Safaniya Offshore Oil Spill Stopped in a Matter of Hours

The world’s largest offshore oil field in the Arabian Gulf, the Safaniya offshore field experienced short-term pipeline leak which was then immediately stopped in a matter of hours.

The leak in Safaniya production pipeline was considered minor, as stated by the concerned industry.

There are no specific reports as to how huge the spill was and how long it had been spilling. However, they said there is nothing to worry about as the concerned parties immediately took action for everybody’s safety.

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US Issues Fines to Oil Spill Contractors

  In Washington, DC last October 13, 2011, the US offshore drilling regulator has officially issued sanctions against BP and other major contractors who were involved in the Deepwater Horizon explosion on 2010 that killed 11 workers and spewed more than 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

In accordance to law, the companies face fines as much as $35,000 a day per incident for the violations. In the final accident report issued last month, the Interior Department outlines infractions committed by the companies.

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New Zealand Oil Spill Considered the Worst Ever

New Zealand treats the oil spill from a stranded container ship in The North Island as the worst maritime pollution disaster for the country.

According to the government, the volume of oil spilled from the wrecked vessel Rena, which hit the reef last October 15 has increased 5 times more after it sustained further damage in a storm overnight.

 

Environment minister Nick Smith said, "I’d like to acknowledge this event has come to a stage where it is New Zealand’s most significant maritime environmental disaster."

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Australia to Help New Zealand Oil Spill Cleanup

An oil recovery team from Australia arrived in New Zealand to join hands with the government in dealing with an oil spill by a cargo ship into North Island, as reported by ABC News on October 9, Sunday.

ABC also reported that 10 Australians who worked on the Montara oil spill in Timor Sea two years back joined the on- water response team in New Zealand for that day.

It has been estimated by the officials that 20 tons of oil has been spilled since the Rena hit the Astrolabe Reed last October 5.

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China Investigates Oil Spill

  China has made a major investigation when they detected an oil spill in Bohai Sea off its northern coast.

 

According to the report by Xinhua, the oil spill was discovered last Friday near an oil field in Liaodong Bay by the China National Offshore Oil Corp. The spill happened because an underwater pipe was damaged by the anchors of the ships, as reported by the company.

 

This accident came after another devastating oil spill that happened last June which affected the tourism and aquatic farming.

 

 

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Oil Spill Affects Coast Life Greatly

  Environmentalists in New Zealand gave warning last Friday, October 7 about the big marine disaster as an oil spill from a grounded container ship continued to spread, affecting wildlife such as the whales, penguins, seals and fishes.

 

Just last Tuesday, October 4, not less than 4 seabirds were found dead in the waters around the 236-m long Rena, which ran aground on the Astrolabe reef, 12 nautical miles off Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty.

 

Environment Minister, Nick Smith, said, “The spill which is now 6 km long as the potential to be New Zealand’s most significant marine pollution disaster in decades.”

 

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Oil Discovered in Ghana

  Oil has been discovered at Enyenra- 3A well in Ghana by a global oil and gas exploration company which have headquarters in London, Tullow Oil Pic.

The Enyenra – 3A appraisal is situated 4 miles north of the Owo- 1 discovery and around 11 miles north of the Enyenra – 2A well.

Tullow Oil Plc announced in its half-yearly results for the six months ended 30 June, 2011 that oil production from the Jubilee offshore oil field has significantly boosted its oil revenues to over $1 billion.  

Oil Price Drop, Lowest Since 2010

  Despite all the concerns regarding Greece’s debt and the possibility of world recession, the oil prices in morning trading, went down by two percent. This decrease in oil prices has been the lowest level point since 2010.

The oil prices’ benchmark fell to below US $78 per barrel. This oil price drop has been widely felt on Wall Street.

At market close yesterday, the crude oil prices fell two percent, less $1.59, and are in the $77 level, 61 per barrel in New York.  

Natural Gas Field Found in Sri Lanka

    A natural gas field has been found in Sri Lanka for the very first time. It was officially announced the President Mahinda Rajapakse. The president revealed this while having a speech at a ceremony held in President Rajapakse’s official residence in Kandy today.

 

The said natural gas field is found in the Northwestern Mannar basin. Cairn India which is engaged in oil exploration activities has found three oil wells so far and drilling of the second well has already begun.  

Oil Spill Affects Fish Life, Study Shows

  In Baton Rouge, LA, the new Louisiana State University study showed the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s effects on all the living fishes in Louisiana marshes and revealed that a problem could affect the seafood industry’s future.

 

The study was conducted biological sciences’ professors Fernando Galvez and Andrew Whitehead. Before, they have also studied about the killfish during and after the oil spill.

 

Whitehead said, “An important message from this study is that, even though chemical burdens in the bodies of fish may be low and they may be safe to eat, that doesn't mean that the fish are healthy or that they are reproducing properly.”  

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On April 20, the Deepwater Horizon exploded around 11:00 PM, which later sank. until now, the oil leak continues to spread in the Gulf of Mexico.

Here are some of the wildlife affected by this incident.

Above is a gull coated in heavy oil wallows. This photo was take on June 4 on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana.

 

Above is a bird wet with oil on June 3, 2010, Thursday at the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast.

 

A bird gets to see above the Gulf of Mexico off of East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast Thursday, June 3, 2010.

The photo above is a dead fish coated with oil found near the shore last June 4, 2010 near East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana.

 

 

 

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ConocoPhillips Plans New Fund to Fix Oil Spill

ConocoPhillips is planning on making new funds to address the environmental problems in China’s Bohai Bay after the harsh criticisms they received from China’s marine authorities and environmentalists regarding the oil spills in the heavily polluted area.

ConocoPhillips’ Houston- based company’s announcement on the funding did not include further details such as the size and the further details. Recently, the company announced that they will make separate funds to pay compensation for the damages caused by the oil spills, which started last June in Penglai 19-3, China’s largest oil field.

Settlement Funds to Use for Oil Spill Cleanup

A big share of the funds from $36.8 million settlement to restore the natural resources affected by the oil spill in San Francisco Bay on November 7, 2007 will be used by the state and federal agencies and to improve the area’s recreational opportunities which the spill affected.

The funds are in part of the $44.4 million settlement paid by the Regal Stone Ltd and Fleet Management Ltd. These are the companies which are responsible for the 53,000 gallons of oil spill of their container ship Cosco Busan in the bay when it hit the San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge.

Industry Pursues in Leading Offshore Safety Enhancements

Last September 13 in Washington, the director of the American Petroleum Institute’s upstream group, Erik Milito, said some comments about BOMRE’s announcement on workplace safety in offshore oil and gas operations.

He said, “API and the industry continue to provide leadership in developing and implementing advancements for safe offshore operations. We will carefully review the proposed rules and look forward to continuing to work with BOEMRE to ensure that requirements for workplace safety, the environment and continued energy production are met. Any additions to already intricate regulatory processes should allow for new exploration and responsible development of our domestic offshore energy resources without unpredictable barriers or delays.”

China Responds Strongly to Oil Spill

Currently, ConocoPhillips is battling a nettlesome oil leak in its joint venture in China as they are running a strict opposition from the media, government and environmentalists.

Production has been forced to shut in Conoco, the operator and partial partner with state- owned Cnooc in South China Sea field.

One of the largest blocks in China, the Penglai 19-3 block in Bohai Bay, which accounts for 4% of Cnooc’s production through only 3% of Conoco’s worldwide production.

Women March to Murphy Oil

On the night of the 8th of September, a group of women from Blood Nation based in Alberto, Canada parked outside Murphy Oil’s fracking development site and promised they will not leave the site until they stop their plans of fracking oil and gas.

The women of Blood Nation are members of Kanai Earth Watch and have been actively devoted in stopping the fracking due to the major threat to human health, wildlife and livestock and the irreversible damage to the land and water on the Blood Reserve and surrounding areas.

Obama’s Worst Decision on Clean Air Act

Last Friday, September 2, 2011, President Barack Obama gave in to GOP demands by withdrawing the plans to strengthen the nation’s public health standard for ozone pollution under the Clean Air Act.

The worst aspect of Obama’s bad decision is that he gave an official blessing to the polluter’s worst propaganda and perpetuated the decades-old belief that public health and environment protection must be traded off against jobs. However, the health and environment safeguards do not destroy jjob, instead they make them most especially during a recession.

Oil/ Gas Leakage Alarm Raised in Kalaba Community

A very fresh oil/ gas leakage alarm has been raised to the people of Kalaba Community in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State. The leakage is believed to be from a ruptured pipeline of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC).

Though the main reason of the oil/gas leakage has not yet been indentified, the natives said that some women noticed it last week while heading to the farm.

Kalaba Community is situated near the Taylor Creek where the pipeline of Agip Company traverses. And they have already experienced some oil/gas leakages before.

Chicago Gas Prices Up Again

In Chicago, oil gas prices are rising up again. Filling your vehicle fuel’s tank might hurt your pockets once again.

As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger said, after enjoying the low prices of oil gas this summer, it is now heading up once again.

The prices as of this moment may still be far from its highest price peak last spring. However, according to ChicagoGasPrices.com, the average cost of gallon for unleaded in Chicago is now around $4.05.

Ghana’s Export Value Increases to $7.5 Billion

The export trade of Ghana this year has driven to an amount of $7.5 billion in a span of 7 months this year because of trade on cocoa, crude oil and gold in the international market.

The figures above posted by Bank of Ghana shows that the country’s merchandise exports increased by $2.9 billion representing a growth of 62.3% within the period from January to July 2011.

Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Mr. Kwesi Amissah-Arthur told reporters during a press conference in Accra last September 1 that the gold, cocoa beans and crude oil drove the export growth of Ghana.

Brent Oil Closes Week at $113/Barrel

Brent Oil prices ended the week with back under the $113 per barrel as the US and European stock markets are once again seen falling deep. Yet, after trading their gains for several days, Brent crude is still holding onto their recent gains.

ICE Brent crude oil prediction for October 2011 delivery ended the week’s trading session at $112.65 a barrel on the ICE Futures Exchange, $1.58 higher than last week’s closing price of $111.07 a barrel.

BP Denies Oil Spill

The picture above was taken from Deepwater Horizon site last week.

 

BP said they have ships in the area testing for silt and they denied that there are any leaks. The oil leak is currently spreading 70 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

 

You can check out the video taken by On Wings of Care below. You can also check their website for more oil spill details.

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Oil Slick Discovered in Gulf

A California non-profit organization which was built to protect and preserve the wildlife has discovered what seems to be a massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico near the area of the original Deepwater Horizon spill.

 

During the flight of the pilot and also OnWingsOfCare.org founder Dr. Bonny Schumaker last Tuesday in the gulf, he observed an oil slick that spread as long as 10 miles.

 

Also, last week, two men from Louisiana State University rode a boat to the gulf and taped a video evidence of large blooms of crude oil swelling up to the water’s surface where the doomed oil rig once hovered.

 

However, BP still denied all these.  

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Wind Power Price Beats Competition at Energy Auction in Brazil

Brazil's National Electric Power Agency held an energy auction last week in which seventy-eight wind farm projects outcompeted natural gas-fired power plants to win contracts totalling 1,928 megawatts.

The wind energy was average priced at 99.5 reals per megawatt compared to 103 reals for natural gas. Wind power costs are trending more competitively, being 19 percent lower than last year.

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Penalty of $6000 imposed on Sunshine company for oil spill

A large sum of $6000 has been posed as fine to Sunshine Company for causing an oil spill into a storm water drain. This incident was brought to notice by a member of public who noticed the oil spill. Enquiries were going on and Newline Metals International, the owner, was made accountable and summoned on this. Concerned officers from pollution control department were analyzing the impact. Meanwhile, Newline Metals briefed the authorities about how this incident has happened.

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Franking in Sarnia-Lambton to Continue - Should It Be Stopped?

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More franking concerns continue. In Sarnia Ontario, also know as the chemical valley many plants are dependent on the availability of natural gas for raw chemical production. With such a high demand for cheap natural gas fracking seems to make sense for increasing availability. The problem with this is the current unknown of consequences of franking an the exposure to radiation and toxic chemicals. Below is the expand report of the concerns of the Sarnia and Lambton county representatives.

stopfrackingontario wrote:

Chemical Valley industries are arranging to use shale gas supplies that very likely could be contaminated with radon, given how these gas feedstocks are extracted through fracking — a technique that is used to retrieve gas from shale rock located very deep underground. Two Texas companies have agreed to send this shale gas from the northeastern United States to the Nova Chemical plant in Sarnia, and there is wider industry support for these imports of gas from fracking.

For the sake of the health and safety of the residents of Sarnia-Lambton — and others around the region — it is important that we apply the precautionary principle to this issue. We should assume that shale gas could come with radon contamination, if we cannot prove otherwise.

This gas is from shale that often contains significant quantities of uranium, as well as the products of its radioactive decay, including radium and radon, a colourless, odourless, and intensely radioactive gas. Because it is common in many rock formations throughout North America and elsewhere, radon is responsible for most of our daily exposure to damaging radiation. Radon gas that seeps up from subterranean rock formations often accumulates in basements — sometimes resulting in dangerous levels. Lung cancer caused by breathing radon contaminated air already is estimated to cause 25,000 deaths per year in the United States alone and is the second most frequent cause of lung cancer, after cigarette smoking.

 

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Gulf Oill Spill Water Sample Explodes 1 Year Later

This is a News video reporting the water quality from different locations in and around the gulf. Samples were taken from populated beaches with children and pets. Not one sample was under the safe ppm levels. Some samples were 10 times greater then the regulated threshold. The scary part was one of the samples actuallly exploded in the lab while it was being tested.

Larry wrote:

Recently, a News5 investigation collected samples from multiple beaches in and around the Gulf region. Samples were taken in areas where kids were playing and swimming. The results were absolutely terrifying. The Intel Hub has heavily documented the Gulf Disaster and this is just another startling revelation in a long line of horrors coming out of the Gulf. What British Petroleum has done is at the very least criminal neglect, if not premeditated chemical rape. Most of the people working for BP have vigorously worked to contain the spill, not knowing that their bosses have done just about everything backwards, with little to regard for human life. Read Full Article – theintelhub.com Kindra Arnesen on Intel Hub Radio www.youtube.com Original Video www.youtube.com

 

 

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Offshore Drilling Plan Stalled Over Who Is Getting Paid?

As the new offshore drilling plans go through the senate it is interesting to see that more problem are arising over the money aspect then over the environmental impact. Offshore drilling is a very viable oil supply strategy for the US, but not having out ducks in a row to stratgey drilling is another accident waiting to happen. Let's see some proactive regulations based on prevention and saftey and not just dollars.

Jennifer Dlouhy wrote:

Controversy over whether to give states a greater share of federal revenues for offshore drilling near their coasts is stalling oil and gas legislation in the Senate.

The measure by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, aims to stiffen oversight of offshore drilling and would codify a reorganization of the federal agency that polices oil and gas exploration on the outer continental shelf.

Although the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee was set to debate and vote on the legislation this Thursday, the bill was left off a just-issued agenda for the meeting.

Murkowski said the major holdup is the revenue sharing proposal. A top priority for Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and other coastal senators, the proposal is closer than ever to securing enough votes to be added to the offshore drilling legislation and make it out of the committee — over the objections of some panel Democrats, including Bingaman, the chairman.

Murkowski said there has been major “headway made in just educating people about the value of it.”

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Bob Henderson Want To Drill On The Land He Once Fought To Protect

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WHITTIER, Calif. -- Whittier city official Bob Henderson has spent three decades, by his own account, helping rescue vast expanses of this hilly preserve from continued drilling by oil companies. As head of the conservation authority, his responsibility has been to protect the land.

But now, with oil hovering around $100 a barrel, the same man who led the charge to save the 1,290-acre Whittier Wilderness Preserve is interested in drilling there. Proponents believe Whittier could get as much as $177 million a year in oil revenues by using new technology that they say will only disturb 7 acres of the vast Whittier Hills. The proposal has bitterly divided this Los Angeles suburb that was founded by Quakers in the late 19th century, a religion with a deep commitment to protecting the environment.

Henderson, who continues to think of himself as a conservationist, said he's surprised to find himself leaning toward drilling.

"It's not that I've decided to destroy the preserve," he said. "What I do believe in very strongly is that you've got to be open and alert to help the habitat and the city. This has the potential to contribute millions of dollars to the preservation effort and in making sure the preserve is viable in the long run.

Drilling opponents don't see their former hero, or his current argument, in such nuanced light. They worry that once drilling is allowed in one spot future city council members could approve it elsewhere on the preserve.

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