溫哥華老友記討論區 - Powered by Discuz! Board

標題: BP's response to oil spill called inadequate [打印本頁]

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-5-1 01:09 標題: BP's response to oil spill called inadequate

本帖最後由 peter236 於 2010-5-1 01:12 編輯

BP's response to oil spill called inadequate

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar ... 4/30/MNRB1D7PQB.DTL

Jennifer A. Dlouhy,Monica Hatcher, Hearst Newspapers

Saturday, May 1, 2010
Workers secure inflatable oil containment booms on the de...

While the growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico threatened marshes, wildlife and commercial fishing operations Friday, top federal and state officials sharply criticized BP for what they characterized as the company's "inadequate" response to the spill.

At the same time, President Obama ordered the Interior Department to conduct a thorough review of the safety steps and precautions that energy companies must employ in future offshore drilling to prevent a repeat of the April 20 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig.
Vow to stop drilling

The administration also promised to halt newly proposed drilling along the nation's coasts until federal agencies complete a probe of what caused the incident.

After a helicopter tour of oil-covered Gulf waters, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he was worried "that BP's current resources are not adequate to meet the ... challenges we face" protecting the coast, quickly cleaning up the region and stanching the oil gushing from a leaking well about 50 miles southeast of Venice, La.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar insisted the company needed to work "harder, faster and smarter to get the job done," even as choppy sea conditions curtailed efforts to collect oil floating on the surface of the water and final preparations were under way for the potentially months-long process of drilling a relief well.

So far, engineers have been unable to seal the leaks that were discovered after the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig sank.
'Largest response'

BP's chief operating officer, Doug Suttles, defended the company's performance, saying it had launched "the largest response effort ever done in the world" to halt the leak and minimize the impact.

Although BP and government officials estimate that 5,000 barrels - or 210,000 gallons - of oil are leaking into the Gulf daily, Suttles emphasized the calculations are highly imprecise.

The unchecked leak threatens to become the nation's worst environmental disaster, eventually overtaking the spills from the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker accident and a 1969 blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara.

It imperils the fishing industry in Louisiana, fragile coastal ecosystems and residents throughout the region.
Bad weather

Nearly 2,000 workers struggled to contain the widening spill Friday using chemical dispersants, and floating booms and skimmers. But bad weather conditions and high waves hampered the efforts and prevented them from burning oil floating on the surface of the water.

Continuing winds and high tides could cause oil to penetrate deeper into marshes and inlets along southeastern Louisiana.

Also on Friday, Halliburton Inc., the oil field services giant, responded to speculation that the disaster might have been related to cementing - the process of installing casing to secure the walls of a well.

A federal study found that cementing problems were associated with almost half of the 39 offshore blowouts from 1992 to 2006, almost all in the Gulf of Mexico, Hearst Newspapers reported earlier this week.

Halliburton, which performed a number of functions on the rig including cementing, said in its statement that it had completed the casing about 20 hours before the accident. It said it also had conducted tests demonstrating the integrity of the casing.

This article appeared on page A - 8 of the San Francisco Chronicle

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-5-1 01:11

本帖最後由 peter236 於 2010-5-1 01:12 編輯

The British and Americans do not even care about the environment.

作者: Catpiano 時間: 2010-5-1 09:42

The British and Americans do not even care about the environment.
peter236 發表於 2010-5-1 01:11

Then who does ?? Don't tell me our Mother Country does....

Again don't get me wrong, I feel sad about this Oil Spill thing, billions of $$ gone, millions of animal life gone ..

I am sure lots of people do care about the enironment ..

作者: MAXIMUS 時間: 2010-5-1 15:48

回復 2# peter236

Only Peter the great dees

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-5-2 16:33

The Gulf of Mexico produces a lot of fish, oysters and shrimp etc
But now BP and the Americans have no way of stopping the pollution.

作者: mcjohnjohn 時間: 2010-5-2 17:47

The Gulf of Mexico produces a lot of fish, oysters and shrimp etc
But now BP and the Americans have ...
peter236 發表於 2010-5-3 08:33

non-sense... China has no way to stop those earthquakes too.

who want this type of disaster or accident to happen? sad...

作者: Lik 時間: 2010-5-2 19:48

The British and Americans do not even care about the environment.
peter236 發表於 2010-5-1 01:11

挑！唔該你睇下中國啲工業重鎮個天係咩色先好出來講野啦～而且，唔好忘記年頭果陣響 Copenhagen 係邊個玩野搞到達成唔到任何有意義嘅全球環保政策？

-力

作者: MoiRhapsody 時間: 2010-5-2 20:15

挑！唔該你睇下中國啲工業重鎮個天係咩色先好出來講野啦～而且，唔好忘記年頭果陣響 Copenhagen 係邊個玩 ...
Lik 發表於 2010-5-2 19:48

有D地方中共扮晒大國，另一方面係又要認做發展中國家黎抽游水，真係服左佢...

作者: mcjohnjohn 時間: 2010-5-2 20:40

有D地方中共扮晒大國，另一方面係又要認做發展中國家黎抽游水，真係服左佢... ...
MoiRhapsody 發表於 2010-5-3 12:15

呢方面, 就同我牆頭MJJ 一樣咁牆頭, 哈哈~

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-5-2 21:25

本帖最後由 peter236 於 2010-5-2 21:29 編輯

挑！唔該你睇下中國啲工業重鎮個天係咩色先好出來講野啦～而且，唔好忘記年頭果陣響 Copenhagen 係邊個玩 ...
Lik 發表於 2010-5-2 19:48

You moron, it was the US who derailed the Copenhagen talks. The US wanted to monitor the progress of China's and other countries efforts while does not allow China to monitor US's efforts in reducing pollution.

China now leads the world in the installation of solar panels.
China is now building the largest highspeed railway network to reduce the reliance on cars.

Now there are thousands of barrels of oil each day in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has not done the sufficient steps to prevent this type accidents. Money is more important for these British companies.

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-5-2 21:27

non-sense... China has no way to stop those earthquakes too.
who want this type of disaster or a ...
mcjohnjohn 發表於 2010-5-2 17:47

But the oil rig is a piece of man-made machinery. BP should have paid more attention to safety.

作者: mcjohnjohn 時間: 2010-5-3 06:08

But the oil rig is a piece of man-made machinery. BP should have paid more attention to safety.
peter236 發表於 2010-5-3 13:27

Why don't China build better houses that can withstand furious earthquake?

作者: MoiRhapsody 時間: 2010-5-3 06:15

回復 12# mcjohnjohn

well,早至71年已經有規範要係地震帶起好D...包括汶川....

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-5-3 11:27

Why don't China build better houses that can withstand furious earthquake?
mcjohnjohn 發表於 2010-5-3 06:08

There are government regulations that require buildings should be built to withstand earthquakes. In Sichuan earthquake, many older buildings did not collapse, while some newer buildings collpased. This is a clear indication that some of the newer buildings were not built to the government regulations.

Anyway, there are thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico every day. BP has no technology to stop the oil from moving. The oil is reaching the coast of southern US. This greatly affects seafood supply from that region.

作者: mukmuk2 時間: 2010-5-3 11:37

提示: 作者被禁止或刪除內容自動屏蔽

作者: peter236 時間: 2010-5-11 14:51

The British and the Americans still have not found a way to solve the oil pollution.
The oysters farms are now being affected.

作者: mukmuk2 時間: 2010-5-12 08:01

提示: 作者被禁止或刪除內容自動屏蔽

歡迎光臨溫哥華老友記討論區 (http://www.loyaukee.com/forum/)