As reported by CNN 2 hours ago.
This is oil collected from the cap. At the time of print, the cap vents hand not yet been closed. We will finally come to realize just how badly BP has been attempting to obfuscate the real impact of this "oilpacalypse" in the Gulf of Mexico
BP collects 6,000 barrels from well, but oil still flows in Gulf
Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- BP has collected 6,000 barrels of oil in the first 24 hours of pumping it from a ruptured well up to a drill ship, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the federal government's response manager, said Saturday.
here is what the current view underwater looks like.
This was uploaded earlier today to youtube. not my video.
That is what it looks like when they capture 6,000 barrels of oil per day.
There is no way in hell that only 19,000 barrels of oil per day are leaking out of the well.
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In another discussion, NOAA Scientist and professor Samantha Joye is interviewed by NPR on the extent of the underwater plumes:
Researcher Discusses Oil Plumes in the Gulf
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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
To the Gulf of Mexico now, where BP successfully cut a bent riser pipe earlier today - part of the company's latest effort to contain the six-week-old spill. The next step is to lower a containment cap over the leak, though it's unclear just how much of the oil that would capture.
Also unclear is what can or should be done about the hundreds of thousands of barrels that have already fouled the Gulf waters. Much of that oil has begun washing ashore in the form of tar balls.
But last month, at least three groups of researchers reported evidence that some of the oil remains deep under the surface in huge undersea plumes.
One of those researchers joins us now. Professor Samantha Joye is a marine scientist at the University of Georgia. Professor Joye has been working on a research vessel, the Walton Smith in the Gulf, and she joins us now on the water. Thanks for joining us.
Professor SAMANTHA JOYE (Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia): Hi, thanks for having me.
SIEGEL: And first, how would you describe what these plumes are?
Prof. JOYE: Well, basically, these are deepwater features that we see starting at about 200 meters above the bottom, around 1,300 meters water depth. And they're most intense near the spill site, and they decrease in intensity away from the spill site.
SIEGEL: Now, last week, the CEO of BP, Tony Hayward, dismissed reports of plumes. This is what he said.
Mr. TONY HAYWARD (Chief Executive Officer, BP): There's no evidence of oil has a specific gravity that's about half that of water. It's very difficult for oil to stay in the column. It wants to go to the surface because of the difference in specific gravity.
SIEGEL: He's appealing to our memories of middle school science here, saying oil is lighter, it shouldn't be in plumes under the surface. It would naturally be on the surface.
Prof. JOYE: Well, that's true. If you were to take a bottle of oil and release it from a few meters below the surface, a blob of oil, it would float up to the surface. But we're not doing that. What we're doing is we're taking a highly pressurized solution, and we're exploding it out of the sea floor under high pressure and high velocity.
more at the link