Update from the USF Coastal Research Laboratory on Oil Sands
Areas just offshore from some of Florida’s most heavily oiled beaches appear to be free of visible oil contamination, yet erosion of buried beach oil and subsequent redistribution is still expected during storms.
Louisiana Curtails Coastal Plan
Officials are temporarily scaling back their ambitions for a massive sand berms program that was designed to block oil from hitting coastal marshes but that continues to draw federal opposition.
Oil industry has yet to adopt lessons of BP spill
Response to the incident needs to go beyond deep-water drilling.
U.S. Issues New Rules on Offshore Drilling
The rules take effect immediately under emergency rule-making powers.
Commission hears: 50 Percent of BP Spilled Oil Remains in Gulf
This remaining fraction, of the total discharge, is a highly durable material that resists further dissipation. Much of it is now buried in marine and coastal sediments.
Oil Lingering in Waters off Alabama, Mississippi and Florida Beaches
Just off the beach, in about 3 feet of water, the team found bands of oil buried under 4 or 5 inches of clean sand. Tarballs remain as easy to find as seashells.
Gulf Oil Spill’s Vastness Confirmed: Largest Marine Oil Accident Ever
This new study is the first to lay out the details of an analysis publicly in a report independently reviewed by other researchers and scientists. A total of 4.4 million barrels has escaped, given the study’s stated 20 percent margin of error plus or minus.
Where You Can and Cannot Dig at the Beach
Building sand castles on Florida’s beaches, poses problem, tell oil-hunting reporters.
Second big fish kill in less than a week reported in Louisiana
The coastal zone director for Plaquemines Parish, would like to see more testing of the area where the kill was reported to determine whether oil from the BP spill contributed to the kill, as well as earlier fish kill reported last week.