You see boyz and girls. There once was a bad man named Saddam who recently lost his head. Who long  before hiding in a hole lit off some oil wells back in the days when the Kuwaitis use to piss on us for breakfast. Those oil wells caused a massive oil spill. Much bigger than what we are now experiencing (One of the top 10 by the way). So a recovery ship known as the Al Wassit was launched. Its clean up results? 

“Three skimming vessels under contract to Saudi ARAMCO were deployed in the offshore skimming operations in an attempt to remove as much oil as possible prior to its washing up on a shoreline. The largest skimming vessel, the Norwegian Al Wassit, recovered more than 100,000 barrels of an oil/water mixture during its first 30 days of operation. (The vessel’s captain reported encountering oil slicks as thick as six inches that emitted strong vapors for up to three weeks after the discharge.) Two smaller skimming vessels were also effectively deployed offshore. Skimming operations were very slow due to the constant threat of striking a mine.” Report To Congress United States Gulf Environmental Technical Assistance From January 27 – July 31 1991

Thats 100,000bbls not gallons…. You see boyz and girls the Al Wassit was a converted coastal tanker that was turned in a floating oil water seperator with what was known as sweep arm recovery technology. So where is this ship today? Beats me I lost track of her many years ago. Last I heard our Saudi friends had her under contract. But she could be razor blades today. This PROVEN technology has been there. It works. So rather than ask Kevin Costner where his toy is that no one knows if its works or not.

Why not ask where the Al Wassit is today and why it has not been deployed? Or better yet where are those sweep arms which could be re-fitted on any small tank ship or motor barge?

Its simple we just don’t learn our lessons learned. And soory to say we are STILL not prepared for a spill event like this. Though as unpopular as this will become. The recovery of the oil by the fleet of skimmers on scene and thanks to mother nature so far has been 50 to 60% rather than the normal 10 to 15%…

Though I am puzzled why we can’t crimp and hot tap whats left of the well head? Got a funny feeling that the top of the well head is below the sea bed and that will not be a good deal if true….

Look who is talking about skipping reality… OK bigshots since you talk the talk so well and known it all. Then why don’t you recommend the fix to this blowout?

Typical asshole just like AC here who also knows everything. In reality? Both of oyu know shit….

Saw this at John Smart’s

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Obama Should Send Sarah
Palin to Louisiana
 
Big Government,
by Jason Killian Meath   

Original Article

5/24/2010

President Barack Obama could use Sarah Palin about right now. With oil gushing into the Gulf and no end in sight, Palin appeared on Fox News Sunday demanding an answer why President Obama is “”taking so doggone long to get in there, to dive in there, and grasp the complexity and the potential tragedy that we are seeing here in the Gulf of Mexico.”It is no surprise Palin should grasp the BP disaster better than Obama. She was Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, overseeing the state’s oil and gas fields for ….

Louisiana Officials Threaten Action
if Spill Response Proves Inadequate

New York Times,
by Campbell Robertson

Original Article

5/24/10VENICE, La. — Louisiana state and local officials continued to hammer BP and the federal agencies responding to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Sunday, repeatedly threatening to “take matters into our own hands” if the response fell short. At a news conference at a marina here, Gov. Bobby Jindal recited a timeline of his requests to BP and the Coast Guard for containment boom, skimmers and other supplies, saying that the resources were still far from adequate weeks later. Around 65 miles of Louisiana coastline had been “oiled,” he said,

“David Pettit, has posted language in the Clean Water Act, which was amended through the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, that appears clearly to vest the president with both the authority and the obligation to take the reins in a major oil spill where private actions have failed:
(A) If a discharge, or a substantial threat of a discharge, of oil or a hazardous substance from a vessel, offshore facility, or onshore facility is of such a size or character as to be a substantial threat to the public health or welfare of the United States (including but not limited to fish, shellfish, wildlife, other natural resources, and the public and private beaches and shorelines of the United States), the President shall direct all Federal, State, and private actions to remove the discharge or to mitigate or prevent the threat of the discharge. (the rest of  the Switchboard post)
There’s no doubt. The responsibility to run the effort to stanch the oil flow lies with the White House. It was pretty clear on May 14 and is clearer now: Move over, BP.”

I heard about this song last night during a CSI episode. My first though OMG this could have been written for today in the gulf

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