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Big Storm to Hit Gulf of Mexico ... All Oil Relief Operations Will Be Suspended ... Cap Will Stay On, Unattended
As oil industry expert Bob Cavnar writes: The National Hurricane Center this morning forecasted a 70% chance that Invest 97, now just south of the Bahamas, would form into a tropical cyclone. Destination? The central Gulf. In his McBriefing yesterday, Kent Wells announced that instead of running and cementing the last liner into relief well 1, they had already run in a storm packer to temporarily seal the well and were preparing to shut down. Here's the storm track by computer model. In other words, BP is shutting down its drilling of the relief wells until the storm passes.. » read more
FEMA Prepares For Landfall Of Hurricane Alex
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First hurricane of 2010 Pacific season forms off Mexico
The first hurricane of the 2010 Pacific season has formed off the coast of Acapulco in Mexico, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) says. Hurricane Celia formed more than 350 miles (560km) south of the tourist resort, and is heading away from land. With wind speeds of 75mph (120km/h), the NHC has classed it as a Category One hurricane. Mexico's oil export facilities are in the Gulf of Mexico, well away from Celia's path, Reuters reports. According to the NHC, the Pacific hurricane season usually lasts until November.. » read more
MANY STORMS HEADING TOWARDS THE GULF AT THIS TIME
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High Hurricane Activity Threatens Gulf Oil Production, Cleanup Efforts
As hurricane season begins in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, forecasters are predicting higher-than-usual activity that could disrupt oil and gas production in the Gulf and hinder efforts to clean up the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday that forecast hurricane activity could reduce Gulf oil production by 26 million barrels and natural gas production by 166 billion cubic feet. This compares with the median reduction of 5.. » read more
Oman counts cost of deadly cyclone
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Tropical Storm Agatha blows a hole in Guatemala City
Hundreds dead as torrential rain sweeps Central America. Sinkhole in Guatemala swallows three-storey building Tropical Storm Agatha swept across Central America yesterday, bringing torrential rain that killed more than 100 people and opened a 60m-deep sinkhole in Guatemala City which reportedly swallowed up a three-storey building. The first named storm of the 2010 Pacific season dumped more than a metre of rain in parts of Guatemala, also hitting El Salvador and Honduras. At least 113 people were reported killed, with around 50 missing in Guatemala alone as rescue workers searched through the rubble. The 30m-diameter sinkhole opened up in a northern district of Guatemala City, with residents blaming the rains and substandard drainage systems.. » read more
Oil complicates forecasts on hurricane season eve
As hurricane season approaches, the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico takes weather forecasters into nearly uncharted waters. The Gulf is a superhighway for hurricanes that form or explode over pools of hot water, then usually move north or west toward the coast. The site of the sunken rig is along the general path of some of the worst storms ever recorded, including Hurricane Camille, which wiped out the Mississippi coast in 1969, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The season officially starts Tuesday, and while scientists seem to agree that the sprawling slick isn't likely to affect the formation of a storm, the real worry is that a hurricane might turn the millions of gallons of floating crude into a crashing black surf. Some fear a horrific combination of damaging winds and large waves pushing oil deeper into estuaries and wetlands and coating miles of debris-littered coastline in a pungent, sticky mess.. » read more
Clearing the Air in the Senate
As corporate CEOs and environmentalists stood beside them, Senators John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman unveiled their long-awaited climate-change bill at a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday afternoon. Missing was Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who had worked with the two New Englanders on the bill until a few weeks ago. Graham opted to stay away because Democratic leaders have said they wanted to put a rush on immigration reform legislation. But his presence was felt in the content of the climate-change bill, which takes a sector-by-sector approach to cutting carbon emissions and provides rebates to consumers to soften the impact of higher energy prices. Under the bill, carbon emissions would be cut by 17 percent in 2020 and by more than 80 percent in 2050.. » read more
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