Yearly Archives: 2010

After several failed attempts to stop the spilling crude oil entering the Gulf of Mexico, BP may utilize a technique adopted in the former Soviet Union to seal unruly oil wells. The method? To detonate a nuclear bomb a mile or so into the Earth’s crust to stem the flow. […]

Oil spill latest: A nuke to stop the Gulf oil ...

2 Jun, 2010 in news by Benjamin Latham

BP originally estimated that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill would be contained with robotic submarines, however early attempts to contain the oil spill failed. Now BP and the Obama administration are left with an ever-worsening environmental catastrophe and a spiralling clean-up bill that runs into billions of dollars. As […]

Oil spill latest: The cost of clumsiness

7 May, 2010 in news by Benjamin Latham

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now 80 miles across and the size of Jamaica, and according to new reports is five times worse than first thought, leaking around 5000 barrels into the sea, as opposed to the 1000 barrels first estimated. The new estimates were released […]

Gulf oil spill latest: Containing the spill

29 Apr, 2010 in news by Benjamin Latham

Over two decades after the devastating Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska, significant quantities of oil can still be found covering the state’s shores and beneath gravel beaches, a new study has discovered. Over 21,000 gallons of crude oil remains of the 11 million gallons of crude […]

Traces of Exxon Valdez spill can still be found

24 Mar, 2010 in news by Benjamin Latham