BP told feds it could handle oil spill 60 times larger than Deepwater Horizon

[TacticalPeek]

Source: Press-Register

BP told feds it could handle oil spill 60 times larger than Deepwater Horizon
By Ben Raines
May 19, 2010, 5:00AM

In its 2009 exploration plan for the Deepwater Horizon well, BP PLC states that the company could handle a spill involving as much as 12.6 million gallons of oil per day, a number 60 times higher than its current estimate of the ongoing Gulf disaster.

In associated documents filed with the U.S. Minerals Management Service, the company says that it would be able to skim 17.6 million gallons of oil a day from the Gulf in the event of a spill.

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Mueller also said via e-mail Tuesday that "the spill has stayed about the same size or even shrunk on the water as a result of our response efforts."

Skytruth.org, a website that monitors environmental problems using satellite imagery, reported Monday that the spill had grown to 10,170 square miles, based on NASA images. John Amos, head of Skytruth, told the Press-Register then that the spill had approximately doubled in size since Friday.



Read more: http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/bp_told_feds_it_could_handle_o.html

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[KurtNYC]

1. Perhaps they meant their conscience could handle it

They could "live with" a spill 60 times that size. They could cash their checks and sleep well.

[tomm2thumbs]

2. +1 exactly

if you ask them how they sleep at night, they'll reply 'well, sometimes we sleep on our sides, and sometimes we sleep on our bellies' -

no conscience as they live other than where they drill

[indepat]

14. Fire must eternally rage in the pants of such duplicitous prevaricators

:P

[Dr.Phool]

3. They had better stick some more straws in the fire hydrant.

[LuckyLib]

4. Anyone reading that document in a position of power should have stopped all approval right there.

"Minerals Management Service" sounds like a bureaucratic bone-yard of Bushista cronies who are now on the hot seat because they couldn't rein in Big Oil.

[joanmj]

5. They also said

that they could capture more oil from the syphon.

[dipsydoodle]

6. Didn't think we could use blogs in LBN ?

[Downwinder]

7. But, look at the cost savings, using the Gulf Stream to transport

the oil to England.

[Christa]

10. + 1 for the humor. nt

[CountAllVotes]

13. a friend from Ireland said they will end up with oil

over over the shores of Ireland soon. :( :( :( :( :(

CLEAN THIS DAMN MESS UP NOW BRITISH PETROLEUM!!!!!

:kick: & recommend.

[HillWilliam]

8. They can handle it? Bett' get their asses busy with some

ShamWows and Swiffers, something. They're gonna be cleaning a long, long, long time.

(tugging ear) "It's so nice we've had this time togetherrrrrrrr..."

[florida08]

12. LoL

Have heard something called aerogel could work



Not only does the space-age material Aerogel have super-insulating powers — it is also remarkably effective at soaking up oil. AeroClay, one of the makers of the insulation, is currently working on a new sponge-version of aerogel that would be more effective at cleaning up spills — since the material has such a low density, there’s lots of pockets that can soak up oil. Unfortunately, the material probably won’t be ready to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico spill, but the company hopes that within a couple years they will have large sheets of the aerogel sponge that could be used to clean up oil slicks.

Read more: Super-Insulator Aerogel Could Be Used to Soak Up Oil | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World
http://inhabitat.com/2010/05/13/super-insulator-aergel-could-be-used-to-soak-up-oil/

[happygoluckytoyou]

9. IN A RELATED STORY.... BP execs say "so what's the issue? we're handling it well, thank u 4 asking"

[paparush]

11. That's called a . . um, whatchacallit? Oh yeah, a LIE!