Sentences with phrase «about the oil spill in»

The panel about the oil spill in the gulf was a major highlight, and frankly my main motivation for attending the conference.

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When the social scientist and derivatives trader sat down at the same table at a friend's wedding in 2011, they got to talking about their shared interest in «epic failures,» like the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Fukushima nuclear disaster and Hurricane Sandy.

The company recently saw derailments in Minnesota and northern Ontario, both of which resulted in oil spills, but it's too early to draw conclusions about the causes of either accident.

Cenovus said sales volumes in the fourth quarter were about seven per cent lower than oilsands production due to the two - week shutdown and subsequent volume constraints on TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline following an oil spill in November in South Dakota.

Four - in - five British Columbians are concerned about the expected increase in oil tanker traffic at Kitimat and through the passage (83 %) and the risk of an oil spill (80 %) if the Enbridge Northern Gateway is authorized.

The possibility of an oil spill off the coast of Metro Vancouver looms large in the minds of B.C. residents, saying by a margin of five - to - one that it is the single biggest concern they have about the Trans Mountain project.

Ottawa approved the line in November 2016 but since then the project has faced court challenges and permit delays in B.C. Horgan has said the province is worried about the consequences of oil spills and the threat to the coastline.

Shares in the oil drilling services firm Transocean (RIG) are rising by about 2.5 % premarket after the company said it had reached two settlements related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010.

The fire that caused an oil rig to explode on Tuesday has resulted in a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, with a oil slick about 10 miles in diameter covering the ocean surface.

Here's a cool slideshow about one community's efforts to try to stop the spread of the oil spill in their area.

A worker on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is claiming he told BP about a faulty piece of safety equipment weeks before the rig explosion that has led to the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

The latest in corporate damage control: Bob Dudley, Chief Executive for BP Response, answers your questions about the oil spill through YouTube, answers via live video stream.

Environmental groups and elected officials have expressed concern in recent years about the potential for a catastrophic oil spill involving barges that transport oil products up and down the Hudson River from Albany's port.

The formation of the commission comes as the administration faces a growing chorus of criticism about whether it is putting enough pressure on BP to clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

... That leak in the Keystone Pipeline spilled 5,000 barrels of crude oil — about 210,000 gallons, according to TransCanada, the pipeline's owner.

UNION SQUARE — About 70 people rallied in Union Square Thursday afternoon to protest BP's handling of the oil spill and promote alternative energies.

The debate about using dispersants is becoming increasingly politicized and acrimonious, and the National Academy of Sciences has recently assembled a committee of scientists, government officials, and industry to evaluate the use of chemical dispersants in oil spill response.

Years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil spill, oil continues to wash ashore as oil - soaked «sand patties,» persists in salt marshes abutting the Gulf of Mexico, and questions remain about how much oil has been deposited on the seafloOil spill, oil continues to wash ashore as oil - soaked «sand patties,» persists in salt marshes abutting the Gulf of Mexico, and questions remain about how much oil has been deposited on the seaflooil continues to wash ashore as oil - soaked «sand patties,» persists in salt marshes abutting the Gulf of Mexico, and questions remain about how much oil has been deposited on the seaflooil - soaked «sand patties,» persists in salt marshes abutting the Gulf of Mexico, and questions remain about how much oil has been deposited on the seaflooil has been deposited on the seafloor.

Each finalist team had about six weeks to complete their systems and get them to the US National Oil Spill Response Research and Renewable Energy Test Facility (OHMSETT) in Leonardo, New Jersey, for controlled trials in July and August this year.

The species as a whole isn't about to go extinct as a result of the oil spill: as 400,000 out of a total global population of 650,000 live in Peru.

The leak continued until 15 July, releasing about 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf, the largest accidental marine oil spill in history.

The findings also could help inform the ongoing public debate about the economic impacts of human - made environmental disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and how much polluters should have to pay in reparation.

We still don't know enough about tar sand oil, or bitumen, which takes longer to break down due to its high viscosity, but doesn't spread, we also don't know much about the behavior of oil from a blowout, such as the Deepwater Horizon BP blowout, and we know little of how crude oil behaves in the Arctic Ocean, where there is ice, or how to remediate it,» said Michel Boufadel, director of NJIT's Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection and a member of the panel of experts charged with evaluating the impact of spills in Northern waters.

«While advances in science and technology and improved safety practices have significantly reduced the threat of oil spills in Canadian waters over the past few decades, much about the fate, environmental impacts and remediation of oil spills remain poorly understood,» said Kenneth Lee, the director of Oceans and Atmosphere, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Perth, Western Australia and chair of the seven - member panel.

The devices are about 10 times thinner than a human hair, so presumably you would need epic fleets of them to make a difference in massive oil spills like the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

The scientist - versus - scientist clashes are just some of the new details about science's role in stopping the spill that have emerged in the year since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and set off what would become the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Some are worried an oil spill would harm protected species while others are concerned about the cost after oil prices more than halved in a year.

On top of that, there is little real - world information about how the Arctic's own oil (rather than an amalgam from an oil pipeline, as is now tested) will behave in the Arctic's heavily stratified water column, which could prevent deep spills from reaching the surface.

About 50,000 liters of crude oil poured into the Gulf of Thailand from a pipeline on Saturday, about 20 km (12 miles) off the coast, the fourth major oil spill in Thai hisAbout 50,000 liters of crude oil poured into the Gulf of Thailand from a pipeline on Saturday, about 20 km (12 miles) off the coast, the fourth major oil spill in Thai hisabout 20 km (12 miles) off the coast, the fourth major oil spill in Thai history.

The tanks sit in lined pits to catch any spills, he said, and the companies are installing their own seismic sensors to guide decisions about when to stop moving oil around.

Suggestions to read in today's digest are: a review about microbiological methods applied in studies following the deepwater horizon oil spill by S.Zhang, a paper by W. Pootakham on dynamics of coral ‐ associated microbiomes during a thermal bleaching event and a paper by X. Jiang on a novel auxotrophic interaction among soil microbes.

Black November (Unrated) Eco-thriller about a Nigerian community that takes on corrupt politicians and a multinational oil corporation in order to protect itself from spills and over-drilling.

Watch the full trailer for Mark Wahlberg's latest project, «Deepwater Horizon,» about the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, also starring Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, and Gina Rodriguez.

Other notable films that will screen at TIFF include Tom Ford «s «Nocturnal Animals,» with Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams; «Whiplash» director Damien Chazelle «s musical «La La Land,» with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone; Peter Berg «s «Deepwater Horizon,» a true - life drama about the oil spill, starring Mark Wahlberg and Kurt Russell; Werner Herzog «s «Salt and Fire,» a drama in which Michael Shannon and Gael Garcia Bernal face ecological disaster in South America; Ewan McGregor «s Philip Roth adaptation «American Pastoral,» the actor's directorial debut; Denis Villeneuve «s sci - fi drama «Arrival,» formerly titled «Story of Your Life,» with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner; Juan Antonio Bayona «s «A Monster Calls»; «Denial,» Mick Jackson's drama starring Rachel Weisz as a historian sued by a Holocaust denier; Irish director Jim Sheridan «s «The Secret Scripture,» with Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara playing two different ages of a woman who keeps a diary of her time in a mental hospital; and «Mascots,» Christopher Guest «s comedy about the world of sports mascots.

In addition to the London - based «Annihilation,» dramas coming up for the star include «Deepwater Horizon,» about the BP oil spill of 2010, and «Sticky Notes,» starring Ray Liotta and Rose Leslie.

A set of resources about the Sea Empress Disaster - the oil spill in Pembrokeshire.

A $ 5,500 investment in BP would have given investors about 3.5 x their initial investment in total dividends over the course of a twenty - year period that included a terrible oil spill that temporarily knocked the company off - kilter.

There is some dispute about the long - term environmental damage, but according to an article in the NY Times, «a 1993 study sponsored by UNESCO, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States found the spill did «little long - term damage»... About half the oil evaporated, a million barrels were recovered and 2 million to 3 million barrels washed ashore, mainly in Saudi Arabia.&rabout the long - term environmental damage, but according to an article in the NY Times, «a 1993 study sponsored by UNESCO, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States found the spill did «little long - term damage»... About half the oil evaporated, a million barrels were recovered and 2 million to 3 million barrels washed ashore, mainly in Saudi Arabia.&rAbout half the oil evaporated, a million barrels were recovered and 2 million to 3 million barrels washed ashore, mainly in Saudi Arabia.»

In 1969, the Dos Cuadras was the point of origin of a major oil spill, [1] which came about when oil spurted at high pressure through faults and cracks around a zone which had recently been drilled for the first time.

In the works for about five years, the rat eradication plan is one of many coastal restoration efforts funded by a $ 9.1 - million settlement with BP America stemming from the 1990 American Trader oil spill off Huntington Beach.

As zeitgeisty as the piece seems (there is much to scream about these days, from the oil spill on down to Tea Party antics), Ono created it back in 1961.

In the future, when fossil fuels are no longer the leading source of energy around the world and oil platforms aren't pumping oil from beneath the ocean floor, we won't have to worry about oil spills, but unfortunately, ocean pollution from spills, leaks and other sources is still a reality.

«NOAA is concerned about the status of bluefin tuna, including the potential effects of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill on the western stock of Atlantic bluefin, which spawns in the Gulf of Mexico,» said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator.

In effort to raise awareness about the human and environmental cost to oil pipeline spills and rally opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, a group called The Center for Biological Diversity put together this time lapse video documenting every significant oil pipeline spill in the US since 198In effort to raise awareness about the human and environmental cost to oil pipeline spills and rally opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, a group called The Center for Biological Diversity put together this time lapse video documenting every significant oil pipeline spill in the US since 198in the US since 1986.

I talked about the lifting of the moratorium this afternoon with Peter Lehner, the executive director of the Natural Resources Defense Council and author of «In Deep Water,» a new book on the gulf oil spill.

Comedians Andy Cobb and Mike Damanskis have a new video about the ExxonMobil oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas called Exxon - Energy Everywhere.

In other shocking news, officials in Kuwait have announced that about 90 % of corals in their territorial waters are dead or dying; the first Hourglass Dolphin found in more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of MexicIn other shocking news, officials in Kuwait have announced that about 90 % of corals in their territorial waters are dead or dying; the first Hourglass Dolphin found in more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexicin Kuwait have announced that about 90 % of corals in their territorial waters are dead or dying; the first Hourglass Dolphin found in more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexicin their territorial waters are dead or dying; the first Hourglass Dolphin found in more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexicin more than 150 years has washed up on the shores of New Zealand; Poison - laced mice are being airdropped into Guam to kill a rampant, invasive species of tree snake — there's a video, after the jump — , and in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexicin a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, an old oil - drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba divers — the type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexico.

When I wrote about the appearance of oiled ducks, I suspected that was a sign the oil had reached a body of water, since it seemed unlikely the birds would be landing in the oil - soaked yards we had seen in earlier photos of the spill.

While technology improvements have lessened the occurrence of oil spills in the last 40 years, the Mineral Management Service a bureau in the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages the nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf, projects about one oil spill per year of at least 1,000 barrels in the Gulf of Mexico over the next 40 years.

It has been more than a month since the Exxon Mobil tar sands oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas and residents and investigators are still waiting for answers to basic questions about the disaster.