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by SitasMom on 27 May 2010 - 13:05

That is what happened off Mexico back in 1979??

When was the last MAJOR oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
How many wells have been drilled and how many barrels of oil have been pumped since then?

Just curious.

by trace755 on 27 May 2010 - 13:05

Sitasmom the last major spill in the Gulf was the Ixtoc I oil spill, it exploded June 3, 1979. It is the 2nd largest oil spill in history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I

There have been allot of wells drilled and there have been spills www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001451.html

by trace755 on 27 May 2010 - 13:05

Sitasmom watch this your head won't explode I promise.

That was then, This is now

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

by trace755 on 27 May 2010 - 14:05

The latest news is Top Kill is working. Adm. Thad Allen of the coastguard claims drilling mud has stop leaking oil and pressure is low www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-oil-spill-stopped-top-kill-link,0,1045555.story I hope this is true but I'll wait to dance until the cement has been poured and the well sealed.

by MaggieMae on 27 May 2010 - 16:05

RPK -- he can't be bothered -- it is time for him to play Golf AGAIN !

by SitasMom on 28 May 2010 - 03:05

I wonder what the long term effect of all that oil was??

who gets all those profits??

by keepthefaith on 28 May 2010 - 14:05

FWIW, I think the "top-kill" move has failed.

It looks like BP has moved to the "junk-shot" procedure.

Trace can "top-kill" be done in conjunction with the "junk-shot"?

by GSDtravels on 28 May 2010 - 14:05

I read yesterday that another leak was detected far from this one, it looks like the pressure is opening it along a vein.

Not the pressure, but the chemicals.
From MSNBC:

"In another troubling discovery, marine scientists said they have spotted a huge new plume of what they believe to be oil deep beneath the Gulf, stretching 22 miles from the leaking well head northeast toward Mobile Bay, Alabama. They fear it could have resulted from using chemicals a mile below the surface to break up the oil.

by zdog on 28 May 2010 - 15:05

believe me, the oil has got me worried, but the chemicals + the oil I think could be worse.

by GSDtravels on 28 May 2010 - 15:05

Initially, I misunderstood, they called it a plume and I assumed they meant a new leak. Evidently this one was dispersed by the chemicals and has traveled in a different direction. I agree, the chemicals will kill more life than just the oil.

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