latest amounts in Alaska "greatest" oil spill 265,000 gallons.

[donsu]

wonder if the media will ever mention this?

show pictures. PICTURES

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article351121.ece

Burst oil pipeline causes 'catastrophe' in Alaska


A burst pipeline in Alaska's North Slope has caused the Arctic region's worst oil spill, spreading more than 250,000 gallons of crude oil over an area used by caribou herds and prompting environmentalists again to question the Bush administration's drive for more oil exploration there.

The leak was first spotted by a British Petroleum worker 11 days ago, and was reported to have been plugged a few days later. Initial hopes expressed by BP that the spill was limited to a few tens of thousands of gallons proved to be over-optimistic. Alaska's Department of Environmental Conservation has steadily increased its estimate of the size of the spill, the latest estimate putting it at around 265,000 gallons.

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is there an independent reporter in Alaska that can get some pics and info to us?

and clean up? whose doing clean up? who got the no bid job?

how much life has been lost (flora and fauna)?

the oil is still there from the Valdez spill

[Deja Q]

1. How many gallons in a barrel?

[4morewars]

3. 50 ?

that's my guess

[stellanoir]

4. those barrels were

traditionally called "55 gallon drums.".

[tavery]

7. gallons in a "petroleum barrel'

42 GALS. IN A PETROLEUM BARREL

[stellanoir]

9. okay I stand corrected

[newyawker99]

10. Hi tavery!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[monktonman]

2. Well, there goes all the oil we were going to get....

from the wild life refuge. No need to dig now.

[Beelzebud]

5. Don't you just love how this is being completely IGNORED by the media?

Hmm. Couldn't have anything to do with their corporate masters all wanting to rape the Alaskan wildlife refuge could it?

[donsu]

6. yeah congress just agreed to let them drill

money, money, money

[Blue_In_AK]

8. It's not being ignored by the local media

but I too am surprised that we're not hearing more about it on the national evening news, etc. BP is handling the clean-up, but it has been going very slowly. With -40 to -60 degree weather with windchills, shifts have to be rotated very often for the safety of the workers. So far apparently 60,000 gallons or so have been recovered. The hope is that damage to the tundra will be minimal as it is frozen and the oil can't seep through. However, the pipeline is old and starting to corrode so a lot of remedial work needs to be done to ensure its continued safety.

Here is a link to various stories that have appeared on our local nightly news, about halfway down the page...

http://www.ktuu.com/cms/anmviewer.asp?a=4088&z=1

[donsu]

11. thank you for this info - hope it stays frozen long enough to clean up

nt

[lanah]

12. Did Kerry bring this up in the senate debate on ANWR?

Did Kerry bring this up in the senate debate on ANWR?
:shrug:
I missed it...