Beyond Petroleum”) Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion on April 20. It’s the largest marine oil spill ever in the petroleum industry. Environmental scientists are still assessing the long-term damage that will affect wildlife in the area. “The Phoenix Zoo is proud to be a small part of the effort to save and rescue animals affected by the oil spill,” says Dan Subaitis, Director of Animal Management for the Phoenix Zoo in an official release. A video of the pelicans hanging out in quarantine was just released by the Phoenix Zoo. Check it out … Read ahead
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Gulf. But marine scientists now fear that colorless, odorless natural gas that escaped from the ruptured well is also destroying the delicate ocean ecosystems—and BP might never be held accountable for the damage this "invisible villain" causes. Investigations have so far indicated that the rig explosion was caused by natural gas—likely triggered when a highly pressurized surge of gas shot up through the well and ignited when it came into contact with machinery. But in the aftermath, the role all this gas—some 40 percent of what is escaping from the well—will play in the destruction of marine life has seldom been discussed. … 
Testimony from today’s hearings seemed to indicate the same: Ronald Sepulvado, a BP well site leader, testified that weeks before the explosion on the rig, leaks were found on a control pod of the blowout preventer—an important safety device that failed to stop the disaster. (Earlier hearings revealed that one of the two control pods also had a … 
London-based BP has acknowledged a series of failures occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the hours before the explosion that killed 11 workers and triggered the spill that has so far spewed at least 7 million gallons (26.5 million litres) into the Gulf. … 
The oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico, resulting from the explosion at a BP offshore drilling rig that tragically left 11 dead, is quickly growing to become the biggest ecological disaster this country has ever experienced. Here are 7 long-term consequences we must expect from this catastrophe. …