• Oil Spill at Port Arthur dumps 450k gallons
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[quote](CNN) -- A tanker ship loaded with oil in the Port of Port Arthur, Texas, collided with two barges being towed by a tug boat, resulting in a spill of about 450,000 gallons of crude, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. No injuries were reported, but a 50-block area around the port was evacuated out of caution, as the tanker was carrying a type of oil containing sulfide. The portion of the port where the collision occurred will remain closed until it is deemed safe for workers and other vessels to return, Petty Officer Richard Brahm said. The Coast Guard has deployed 4,000 feet of boom, which helps corral the oil, with 10,000 more feet available for cleanup. Also on the scene are oil skimmers, three boom vessels, four 25-foot Coast Guard boats, the Coast Guard cutter Manowar and authorities from the local police and fire departments. There is almost no water flow in the area, so the oil isn't spreading out. The spill is in a "very still" area of the waterway, which is helping contain it, Brahm said. "There is almost no water flow in the area, so the oil isn't spreading out," he said. The port is primarily for industrial use, but Coast Guard Capt. John J. Plunkett said there are environmental concerns to marsh areas both up- and downstream of the spill. He said the spill hadn't reached those areas. The Coast Guard did not indicate how long cleanup will take. The investigation into the cause of the collision is ongoing. Port Arthur is about 100 miles east of Houston, near the Louisiana border. The biggest oil spill in U.S. history occurred in 1989 when the Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in the Gulf of Alaska, resulting in the spill of 11 million gallons of crude.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/23/texas.oil.spill/?hpt=T2[/url] Do you hear that? It's the cry of thousands of wallets, screaming for help, realizing gas prices are going to go up even higher. In other news, Texas is slowly becoming a horrible place to live and will soon meet a quota of 1 bad thing happening to it a month.
its 450k gallons
[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;19814297]its 450k gallons[/QUOTE] Makes it even worse, now doesn't it? EDIT: Fixed it.
Holy shit. I live down the highway from there. I'm going to go light it up with a match. :v:
Slick move dude.
Wow, talk about a slip-up.
Just what we need.
ay caramba
This explains why all the oil company stocks took a hit today. [URL="http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ACOP"]http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ACOP[/URL] Or I don't understand how the market works.
Sounds like a slippery mess
Port Arthur is a mess already. It's probably a dead zone for most marine life. This spill won't cause to much environmental harm.
Oh shit.
[QUOTE=Musicfreak59;19814315]Makes it even worse, now doesn't it? EDIT: Fixed it.[/QUOTE] Yes, But it's not that bad, It could have been worse. A lot worse. Could have been the Knock Nevis over fragile ecological reserve. We got lucky having it happen in a shitty port.
Oil stocks go down hurrah! ...... :(
Well, [i]Oil[/i] be damned.
[QUOTE=Flitchaye;19815176]Wow, talk about a slip-up.[/QUOTE] What a crude attempt at a news pun. Leave it to us refined goldmembers to pump out some quality puns.
[QUOTE=lmaoboat;19816596]What a crude attempt at a news pun. Leave it to us refined goldmembers to pump out some quality puns.[/QUOTE] Well played, old chap. Well played indeed.
[QUOTE=lmaoboat;19816596]What a crude attempt at a news pun. Leave it to us refined goldmembers to pump out some quality puns.[/QUOTE] That was a sleek response.
[QUOTE=Nitrowing;19816421]Well, [I]Oil[/I] be damned.[/QUOTE] That was the worst pun I've ever seen.
[QUOTE=Fables;19817989]That was the worst pun I've ever seen.[/QUOTE] Yeah, It was [I]gas[/I]tly. Mine sucks too. :saddowns:
[QUOTE=lmaoboat;19816596]What a crude attempt at a news pun. Leave it to us refined goldmembers to pump out some quality puns.[/QUOTE] Haha. Oil. Crude. Crude oil. Hilarious. Jesus, seriously, what's up with these spills? Are they operating the ships under the influence of various drugs and ethanol?
looks like a slippery situation [editline]03:12AM[/editline] get it, cuz oil's slippery [editline]03:12AM[/editline] yeah
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;19815144]Holy shit. I live down the highway from there. I'm going to go light it up with a match. :v:[/QUOTE] ...
They'll have Arthur's much Hydrocarbons.
"Oil containing sulphide" Necessary comment?
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