New oil leak in area of sunken drilling rig

[Seneca]

New oil leak in area of sunken drilling rig

NEW ORLEANS – A new oil leak was discovered at the site in the Gulf of Mexico where a drilling rig exploded and sank, and experts now estimate that five times more has been spilling into the water a day than previously believed, the Coast Guard said late Wednesday.

However, an official from BP PLC, which leases the rig, said he did not believe the newly discovered leak has increased the amount of oil spilling into the water beyond earlier estimates. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry disagreed with his statement at a news conference and said she was relying on a new estimate from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.

She said NOAA experts now estimate that 5,000 barrels a day of oil are spilling into the gulf. Officials had estimated the leak for days at 1,000 barrels a day.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100429/ap_on_bi_ge/us_louisiana_oil_rig_explosion

[Dappleganger]

1. BP is lying out of their asses as usual.

Fuck them all to hell for this rape on our oceans!

[MrMickeysMom]

2. Awful...

People ought to come out in droves with signs aimed at Sarah Palin, "Spill, Baby, Spill!"

It's not funny when you can't control bad ideas, and that was one bad idea.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. Say good-bye to our Gulf wetlands.

This so freaking sucks. :(

[Seneca]

4. The lessons of Santa Barbara in 1969

Apparently lost in the mass amnesia of Americans.

[Hawkeye-X]

5. I hope BP spends their unnecessary billions in profits

getting the well capped and clean up the entire Gulf Coast of their mistake.

Obama should reverse his stance on off-shore oil drilling - this is what happens. Disaster.