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Title: NOAA Finds Several Leaks In Cracks On Gulf Seafloor; Leaks Where Also Caused By IXTOC Blowout
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URL Source: http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/20 ... used-oil-leak-cracks-seafloor/
Published: Jun 29, 2010
Author: Alexander Higgins
Post Date: 2010-06-29 12:27:25 by christine
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There seems to be a great deal of skepticism over the possibility that cracks in the well casing and rock formation surrounding the BP Gulf Oil spill could lead to oil leaking from cracks in the seafloor. However the chronology of the IXTOC blowout reveals that an underground blowout caused oil to leak from cracks in the seafloor. Some experts deny that there are even cracks in the rocks surrounding the leaking oil well even though MMS documents show that BP has reports a series of cracks in the well casing and surrounding rock formation as far back as February. Other experts contend that you can’t have cracks in the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico because the entire seabed is a layer of silt that has the consistency of pudding. The facts are that there BP has reports cracks in the sea floor and well casing and that there have been a series of well control events or blowouts that have occurred during the drilling of of the Macondo oil well that is now leaking millions of gallons of oil every day into the Gulf of Mexico. The first report of cracks in the both rocks surrounding the well and in the well itself in February was only the first in a series of “well control events” or blowouts. Since the initial February blowout, according to the findings of an interim investigation released by congress there have been a total of 5 “well control events” or blowouts including the final blowout that led to the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and collapse. 
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#7. To: christine (#0)
I wonder what'll happen once the Corexit and oil starts seeping into the Potomic?
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