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"This is crazy": BP not tracing source of new crude -- Petroleum engineers say it's possible oil "is moving up around the outside of the sealed well pipe"

September 29th, 2011 at 05:18 AM

LSU confirms oil from BP well; feds collect samples, Press-Register, September 26, 2011:

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State Official: So much buried oil, boat motors "turn up globules of oil" and leave a trail of "long sheen"

October 3rd, 2010 at 01:39 PM

Measuring number of dead ducks caused by oil spill proves difficulty, Times-Picayune, October 03, 2010:

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Gulf Biologist: “Stunned” if oil product isn’t washing up for at least 20 years (VIDEO)

September 22nd, 2010 at 11:29 AM

"Long Term Effects of BP Oil Spill, Fox 8 New Orleans, September 21, 2010:

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NOAA: Navy’s Coastal Ocean Model currents show drifters from site of BP blow-out reached Sarasota, FL in late August (VIDEO)

September 13th, 2010 at 03:06 PM

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LSU Scientist: “Significant amounts” of oil “still poised to come into Louisiana’s sensitive coastal marshes” — “Just a matter of time”

September 13th, 2010 at 07:19 AM

An oil wave still possible, The Advocate (Baton Rouge), September 13, 2010:

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Los Alamos Lab & German Researchers: “Oil released by the Deepwater Horizon spill could reach the western North Atlantic Ocean by November”

September 12th, 2010 at 12:22 AM

Deepwater Horizon oil could reach Atlantic Ocean, EnvironmentalResearchWeb, September 6, 2010:

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State official concerned area to be “COVERED in OIL AGAIN” after storm stirs up underwater plumes

September 1st, 2010 at 03:54 PM

Commercial fishermen faced with tough choices, Tri-Parish Times, September 1, 2010:

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Marine experts in Florida Keys: Concerned about submerged plumes, NINE Exxon Valdez spills remain in Gulf

August 7th, 2010 at 05:36 PM

The Florida Keys Keynoter reports on a forum of Marine experts in Key West about ... Read more >>

Oil may have reached annulus; BP has NOT yet decided to cement well during “Static Kill’

August 4th, 2010 at 02:59 PM

The Times-Picayune reports, "BP and federal officials have not yet decided if the runaway Macondo ... Read more >>

BREAKING BP may forgo relief wells; Unsure how to use them, it “remains to be seen”

August 2nd, 2010 at 10:39 PM

The AP reports, "With engineers only feet away from completing a pair of them they're ... Read more >>

Bottom Line: Feds DON'T have a "good idea" about where the oil is or how much there is (VIDEO)

July 29th, 2010 at 10:03 PM

National Incident Commander Thad Allen, CNN, July 29, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.:

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BP now preparing “ADDITIONAL CONTAINMENT” should oil again start spewing into Gulf

July 27th, 2010 at 11:54 PM

Today, the Times-Picayune reports "BP is working to increase its ability to contain oil that ... Read more >>

Oil movement “consistent with ocean currents”; NOAA map shows impact south of Tampa and along much of Florida’s East Coast (VIDEO)

July 27th, 2010 at 12:32 PM

Florida Sportsman reported that, "Data shows movement of subsurface oil is consistent with ocean currents... ... Read more >>

Vast undersea oil linked to BP disaster; Plumes moving towards Florida via “express route”

July 23rd, 2010 at 08:48 PM

Scientists Confirm Underwater Plumes Are From Spill, New York Times, July 23, 2010:

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2:00 P.M. Hurricane Center Update: TS Bonnie located 55 miles ESE of Naples, FL

July 23rd, 2010 at 02:32 PM

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL, JUL 23 2010 @ 2:00 P.M. EDT:

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UNC Physicist: Hurricane will leave “an oily residue on everything”; “Evaporating water will carry the oil and any chemical dispersants” (VIDEO)

July 23rd, 2010 at 09:12 AM

How Will a Hurricane Affect the Oil Spill?, Scientific American, July 15, 2010:

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Shell Oil ex-CEO Hofmeister: BP’s blown-out well so massive, a “failure to produce this huge natural resource would be a loss to the nation”

July 22nd, 2010 at 05:19 PM

Former Shell Oil CEO John Hofmeister Live Q&A, Washington Post, July 19, 2010:

Arlington, Va.: Even ... Read more >>

Weather Channel warns residents “as the hurricane moves INLAND it will pick up particles of oil”; “Oil on electrical wires and trees”

July 22nd, 2010 at 01:43 PM

Hurricanes and Oil: The Hurricane Alex Effect, Weather Channel, July 22, 2010:

Raining Oil?

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Top Scientist: “Well has already spewed enough oil to coat ecosystems ALL along the Gulf Coast”

July 21st, 2010 at 01:55 PM

Tech scientists hold nothing back in battling effects of Gulf spill, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Texas), July ... Read more >>

Florida Governor: “Tsunamis are UNLIKELY to occur as a result of the Deepwater Horizon incident”

July 21st, 2010 at 11:41 AM

Florida Outlines BP Gulf Oil Spill Response For July 19, 2010, Governor of Florida, July ... Read more >>

Confirmed: BP Technical Briefing scheduled for 8:30 EST is CANCELLED

July 19th, 2010 at 08:36 AM

After calling in for the daily 8:30 a.m. BP briefing, the operator stated it has ... Read more >>

Seismic test so vital that it’s “actually delaying” plans to “capture additional oil”; “Vessels must be moved” away during tests

July 18th, 2010 at 02:56 PM

BP's Gulf oil well cap test could be extended past 3 p.m. today to better ... Read more >>

New Satellite Imagery of Gulf shows oil approaching Mexico’s Yucatan, near Cancun (PHOTOS)

July 14th, 2010 at 04:05 AM

Analysis of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Area, Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting System, July 12, 2010:

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Satellite shows possible oil slicks off Southeast Florida coast (PHOTOS)

July 13th, 2010 at 04:56 AM

If you live in the area please try and get to a tall oceanfront building ... Read more >>

Texas: 250 GALLONS of weathered oil removed from Texas wildlife refuge; NOAA predicts BP oil onshore by Thursday

July 10th, 2010 at 04:29 AM

More oil may be headed toward Texas, San Antonio Express News, July 9, 2010:

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Southwest Florida officials start training oil skimmers in preparation for BP spill (VIDEO)

July 8th, 2010 at 06:01 PM

Oil skimmer training today in Collier County, WINK, July 8, 2010:

Summary

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Much-hyped NOAA Coastal Impact Percentage Model only forecasts up to Day 120 of the BP Oil Disaster

July 7th, 2010 at 03:35 AM

Deepwater Horizon: Statistical Modeling, NOAA, July 2010:

The modeling is based on a 120-day projection starting ... Read more >>

ROFFS July 5: Some oil moving “towards the area offshore of the Florida Keys” (MAP)

July 6th, 2010 at 07:25 PM

Analysis of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Area, Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting System, July 5, 2010:

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NOAA admits Threat Models “do not start with the current footprint of the spill, but rather model the spill beginning at day one”

July 3rd, 2010 at 10:43 PM

NOAA Models Long-Term Oil Threat to Gulf and East Coast Shoreline, NOAA, July 2, 2010:

It’s almost July… Where’s the Oil? Surface evolution of BP Oil Spill (VIDEO)

June 30th, 2010 at 11:57 AM

April 20 -- June 28 Hindcast of BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

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