Methane | Florida Oil Spill Law

Natural gas injection wells linked to earthquakes: Officials say “enough evidence to request an EMERGENCY cease order” — Danger known since the 1960s (CHART & VIDEOS)

March 3rd, 2011 at 06:36 AM

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2 Faulkner Co. injection wells causing earthquakes?, KTHV, March 2, 2011:

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Research team “detected FAR MORE methane than expected to the NORTHEAST of the well”

February 25th, 2011 at 08:49 AM

AAAS Meeting, Science, February 25 2011:

[University of Georgia researcher Samantha] Joye... reported that her team ... Read more >>

“It looks like there’s a significant amount of gas” NORTHEAST of the well — Methane is “smeared” through the ecosystem

February 21st, 2011 at 09:37 AM

Methane From Oil Spill Migrating Undigested?, Science, February 19, 2011:

Some researchers have concluded in recent ... Read more >>

Arkansas earthquakes “could be related to ongoing natural gas exploration” says expert

February 19th, 2011 at 06:20 PM

Gas companies blamed for more than 30 earthquakes in two cities in four days, Daily ... Read more >>

New study found 75,000 times normal amount of hydrocarbon gases which “could have a long-lasting impact on oceanic oxygen levels”

February 14th, 2011 at 06:27 AM

Pentane gas has "significant health implications for humans" -- UCSB's Ira Liefer ... Read more >>

NEW: Fracking for OIL, not just natural gas — 8 states on tap, and “we’re not done yet”

February 9th, 2011 at 03:13 PM

New drilling method opens vast oil fields in US, AP, February 9, 2011:

A new drilling ... Read more >>

Top Oceanographer: The methane may be in Atlantic Ocean, not eaten by bacteria

February 9th, 2011 at 01:32 PM

Teeny Janitors Attack Gulf Spill, Then Vanish, NPR, February 9, 2011:

NPR's excellent Richard Harris found ... Read more >>

BK Lim cites NOVEMBER videos showing “oil seepages, gas columns, fissures and blowout craters” around Macondo wellhead (VIDEOS)

January 21st, 2011 at 11:10 PM

The following ROV videos show the "oil seepages, gas columns, fissures and blowout craters in the seafloor around the Macondo wellhead" mentioned in a January 14, 2011 letter to Congress authored by BK Lim. ... Read more >>

“Junk Science”: Disappearing methane researchers are “manipulating data to gain media attention” says top attorney

January 8th, 2011 at 11:49 AM

JUNK SCIENCE: NOAA Claims “Gas-Gobbling” Bacteria Consumed Nearly All of the Estimated 200,000 Tons of ... Read more >>

Why top scientists are NOT convinced by new report claiming methane has "vanished" from Gulf

January 6th, 2011 at 07:33 PM

Methane from BP spill goes missing, ScienceNews, January 6, 2011:

Methane, the predominant hydrocarbon produced by ... Read more >>

Fracked up: Nungesser pushing to drill for “natural” gas in Plaquemines — A deal with the “devil’s little brother”?

December 23rd, 2010 at 08:14 AM

Nungesser pushes for natural-gas exploration in area hardest hit by BP spill, Yahoo News, December ... Read more >>

Documents released by WikiLeaks reveal “striking resemblances between BP’s Gulf of Mexico disaster and a little-reported giant gas leak” in 2008

December 16th, 2010 at 04:04 PM

WikiLeaks cables: BP suffered blowout on Azerbaijan gas platform, The Guardian, December 16, 2010:

Striking resemblances ... Read more >>

“Human race survives methane plume, for now” — May take 400 years to be clear on how methane affected Gulf says professor

November 10th, 2010 at 10:40 AM

Prof. "Kessler said he is hesitant to predict doomsday and instead is focusing on the methane plume’s current behavior." ... Read more >>

'Project Deep Spill': Feds had deep water 'blowout' 10 years ago — Found rising oil 'strips' out some of most toxic compounds which remain in water column (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

October 31st, 2010 at 01:58 PM

Sub-surface application of dispersant at wellhead never mentioned in June 2000 study

Project Deep Spill, Minerals ... Read more >>

Methane concerns: Possible “fundamental shift” in Gulf’s microbial ecosystem and amount of bacteria — “We’re going to have to watch this”

October 5th, 2010 at 02:33 PM

What Lies Beneath, National Wildlife Foundation, October 4, 2010:

[E]xperts say [recently discovered degraded oil ... Read more >>

7 year-old “covered in blood”, mother with rashes over “entire body” — Tests found elevated HEXANE, xylene, octane from nearby gas well (METHANE)

September 24th, 2010 at 09:01 AM

Flight for survival: Toxic emissions force family to leave home, Wise County Messenger, September 23, ... Read more >>

New video by Feds: “I can’t believe this WATER that LOOKS CLEAR SMELLS SO MUCH LIKE GAS” — “Every animal in the Gulf is being exposed to an atrocity” (VIDEO)

September 21st, 2010 at 02:37 PM

Thousands of marine animals still in danger from hidden oil in Gulf, PhysOrg.com (NSF), September ... Read more >>

Kessler/Valentine Findings: “Potential for a MUCH longer-lived METHANE plume in the deep ocean, with unknown consequences” — Due to “SLOW consumption rate”

September 17th, 2010 at 09:01 AM

Scientists document fate of deep hydrocarbon plumes in Gulf oil spill, PhysOrg.com, September 16, 2010:

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NEW hydrocarbon plume found SOUTH and EAST of BP blow-out just 200 meters below surface — ENTIRE 40-mile transect measured consistently high methane readings

September 13th, 2010 at 01:22 AM

Nature.com is reporting, "A previously unidentified plume of hydrocarbons approximately 200 meters deep has been ... Read more >>

Senior scientist says “catfish, shrimp, crab and flounder piled up along an offshore sandbar” while swarming to escape “low oxygen” due to BP’s oil and methane

August 23rd, 2010 at 07:38 AM

Bloomberg reported early this morning that the faculty at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and ... Read more >>

Feds not including METHANE gas in public calculations — Adds over 100 MILLION gallons of oil equivalent to BP’s hydrocarbon total (VIDEO)

August 20th, 2010 at 10:16 PM

Calls for better seafood testing as Gulf fishing begins anew, CNN, August 17, 2010:

[The University ... Read more >>

“NOAA won’t begin checking for submerged methane gases”; Top scientist says “It seems crazy”

August 13th, 2010 at 07:59 PM

Florida University Draws Ire of NOAA for Gulf Research, WRBL CBS 3 Columbus, Georgia, August ... Read more >>

Feds say methane hydrates coming from leaks in blow-out preventer — no DEFINITIVE info on well integrity issues

August 3rd, 2010 at 03:34 PM

Press briefing and teleconference to provide operational update on ongoing Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response ... Read more >>

At least SIX ‘seeps’ found near Rigel methane deposits southwest of BP oil blow-out (PHOTOS)

July 24th, 2010 at 03:24 PM

Rigel is known to be a "highly successful" unproduced methane gas field.

The seeps were identified ... Read more >>

BREAKING Feds: Seepage likely from the RIGEL WELL — A ‘highly successful’ unproduced gas field (VIDEO)

July 24th, 2010 at 12:48 AM

Yet not one report on Rigel as of 11:59 p.m. EDT July 23

Transcript of Adm. ... Read more >>

Matt Simmons says hurricane churning up underwater methane may be “greatest nightmare we’ve EVER SEEN” (VIDEO)

July 22nd, 2010 at 02:33 PM

Matthew Simmons Interview, Tru News, June 28, 2010:

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"If the 400 to 500 feet ... Read more >>

Methane plumes “flowing upslope” into shallower water; “Further up in the water column than we had seen” says scientist

July 21st, 2010 at 08:07 AM

Scientists from St. Petersburg find high methane readings near oil disaster site, St. Petersburg Times, ... Read more >>

Engineering Expert: “Gas hydrate crystals” may be plugging cracks in well; To be dislodged by increasing pressure?

July 20th, 2010 at 12:41 PM

Gas seeps not necessarily a problem, because pressure in oil well rising, officials say, Times-Picayune, ... Read more >>

“Scientists have discovered four gas “seeps” at or near” the BP blowout; Pressure “readings are much lower than expected”

July 20th, 2010 at 11:48 AM