tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post8496169364172058761..comments2024-03-28T10:30:02.679-05:00Comments on Bit Tooth Energy: Tapping into the riser in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spillHeading Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01790783659594652657noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-73064241234433301562010-05-17T23:36:44.157-05:002010-05-17T23:36:44.157-05:00A lot of these questions were answered in the pres...A lot of these questions were answered in the press conference on Monday, and I have covered this in the next post.Heading Outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01790783659594652657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-51490508558272942732010-05-17T21:42:00.126-05:002010-05-17T21:42:00.126-05:00A well kill can't come soon enough. This blowo...A well kill can't come soon enough. This blowout has become an environmental horror story, words I don't use often. From your "dream team" link:<br /><i>At the same time, scientists have begun measuring the vast quantities of oil hidden to the human eye. Vernon Asper, an oceanographer and marine professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, was part of a group that landed at Cocodrie, La., on Sunday, after completing a two-week research trip in the gulf. Asper said they documented plumes of oil 2,000 to 6,000 feet below the water's surface, covering an area 4 miles wide and 15 miles long.</i> <br /><br />I've not been a fan of dispersant use, though I recognise why others are. The oil-dispersant combination is more toxic than to marine life than the oil alone. Dispersants make the toxic and mutagenic components of oil, such as alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, more available for uptake by marine life. <br /><br />Today's news stories say it's likely that oil will get into the Loop current, with the focus being on potential landfalls on the Atlantic coast of Florida and northwards. I haven't heard the Bahamas mentioned, but that's were the Loop current goes after it passes through the Straits of Florida. There's also a mechanism for oil to be transported westward to the Gulf coasts of Texas and Mexico in the warm rings that the Loop current occasionally sheds. One of these appears to be forming in the northern arc of the current in <a href="http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/data/sst/fields/FS_km14gm00.gif" rel="nofollow"> this current image</a> from NOAA.porsenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362269873149438270noreply@blogger.com