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CNN confirms at 1:17pm: BP is observing methane bubbling to surface at unknown distance to wellhead

July 19th, 2010 at 01:20 PM

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“Methane escaping at the surface” is “bubbling through the strata” says ... Read more >>

Drudge reports methane at “levels only seen during mass extinction events” (PHOTOS)

July 19th, 2010 at 11:11 AM

Oceanographer John Kessler analyzes methane levels from oil spill site, Texas A&M University College of ... Read more >>

CBS: “Engineers detected seepage and traces of methane” near site of BP oil blowout (VIDEO)

July 19th, 2010 at 06:17 AM

Crisis on the Coast, CBS Channel 12 West Palm Beach, July 19 at 06:00 EST:

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ABC: The AP quotes a government source who says there may be leaking methane (VIDEO)

July 19th, 2010 at 05:04 AM

ABC News, July 19, 2010 at 04:35 EDT:

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Thad Allen says there is an ... Read more >>

AP: White House official says that “possible methane was found”, testing extended “beyond Sunday”

July 19th, 2010 at 04:41 AM

BP, feds clash over reopening capped Gulf oil well, AP, July 19, 2010 at 02:22 ... Read more >>

BP: Possible methane hydrate bubbles leaking from well still not tested; “Not an easy operation to collect those bubbles”

July 18th, 2010 at 03:06 PM

'Initial tests' indicate bubbles not hydrates, though NO bubbles have been collected to test

BP's Gulf ... Read more >>

Leaking “bubbles” not yet tested by BP for presence of methane or oil; Reporter asks “What’s the hold up?”

July 18th, 2010 at 09:22 AM

"Complex operation to go capture bubbles"

Doug Suttles (for Kent Wells) Technical Briefing, BP Technical Update, ... Read more >>

Commander Thad Allen this morning: New sensing devices arrive; “What we’re really looking for is methane bubbles” (VIDEO)

July 18th, 2010 at 08:25 AM

Methane seeps an early indicator of heavy hydrocarbons

Thad Allen interview on Washington Journal, C-SPAN, July ... Read more >>

July 17 BP Briefing: “Bubbles coming from valve” on casing, could be “methane” (VIDEO)

July 17th, 2010 at 09:25 AM

Kent Wells Technical Briefing, BP Technical Update,
July 17, 2010 @ 8:30am EST:

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MSNBC: “Scientists starting to voice concerns about methane being at levels that will kill millions”

July 15th, 2010 at 04:42 PM

Dylan Ratigan Show, MSNBC, July 15, 2010:

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And what's really scary now is there's ... Read more >>

Methane dead zone found just offshore “linked to oil”; Stretches entire 1500 sq. miles of sample area

July 11th, 2010 at 05:39 AM

Dead zones: Hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceans.

Dead Zone in Gulf Linked to Oil, ... Read more >>

Top scientist: Only one ship testing methane levels in Gulf, NOAA hiding results; Amount is “just startlingly high”

June 30th, 2010 at 10:00 AM

UGA SCIENTIST: TOO LITTLE RESEARCH ON GASES AT OIL DISASTER SITE IN GULF, Sunday Paper, ... Read more >>

Oil Blowout Oceanographer: “Astonishingly high” methane levels “approach a million times above” normal

June 24th, 2010 at 06:46 PM

Methane in Gulf "astonishingly high": U.S. scientist, Reuters, June 22, 2010:

As much as 1 million ... Read more >>

BP Blowout: “Most vigorous methane eruption in modern human history”

June 19th, 2010 at 08:28 AM

Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns, Associated Press, June 18, 2010:

"This is the ... Read more >>

Oil-eating bacteria don’t work in low oxygen water, dead zones

June 19th, 2010 at 08:26 AM