Sunday, June 13, 2010

Oil Barrel from Deepwater Rig Washes Up on Florida Beach



Mystery Tank From Exploded Oil Rig Washes Ashore On Local Beaches
http://www.wjhg.com/news/headlines/96221084.html
Eye witnesses tell newschannel seven the tank had BP identifying logos on it but those were promptly removed when crews arrived late this morning.
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Piece of oil rig washes up on Florida beach
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/12/2012132/piece-of-oil-rig-washes-up-on.html
The Associated Press

A piece of wreckage from the deepsea rig that exploded in April has washed up on a beach in Florida about 190 miles from the site of the disaster.

Bay County Sheriff Deputy Ray Maulbeck was working beach patrol Saturday morning when he came upon the stainless steel tank that had some oil oozing from it, along with barnacles and sea growth attached to it. The Coast Guard and state environmental officials were called in to investigate, and they took the piece away.

Maulbeck says the part had markings that identified it as having come from the Deepwater Horizon rig.
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Oil container washes ashore in Florida
By the CNN Wire Staff
June 12, 2010 10:51 p.m. EDT
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/12/florida.oil.container/

(CNN) -- A portion of beach in Panama City, Florida, was closed Saturday after a large oil container with BP markings washed ashore, local authorities said.

It was not immediately clear if the container, which was leaking a small amount of oil, came from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded April 20 and sank two days later, triggering a massive underwater gusher that has led to the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.

BP officials could not be immediately reached for comment.

Panama City has not yet seen tar balls or any other evidence of the spill reach its shoreline, according to Bay County spokeswoman Valerie Lovett.

The large, stainless steel tank about the size of a refrigerator washed up on the west end of Panama City Beach and was discovered shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, Bay County sheriff's Deputy Ray Maulbeck told CNN.

The container has a capacity of 550 gallons of oil, but Maulbeck said officials didn't know how much oil was in the tank.

The beach is set to reopen Sunday, he said.

The container will be transported to Louisiana for investigation, Lovett said.

2 comments:

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fill rite flow meter said...

What a pitty :(, acctualy "Mystery Tank From Exploded Oil Rig Washes Ashore On Local Beaches" it's a bad news. The oil would be negatives effect for marine ecosystem. The company have to investigate about this to get the answer. For a while, try to training staff again, have a backup fill rite flow meter as alternative if their face up some troubles. Read this for your reference.