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04-29-2010, 06:03 AM
New Oil Spill Found At US Rig Disaster Site
8:48am UK, Thursday April 29, 2010
Tim Hewage, Sky News Online
A new spill has been discovered at the site of an offshore oil rig explosion and five times more oil is leaking as previously estimated, US officials have said.
BP, the owner of the oil well beneath the Deepwater Horizon platform, found a third leak 1,525ft (5,000 metres) under the sea off the coast of Louisiana, the US Coast Guard (http://www.uscg.mil/) said.
Rear Admiral Mary Landry, who is leading the clean-up operation, said: "BP has just briefed me of a new location of an additional breach in the riser of the deep underwater well."
The leak is now estimated at 5,000 barrels per day - five times more than originally thought - since the platform sank on April 22, two days after it exploded.
The giant spill, now visible from space, is 23 miles (37km) off the Louisiana coast, raising fears of an environmental disaster for fisheries and wildlife on and around the coastline.
Weather forecasters warned that a change in the wind could push the slick inland by the weekend.
BP and the Coast Guard started a "controlled burn" on Wednesday, in an attempt to stop the leak from growing and reaching land.
"We will not rest until we have done everything to bring this under control," BP spokesman Andrew Gowers said.
Eleven drilling platform workers are still missing, presumed dead.
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Lets hope luck is on our side and we can contain and neutralize the problem. FAST !
8:48am UK, Thursday April 29, 2010
Tim Hewage, Sky News Online
A new spill has been discovered at the site of an offshore oil rig explosion and five times more oil is leaking as previously estimated, US officials have said.
BP, the owner of the oil well beneath the Deepwater Horizon platform, found a third leak 1,525ft (5,000 metres) under the sea off the coast of Louisiana, the US Coast Guard (http://www.uscg.mil/) said.
Rear Admiral Mary Landry, who is leading the clean-up operation, said: "BP has just briefed me of a new location of an additional breach in the riser of the deep underwater well."
The leak is now estimated at 5,000 barrels per day - five times more than originally thought - since the platform sank on April 22, two days after it exploded.
The giant spill, now visible from space, is 23 miles (37km) off the Louisiana coast, raising fears of an environmental disaster for fisheries and wildlife on and around the coastline.
Weather forecasters warned that a change in the wind could push the slick inland by the weekend.
BP and the Coast Guard started a "controlled burn" on Wednesday, in an attempt to stop the leak from growing and reaching land.
"We will not rest until we have done everything to bring this under control," BP spokesman Andrew Gowers said.
Eleven drilling platform workers are still missing, presumed dead.
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New Pictures Of Oil Rig Blasthttp://news.sky.com/sky-news/app/img/chv_12_red.gif (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/Gulf-Of-Mexico-Coastguard-Release-New-Pictures-Of-Oil-Rig-Fire-That-Left-11-Workers-Missing-Presumed-Dead/Video/201004415620135?lpos=video_Article_Related_Content _Region_4&lid=VIDEO_15620135_Gulf_Of_Mexico%3A_Coastguard_Re lease_New_Pictures_Of_Oil_Rig_Fire_That_Left_11_Wo rkers_Missing_Presumed_Dead)
Lets hope luck is on our side and we can contain and neutralize the problem. FAST !