oil dispersants and bioremediation agents — the kinds of things that the non-professionals will seek to help with cleanup — are suitable for cleaning up oil only after it makes landfall. such cleanup products can only be used by public authorities responding to an emergency if they are individually listed on the National Contingency Plan Product Schedule. Additionally, many states require that remediation products be approved before they can be used. (It’s important to note that rescuing wildlife with cleaning and dispersing agents should only be done if a product is known to have offer clear benefits to the species of concern. Work with local fish and wildlife agencies is imperative.)

A star fish washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands, home of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, off the coast of southeastern Lousiana Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Photo: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert.

The good news in the Gulf oil spill is that the water and air are much warmer year round in the Gulf Coast than in Alaska. Bioremediation will proceed as fast as nature can allow. The possible bad news is that any oil or tar balls which ends up under rocks and logs or which is incorporated into marsh soils will be resuspended and sent all over the place if there is a hurricane. The really good news is that this didn’t happen during a hurricane.

More on The Gulf of Mexico and other Oil SpillsHow Stuff Works: How do You clean up an Oil Spill?Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: What, When, and where. plus: What You can do About ItBP Gulf Oil Spill Cheat Sheet: a Timeline of Unfortunate EventsEPA’s Federal Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of MexicoDiscovery News: Oil Spill Cleanup in Gulf Takes Lessons from Valdez

The Anatomy of an Oil Spill Cleanup: What Works and What Doesn’t

Oil Spill Cleanup – Lessons From the Gulf Oil Spill and 4 Steps For Cleanup & Damage Control

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Oil Spill Cleanup Lessons From the Gulf Oil Spill and 4 Steps For Cleanup & Damage Control

Big Oil spills like the one in the Gulf of Mexico can be devastating on the environment. But that doesn’t mean that smaller oil spills cannot damage the environment as well. they do, just on a smaller scale. in fact, an important lesson from the Gulf Oil spill is that clean-up has to be a priority. Read to discover four key steps for cleanup and damage control.

Here are the four key steps for oil spill clean-up and damage control: Prevention, containment, the actual clean-up, and preparedness.

1) Prevention

While prevention seems not to fit, it is an important part. Oil spills or leaks can happen on a small scale, but if you have created a back-up system of containment, the leaking oil won’t have a chance to escape into the environment. this means that the problem can be solved before it ever becomes a problem.

How can you accomplish this feat? by creating extra layers of containment around the primary container. on a small scale, this means storing oil drums on spill pallets that catch any leaking or dripping oil.

2) Containment

Next, there’s containment for the event that the oil has actually escaped and is leaking or flowing into the environment, for example into the ocean or another body of water.

Now, proper containment is absolutely critical. What this means is that a barrier is set up that will keep the oil in place and prevent it form escaping and spreading.

Such containment is critical for two reasons: it will reduce damage, and it will also make clean-up much easier.

Spill berms are great for use on land, and spill booms are ideal for use on water. Booms come in absorbent and non-absorbent types. You may want both. the non-absorbent ones are especially good for keeping the oil slick contained.

3) Clean-up

Finally, the oil needs to be cleaned up. this means that it will be absorbed in some way and removed. There are a wide range of tools available to clean up oil spills, including a variety of absorbents. One of the key tools for an oil spill cleanup in a large body of water will be oil absorbent booms. they can absorb an impressive amount of water, while repelling water. once they’re full, they can be pulled out and be replaced with fresh booms — until all the oil is absorbed.

4) Preparedness

There is a fourth key to oil spill cleanup and damage control: be prepared. in order to minimize damage to the environment, the ability to react as fast as possible is crucial. this means that if you’re dealing with oil and there’s even the remotest chance of a leak or spill, having the necessary equipment and supplies for cleanup close at hand is a must. this is a major lesson learned from the Gulf oil spill.

Oil Spill Cleanup – Lessons From the Gulf Oil Spill and 4 Steps For Cleanup & Damage Control

BP sues Halliburton over $42 billion oil spill bill

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BP sues Halliburton over $42 billion oil spill bill

ReutersJanuary 3, 2012

BP has called on contractor Halliburton to pay all costs and expenses it incurred to clean up the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which the oil major previously put at around $42 billion.

Halliburton cemented the failed well that caused the United State’s biggest offshore oil spill.

In a U.S. court filing, BP said it was suing to recover costs and expenses from cleaning up the oil spill, lost profits, and “all other costs and damages incurred by BP related to the Deepwater Horizonincident and resulting oil spill.”

It did not specify an amount and it was not clear how the latest suit differed from a previous one brought last year. a BP spokesman declined to put a figure on the costs sought in the latest filing, but said the “documents speak for themselves.”

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Transocean Can’t Blame U.S. for Gulf Oil Spill, Judge Rules

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Transocean Can’t Blame U.S. for Gulf Oil Spill, Judge RulesNovember 22, 2011, 1:25 PM EST

by Margaret Cronin Fisk and Allen Johnson Jr.

(Updates with Transocean comment in fifth paragraph.)

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) — Transocean Ltd. can’t blame the U.S. government for partial fault in the 2010 blowout of BP Plc’s Macondo Well in the Gulf of Mexico and subsequent oil spill, a judge said.

Transocean filed a claim against the U.S. in February, contending the incident may have been caused in part by the acts of federal agencies and government employees. Transocean was seeking a credit or offset on any prospective damages assessed against the company in the lawsuits.

“The U.S. has sovereign immunity here,” U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said today at a hearing in federal court in new Orleans in dismissing the claim.

U.S. lawyers argued that the government wasn’t liable for the spill. “It was at all times the responsibility of the private parties involved in the oil drilling venture to comply with federal safety regulations, including maintaining control of their well,” the U.S. said in a May response to Transocean’s claim.

“The ruling addressed procedural aspects of the pleadings,” Brian Kennedy, a Transocean spokesman, said in an e-mail. “It does not impact the evidence that can and will be presented or the manner in which the court will consider the case. As the court said today, Transocean has both the right and ability to submit such evidence for credit against potential damages.”

The Macondo well blowout and the explosion that followed killed 11 workers and set off the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

many Lawsuits

The accident and spill led to hundreds of lawsuits against London-based BP and its partners and contractors including Transocean, the Switzerland-based owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded; Halliburton co., which provided cementing services; Cameron International Corp., which provided blowout-prevention equipment; and BP’s minority partners in the well, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Mitsui & co.’s Moex Offshore LLC unit.

The case is in re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, MDL-2179, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans).

–With assistance from Laurel Brubaker Calkins in Houston. Editors: Mary Romano, Andrew Dunn

To contact the reporters on this story: Margaret Cronin Fisk in Detroit at ; Allen Johnson Jr. in new Orleans at .

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Hytha at .

Transocean Can’t Blame U.S. for Gulf Oil Spill, Judge Rules

Prensa Latina News Agency – British BP Accuses U.S. Co. of Destroying Evidence on Gulf Oil Spill

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Prensa Latina News Agency British BP Accuses U.S. Co. of Destroying Evidence on Gulf Oil Spill06 de diciembre de 2011, 12:49London, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) The British Petroleum (BP) oil company accused U.S. Halliburton company of destroying incriminatory evidence on the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon platform that caused the worst oil spill in the history of the United States, The Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday.  BP alleges that Halliburton destroyed evidence on cement testing and violated court orders by not providing "inexplicably missing" computer modeling results. according to BP, an oil well must be well cemented to prevent explosions and the problems that arose from the dumping of cement caused the accident in April 2012 in the Deepwater Horizon platform, killing 11 workers and spilling 780 millions of liters of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. after reviewing the results of the tests conducted, the BP concluded that Halliburton "intentionally destroyed the evidence". During what seems to be the next chapter of a long judicial process, Halliburton made public its intentions of suing BP on the charges of fraud and defamation during the investigation of the environmental disaster. The trial to determine the responsibilities of one the worst environmental catastrophes in the history of the United States will begin on February 27, 2012. as/lch/rc/jha

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Gulf Oil Spill: New Methods Used to Attempt Containment

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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill response team is continuing to try methods to contain the gushing oil located on the sea floor, 5,000 feet below the water’s surface in the Gulf of Mexico.

“we will continue our relentless efforts to secure the source of the spill. In the meantime, we will employ every available technique we can to minimize the environmental impact on coastal habitats, communities, and the marine ecosystem,” stated Coast Guard Adm. Thad W. Allen, the national incident commander for the spill, in a press release from the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center.

According to the Joint Information Center, a four-inch diameter tube tool was tested on the gushing riser Saturday night. The tube was inserted into the riser, capturing some oil and gas. The tube was dislodged during the test, but after inspection was reinserted into the riser.

The riser insertion tube tool, as it is called, does not capture all of the leaking oil, but may succeed in reducing the amount of oil entering Gulf waters. The tube carries the oil and gas up to the surface to the drill ship Discoverer Enterprise.

The information center reports the Enterprise has the ability to separate the water, oil, and gas and then offload the oil safely onto another ship.

on Saturday the Environmental Protection Agency and the Coast Guard approved BP using oil dispersants subsea near the oil well leak. Oil dispersants are chemicals that bind with the oil, breaking it into small drops. The chemical dispersants are generally less toxic than the oil, but were previously used for cleanup at the surface.

According to the Joint Information Center, use of the dispersants subsea is a new approach and preliminary tests show using them at the leak source reduces the amount of oil reaching the surface.

“Dispersants are not the silver bullet. They are used to move us toward the lesser of two difficult environmental outcomes,” stated EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson in a Joint Information Center press release.

The response team will continue to monitor the dispersant method for negative impacts on the environment.

Gulf Oil Spill: New Methods Used to Attempt Containment

Oil Spill Cleanup – Lessons From the Gulf Oil Spill and 4 Steps For Cleanup & Damage Control

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Oil Spill Cleanup Lessons From the Gulf Oil Spill and 4 Steps For Cleanup & Damage Control

Big Oil spills like the one in the Gulf of Mexico can be devastating on the environment. but that doesn’t mean that smaller oil spills cannot damage the environment as well. They do, just on a smaller scale. In fact, an important lesson from the Gulf Oil spill is that clean-up has to be a priority. Read to discover four key steps for cleanup and damage control.

Here are the four key steps for oil spill clean-up and damage control: Prevention, containment, the actual clean-up, and preparedness.

1) Prevention

While prevention seems not to fit, it is an important part. Oil spills or leaks can happen on a small scale, but if you have created a back-up system of containment, the leaking oil won’t have a chance to escape into the environment. this means that the problem can be solved before it ever becomes a problem.

How can you accomplish this feat? by creating extra layers of containment around the primary container. on a small scale, this means storing oil drums on spill pallets that catch any leaking or dripping oil.

2) Containment

Next, there’s containment for the event that the oil has actually escaped and is leaking or flowing into the environment, for example into the ocean or another body of water.

Now, proper containment is absolutely critical. what this means is that a barrier is set up that will keep the oil in place and prevent it form escaping and spreading.

Such containment is critical for two reasons: It will reduce damage, and it will also make clean-up much easier.

Spill berms are great for use on land, and spill booms are ideal for use on water. Booms come in absorbent and non-absorbent types. You may want both. the non-absorbent ones are especially good for keeping the oil slick contained.

3) Clean-up

Finally, the oil needs to be cleaned up. this means that it will be absorbed in some way and removed. There are a wide range of tools available to clean up oil spills, including a variety of absorbents. One of the key tools for an oil spill cleanup in a large body of water will be oil absorbent booms. They can absorb an impressive amount of water, while repelling water. Once they’re full, they can be pulled out and be replaced with fresh booms — until all the oil is absorbed.

4) Preparedness

There is a fourth key to oil spill cleanup and damage control: Be prepared. In order to minimize damage to the environment, the ability to react as fast as possible is crucial. this means that if you’re dealing with oil and there’s even the remotest chance of a leak or spill, having the necessary equipment and supplies for cleanup close at hand is a must. this is a major lesson learned from the Gulf oil spill.

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Oil Spill Cleanup – Lessons From the Gulf Oil Spill and 4 Steps For Cleanup & Damage Control

BP Oil Spill Response ‘Will Be Great Example’

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BP Oil Spill Response Will Be Great Example(c) Sky News 2011, 22:14, Tuesday 25 October 2011

BP’s chief executive Bob Dudley has told Sky News that the firm’s handling of the Gulf of Mexico spill will be viewed as a “great corporate response” in years to come.

The oil company was severely criticised by US President Barack Obama for its reaction to the environmental disaster that followed the Deepwater Horizon explosion in April last year.

But Bob Dudley said the incident would be regarded differently in future, following the company’s “monumental clean-up”.

BP’s current head also defended his predecessor Tony Hayward – who stepped down from his post following the disaster.

The British businessman is a “great oil man”, Mr Dudley said.

Mr Dudley’s remarks come as he outlined efforts to “de-risk” BP, which announced a profit of £3.2bn in the third quarter of the year.

The figure compares favourably to the £1.3bn BP made in the same quarter last year – when it had just recovered from record losses in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Mr Dudley said the business had reached a “clear turning point” and the company was now able to deliver sustainable growth and higher shareholder returns.

“Progress made through 2011 in reshaping and focussing the company is creating a stronger and safer BP,” he said.

“The past year has been unprecedented in its challenges; and BP has responded well.”

Mr Dudley told investors BP was now seeing production levels return, particularly from the high-value barrel regions of Angola, the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Just four days ago, the company won approval to carry out its first oil drilling plan in the Gulf of Mexico since the April 2010 disaster.

“I believe we are living up to our commitments in the Gulf; learning, applying and sharing the lessons of the accident,” said Mr Dudley.

“This will further de-risk the firm.”

However, US Representative Ed Markey, a top Democrat on the natural resources committee and author of drilling safety laws, said the decision may be premature.

“Comprehensive safety legislation hasn’t passed Congress, and BP hasn’t paid the fines they owe for their spill, yet BP is being given back the keys to drill in the Gulf,” he said.

As it continues to try to recoup the billions in costs linked to the Deepwater Horizon incident, BP also announced it would sell off assets worth another £9.4bn – after already disposing of businesses worth £18bn.

It will reinvest some of this cash in “higher-growth opportunities”, particularly in exploration.

The update saw BP’s shares become the biggest risers on the FTSE 100 (Euronext: VFTSE.NX – news) today, up 4%.

It will bring some relief to Mr Dudley, who was under pressure after the collapse of an Arctic exploration deal with Russian state firm Rosneft.

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BP Oil Spill Clean-up Could Lead To More Personal Injury Lawsuits

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Posted: Jun 14, 2010 |Comments: 0 |

BP’s efforts to try and clear the massive oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico could lead to the oil giant facing even more personal injury lawsuits than they already have.

Over 100 lawsuits have been filed against BP, Transocean, Halliburton and Cameron International in areas of law including lost wages, business loss, lost profits and loss of use of property as well as numerous personal injury and wrongful death cases. BP are also facing having to pay compensation from cases brought under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which is one of the major laws in maritime injury law.

On top of all this, the firm is now facing a new string of personal injury lawsuits; in the form of toxic/chemical exposure and poisoning.

BP have been using the chemical Corexit 9500 in their clean up efforts. this chemical is used to break the oil into tiny chunks which makes it disperse quicker.this chemical is being sprayed below the water and on the oil on the waters surface.

However, this chemical, while being cleared to be sprayed on the waters surface, is harmful to marine life and can kill large amounts of marine life.

The chemical can also be harmful to humans, resulting in sickness and, in the worst cases of exposure, death.

The spreading of Corexit 9500 is hard to control so if it starts to spread into heavily populated areas, BP could face a huge number of personal injury cases and have to pay large amounts of personal injury compensation. this is a very real possibility as the Gulf of Mexico is a very popular area for water sports, fishing and beach activities.

People exposed to Corexit 9500 are being advised to contact their doctor straight away and those who feel they may have a personal injury case and are owed compensation from BP for this exposure are encouraged to contact a personal injury attorney/lawyer immediately.

For BP, the situation just seems to get worse and worse and this cleanup may only be the tip of the issues they will have to deal with in the coming months and years.

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US to Allow BP to Bid on New Oil Drilling Leases in Gulf

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US to Allow BP to Bid on New Oil Drilling Leases in Gulf

Rigzone reported that the U.S. lawmakers have decided to allow BP to bid on new oil-drilling leases that go up for sale in the Gulf of Mexico later in 2011.

As quoted in the market news:

While testifying at a House hearing Thursday, offshore safety chief Michael Bromwich said his agency “considered and thought about this issue quite a lot,” but eventually determined to allow the British oil giant to bid for leases in an upcoming auction known as Lease Sale 218.

“We don’t think it’s appropriate [to exclude BP] in these circumstances,” said Bromwich, director of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.

On Wednesday, the Interior Department issued its first set of citations related to the spill at the Deepwater Horizon rig, accusing BP and two of its contractors of breaking several rules. the citations are likely to carry fines.

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US to Allow BP to Bid on New Oil Drilling Leases in Gulf