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Tow Boats Start New Oil Spill In New Orleans
The BP oil spill disaster will continue to affect local economies around the Gulf of Mexico for many years, and also the environment will require decades of recovery. Now the Associated Press reports that New Orleans is back within the thick of an oil slick thanks to an errant tow boat called the Pere Ana C. The boat is said to have struck a wellhead in Louisiana marshland. Now the Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser told MSNBC that there is oil shooting into the air about 20 feet. Resource for this article – Tow boat smacks into New Orleans oil well, causes new spill by Personal Money Store.
Find this well south of New Orleans
The gushing oil well is located in an inland waterway along the border between Plaquemines Parish and Jefferson Parish, approximately 65 miles south of New Orleans. You can’t get to this place on roads. Workers for the recovery were stationed in Barataria Bay already moving oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster within the Gulf of Mexico. Nobody knows who the owner is right now. However, according to Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts, the amount of oil gushing out from the Pere Ana C. collision is considerable. A specific estimate has yet to be made, and also the specific method of recovery that will be used is also unknown at this time, as the area is only accessible by boat. Since there have been gas clouds reported within the area, officials worry about natural oil leaking as well.
Pere Ana C. was close to Mud Lake
Mud Lake was the approximate location of the Pere Ana C. collision early Tuesday morning. After the collision occurred, the Coast Guard ship had to move right away to the LaRose area. Right now, we have heard of no injuries. Media sources say that authorities are trying to find who the well belongs to so they can discover somebody to clean it up. Nobody knows if this spill is as costly as the BP spill with Deepwater Horizon.
Associated Press
miamiherald.com/2010/07/27/1748599/oil-spews-from-la-oil-well-struck.html
MSNBC
msnbc.msn.com/id/38429966/ns/us_news-environment/
Remember when BP blocked media access to cleanup workers?
youtube.com/watch?v=dZHnStD690U