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Here is a link to calculate gallons per barrel. In oil it's 42 gallons per barrel. 60,000 X 42 = 2,520,000. That's per day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_(volume))
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Here is a link to calculate gallons per barrel. In oil it's 42 gallons per barrel. 60,000 X 42 = 2,520,000. That's per day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_(volume))
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Judge Who Struck Down Moratorium Has Owned Transocean Stock
A federal judge in New Orleans on Tuesday sided with the oil industry, striking down the temporary moratorium on new offshore exploration and deepwater drilling the Obama administration imposed last month. That judge, it turns out, has in recent years had interests in Transocean—the world's largest offshore drilling company and the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig—as well as other energy companies engaged in offshore oil extraction.
According to the most recently available financial disclosure form for US District Court Judge Martin Feldman, he had holdings of up to $15,000 in Transocean in 2008. He has also recently owned stock in offshore drilling or oilfield service providers Halliburton, Prospect Energy, Hercules Offshore, Parker Drilling Co., and ATP Oil & Gas. Feldman was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983.
Obama's six-month moratorium put the brakes on the approval of new permits for deepwater drilling and suspended work at 33 exploratory wells in the Gulf and Pacific. A group of oil and gas companies, with the support of the state of Louisiana, asked the court to throw out the moratorium so they can continue drilling. Feldman heard two hours of arguments Monday on whether to grant an injunction to lift the moratorium before rendering his decision today. Describing the moratorium as "arbitrary and capricous," Feldman wrote in his opinion: "If some drilling equipment parts are flawed, is it rational to say all are? Are all airplanes a danger because one was? All oil tankers like Exxon Valdez? All trains? All mines? That sort of thinking seems heavy-handed, and rather overbearing."
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the Obama administration would immediately appeal Feldman's ruling.
The plaintiffs in the suit included Hornbeck Offshore Services, Bollinger Shipyards Inc., Bee Mar Deepwater Vessel Companies and Chouest Shore Side, Vessel, and Shipyard Companies. The Sierra Club, the Florida Wildlife Federation, and several other environmental groups filed briefs in support of the administration.
While not party to the lawsuit, Transocean has been highly critical of the moratorium. Speaking at an industry conference in London on Tuesday, CEO Steven Newman called the moratorium "arbitrary."
Feldman's most recent financial disclosures are not yet available online, so it remains unclear whether he still has holdings in Transocean and a host of other firms with a stake in the verdict he rendered on Tuesday. If he does, that raises the question of whether he should have barred from hearing the case because of his financial interests. But in Louisiana it's hard to find a judge without ties to the industry. In the Gulf region, 37 of 64 federal judges have some ties to the oil sector.
link below.
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/06/judge-moratorium-case-stock-transocean
A federal judge in New Orleans on Tuesday sided with the oil industry, striking down the temporary moratorium on new offshore exploration and deepwater drilling the Obama administration imposed last month. That judge, it turns out, has in recent years had interests in Transocean—the world's largest offshore drilling company and the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig—as well as other energy companies engaged in offshore oil extraction.
According to the most recently available financial disclosure form for US District Court Judge Martin Feldman, he had holdings of up to $15,000 in Transocean in 2008. He has also recently owned stock in offshore drilling or oilfield service providers Halliburton, Prospect Energy, Hercules Offshore, Parker Drilling Co., and ATP Oil & Gas. Feldman was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983.
Obama's six-month moratorium put the brakes on the approval of new permits for deepwater drilling and suspended work at 33 exploratory wells in the Gulf and Pacific. A group of oil and gas companies, with the support of the state of Louisiana, asked the court to throw out the moratorium so they can continue drilling. Feldman heard two hours of arguments Monday on whether to grant an injunction to lift the moratorium before rendering his decision today. Describing the moratorium as "arbitrary and capricous," Feldman wrote in his opinion: "If some drilling equipment parts are flawed, is it rational to say all are? Are all airplanes a danger because one was? All oil tankers like Exxon Valdez? All trains? All mines? That sort of thinking seems heavy-handed, and rather overbearing."
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the Obama administration would immediately appeal Feldman's ruling.
The plaintiffs in the suit included Hornbeck Offshore Services, Bollinger Shipyards Inc., Bee Mar Deepwater Vessel Companies and Chouest Shore Side, Vessel, and Shipyard Companies. The Sierra Club, the Florida Wildlife Federation, and several other environmental groups filed briefs in support of the administration.
While not party to the lawsuit, Transocean has been highly critical of the moratorium. Speaking at an industry conference in London on Tuesday, CEO Steven Newman called the moratorium "arbitrary."
Feldman's most recent financial disclosures are not yet available online, so it remains unclear whether he still has holdings in Transocean and a host of other firms with a stake in the verdict he rendered on Tuesday. If he does, that raises the question of whether he should have barred from hearing the case because of his financial interests. But in Louisiana it's hard to find a judge without ties to the industry. In the Gulf region, 37 of 64 federal judges have some ties to the oil sector.
link below.
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/06/judge-moratorium-case-stock-transocean
Sensationalism aside, this increase in methane infused into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico could be worrisome, if the actual facts indicated have some substance to them...
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I don't know if you follow the Bible, but it says the Earth will be destroyed by fire.
Some people even say 2012 is the end, do to the Myan calander running out. Although, some say because of the way their calander works, when it reaches the end, it's suppose to start over again. I don't know, but what I do know, is that what's going on in the Gulf is not good.
You know, I've been watching some of the live feeds of this event, and something really puzzles me...
How is it that these live feeds are so CLEAR? I just watched ROV1 pick up something off of the sea floor and it created a substantial cloud from the silt. Do you mean to tell me that this HUGE flow of oil (or whatever it is) is not generating any turbulence around it at all, and the sea floor around it still has a deep layer of silt completely untouched by any turbulence at all? The water is WAY too clear down there. I would think it would be like trying to see through a major dust storm.
Oh yeah, and as for the bright coloration of that oil column being from the lighting, please tell me, what sort of light would you use to shine on a BLACK column of oil to make it appear yellow and orange? What exactly IS that that is coming out of that pipe?
How is it that these live feeds are so CLEAR? I just watched ROV1 pick up something off of the sea floor and it created a substantial cloud from the silt. Do you mean to tell me that this HUGE flow of oil (or whatever it is) is not generating any turbulence around it at all, and the sea floor around it still has a deep layer of silt completely untouched by any turbulence at all? The water is WAY too clear down there. I would think it would be like trying to see through a major dust storm.
Oh yeah, and as for the bright coloration of that oil column being from the lighting, please tell me, what sort of light would you use to shine on a BLACK column of oil to make it appear yellow and orange? What exactly IS that that is coming out of that pipe?
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The live feeds I heard are fake and I watched at least one live feed that was looped. Another thing I heard was the orange and yellow flames are from iron and sulfer mixing or something.
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Major Storms can disrupt BP's cleanup. 
from what little understanding I have of silt, it needs to be disturbed directly to cloud up into the water.
In Faces of Death (I forget which one) there are ocean cave explorers and they describe how careful they are not to touch the bottom at all because the silt would cloud up in the water and they would get lost in the caves due to no visibilty (which is how one of the people died).
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I saw where it said they were using high definition cameras down there.
HD cameras don't make the water any less murky. I guess I'm just astonished that with all that stuff coming out of that well, and with all the turbulence that must be present, why is that water around the well still so crystal clear?
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Coincidence I know...
If anyone wants to watch all the live feeds at once, here's a site where you can do that -> http://www.searchlawrence.com/_bp_spill.html
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Unfit mother has goo gone so I guess it's okay to play around the oil. 
Interesting video from someone on the front lines....
Looks like health issues are beginning to escape the apparent blackout...
When I first read these, well, I thought yet more whackos on the net. But then I saw the sources, and now it gives me some pause. What the hell is going on?
http://www.examiner.com/x-37620-Con...a-BP-others-engaged-in-algae-scam-in-the-Gulf
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/os-nasa-administrator-scandal-20100620,0,4126603.story
http://www.examiner.com/x-37620-Con...a-BP-others-engaged-in-algae-scam-in-the-Gulf
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/os-nasa-administrator-scandal-20100620,0,4126603.story
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I still think it's because the turbulence motion is directed upward and not downward towards the floor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silt_out