Nothing working on the Gulf oil spill
Everything we have thrown at the spewing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico has failed and it looks like the leak could continue for weeks and even months. It has been nineteen days and there is no end in sight. As the 78 ton cofferdam sits useless on the seafloor engineers grasp for any hope of slowing the leak.
A smaller, second box is being planned with hopes it won't clog like the first one. Extremely cold temperatures and high pressure caused methane and seawater to turn to icelike crystals called hydrates which clogged the tower.
A plan is being considered to cork the leak by by stuffing shredded tires and debris into the blowout preventer, but BP officials worry it could make the leak worsen by damaging whatever parts of the blowout protector are actually working.
A relief well is being drilled to intersect the leaking well and plug it, but it could take another two months for that to be completed. In the meantime, the oil slick is growing and heading eastward threatening Florida.
The massive oil skimmer A Whale is being tested and readied to join the fight cleaning up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Concerns are growing as Hurricane Alex gains strength in the southern Gulf of Mexico as to how it could effect the ongoing efforts to stem and cleanup the oil spill off Louisiana.
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President Barack Obama is demanding BP set aside billions of dollars to pay damages from the Gulf oil spill catastrophe. He is seeking to counter an image of detached leadership in the oil spill.
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The terrible oil slick reached the pristine Florida peninsula beaches Friday and President Obama finally took off the gloves and lashed out at British Petroleum.
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A huge containment dome is being moved into place by barge with plans to lower it onto the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
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