Oil Spill Live Feed Link: Watch the Video, BP Heavily Criticised

by Amy Judd | May 21, 2010 at 08:00 am
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A Live Feed of the BP Oil Spill Has Been Posted Online by Senator Bill Nelson Shows Oil Gushing Out of the Deepwater Horizon Rig: BP Heavily Criticized for Leak

There are currently two places on line to watch the oil spill live feed, but both sites are experiencing heavy traffic so if the video does not work right away, be patient and refresh the page and it will load when it can.

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In the video a large amount of oil and gas can be seen gushing out in to the ocean right next to the pipe that is carrying some of the oil to the surface. It was Congressman Ed Markey from Massachusetts that really pushed for BP to make the video available to the public as he wants everyone to see what exactly is happening to the ecosystem, wildlife and people and what could happen if the oil is allowed to spread even further via the ocean currents.

"These videos stand as a scalding, blistering indictment of BP's inattention to the scope and size of the greatest environmental catastrophe in the history of the United States," said Rep. Edward J. Markey (D., Mass.)

BP has been heavily criticized for their response to the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig that sunk over a month ago in the Gulf of Mexico. They say that the tube they placed down there is capturing 210,000 gallons (5,000 barrels) a day, but as the video shows, they are a long way from trapping the oil completely. They later backtracked, saying they had only managed to capture about 2,220 barrels and some independent scientists have estimated that the amout of oil gushing out everyday is 10 times the estimated 5,000 barrels.

According to CNN, a BP Managing Director Bob Dudley said that over the weekend the company plans to pump fluids in to the well that will hopefully lead to the leak being closed off in the next few days.

"If that option doesn't work, we've got a second and a third option we'll do after that," Dudley said on CNN's Larry King on Thursday. "We're hopeful that next week we'll be able to shut it off."

People are angry however. Oil has already breached some of the booms set up to protect the coastline and wildlife are washing up on the beaches covered in oil and struggling to survive.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson wrote a letter to BP CEO Tony Hayward in which they state that the public and the government has the right to 'complete transparency' about all matters relating to this oil spill.

The letter requests all records of sampling, monitoring and internal investigations -- as well as any videos related to the spill.

On Sunday BP had announced that they were going to try to plug the leak with heavy mud and concrete but have now stated that attempt will not happen until the earliest on Tuesday. With such a method never attempted at such a great depth it is still unknown if it will work however, and many are doubtful it will.

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Sherrie Lea

    www.youtube.com/sherrielealaird   STOP LYING

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liberals ruin the world

 

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Sher Lea

why'd you delete my comment that experts said it's 4 million gallons   stop lying corporate scum and in fact  BP has been Paid for their losses already. PAID FOR BY US and who's paying anything to the animals. We deserve to be booted off this planet. FcuK HUMANS

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Rick Benn

Some day we all might be, just like the dinosaurs.

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B Mutia

To protest the worst oil spill in the US everybody must learn how to use less fossil fuel ... at least for everybody's cars and trucks.Most vehicles from 1996 and newer are Electronically Fuel Injected (EFI). EFI logic follows the Air-Fuel Ratio (AFR). When more air is detected going into the engine, more fossil fuel injected to mix with it. Inversely, when less air is detected going into the engine, then less fuel is injected to mix with it. So by blocking some area of air passage after the Mass Air Flow sensor will cause less air to flow in therefore forcing the fuel injector to use less fuel.See www.greenfuelbooster.com/leanFuelFrame.html

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planet booter

You first Sher

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RickFlair2008

The chemical dispersal agents used by BP are making people sick.  See this coverage by WDSU New Orleans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyrK4Qk9hQ

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Alacrity Fitzhugh

The government needs to step up and push BP out of the driver's seat. They exploded a rig, caused a ecological disaster that keeps on giving, waited 10 days to give us live feed - and only after a Congressional Order to do so, dumps toxic dispersements in the water, and yet we still let them lead the oil spill clean-up? WTF? BP shouldn't be in charge of the clean-up. It's like having an axe murderer clean up his own crime scene, it isn't done. The temptation to hide evidence will be too strong for BP and we shall miss out on a lot of things, that we as a planet, should put ahead of corporate greed. Their current drilling leases on U.S. land should be revoked as well as any future drilling leases until they take responsibility, both publicly and financially. Who is more important? The U.S., or some giant corporation?

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mehmety

çevre kirliliği yazınız çok güzel ve önemli bir konu  teşekkürler

 

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Mona Abbott

BP, At first, we were told there were 3 leaks, one of which was major and in order to try the first top hat, they sorta closed off one of the lesser leaks. What is that one doing now and how was it slowed or stopped, and what is the 3rd leak doing? We also need specification information on the diameter & wall thickness of the riser, the nature of the materials used, what kind of metal or whatever the makeup is, I'd assume its a metal alloy for instance, but what exactly is it? And what is the plan for the new BOP, will you be cutting off the bent over pipe and placing the new BOP where the well immediately comes out of the ocean floor?

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Mona Abbott

BP, please share all video views of the underwater oil spill activity so as the public can have better understanding so if some genius can come up with a solution, they are provided with the right information to do so.

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Mona Abbott

Here is an idea proposal... Use a bundle of rods... Whatever size (length and diameter) stiff rods you can stick into the gushing pipe. One rod at a time, will be easier than a big plug. But as you put one skinny but strong and long rod in at a time, and secure each rod however needed, maybe... BP, please share all video views of the underwater oil spill activity so as the public can have better understanding so if some genius can come up with a solution, they are provided with the right information to do so.We also need specification information on the diameter & wall thickness of the riser, the nature of the materials used, what kind of metal or whatever the makeup is, I'd assume its a metal alloy for instance, but what exactly is it? And what is the plan for the new BOP, will you be cutting off the bent over pipe and placing the new BOP where the well immediately comes out of the ocean floor?At first, we were told there were 3 leaks, one of which was major and in order to try the first top hat, they sorta closed off one of the lesser leaks. What is that one doing now and how was it slowed or stopped, and what is the 3rd leak doing? Potential problem solvers need to be apprised of all this info ASAP and as often as possible. Bad though it may be we need to see the big picture!

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lalalaurie

BP has been a huge financial contributor to Obama... Is that why we are not seeing more outratge over BPs lack of ability to get this under control? If this had happened under anyone elses watch the protests would be unbelievable.  Instead, what are the Obama supporters doing?  Organizing protests with SEIU to terrorize the children of Bank of America's children. They blind eye party line division needs to come to an end.  This is wrong!

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ohboy

maybe they have bit off more than they can chew. and nothing can stop it.

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badger

The real and even bigger issue is what will happen when the oil that's just now starting to into the Loop current is then pushed into the Atlantic circulatory currents that help disperse the heavy salt contents from the melting of sea ice?  There's a very interesting  BBC  documentary "The gulf steam and the next ice age"  So maybe BP will get it's own poetic justice !!!

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Rajesh Patel

Yanks, obviously don't like people urinating in there pool   They don't mind when they ACCIDENTLY do it in others either  

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paul Ray 4474

I'm sure you are a experienced yanker.

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Urs Keller

Its time they to something serious.All that problems only because of saving some dollars for security.

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Verna Dunlap

It's all our fault

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Jarhead68

Vema, don't give in to the guilt.  The planet isn't dying. We'll kill ourselves off long before the planet dies.  Somehow, somewhere, someone has convinced you that humans are all evil, cunning and without conscience.  Some are, most are not, thus The Constitution of the United Stares of America.  What we need is to adhere to it and keep the govt. off our backs.  Only then will we continue to prosper.  Some regulation is necessary but usually the govt. over does it and screws things up.  Then they try to fix that with even more overbearing legislation.  We need to get back to basics and get rid of everyone in DC, replacing them with Constitutionalists.  

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Verna Dunlap

We allowed every bit of this. As a whole that is. We suck at taking care of this planet. And if you saty hey, you have been saying this counld happen for 30 years.. Well big deal, You and me have a very whimpy voice. So, its our fault. All of ours. Crappy huh

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paul Ray 4474

Just wait Verna,you'll change your mind when O'bama's  cap & trade makes your power bill quadruples.Do you really think this is an accident?O'bama is using this as a platform to launch his carbon credit purchasing program,which will probably pass because of naive people like you.

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chips

Are all the difficulties in closing or stopping the flow of oil because they are looking at it like they would go back after and start production? or are they actually trying to shut it down permanently ?if so are there different methods?

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Annomus

Bp should pay for the animals and the water clean up

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anne t

what is the correct penalty or fine for destroying the Gulf Ecosystem?  The herring fisheries in Alaska have STILL not recovered from the Valdez spill.  What is the cost in terms of human economics?  The Gulf a dead zone thanks to corporate fossil fuel hegemony-- and will be for probably the rest of our lifetimes (at least).... What is the monetary cost of not having any life in the Gulf of Mexico??   when will we realize that you can't eat money! Illegalize planet-rape for profit!

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elvisjj

This has really become quite a media event as it's on CNN every night and virtually all night long. It's sad that we have rely so much on oil and we can see what oil really can do when it's out of control. It's time the world stopped using oil and came up with a much more clean fuel for all our purposes as oil is only good to make giant oil companies richer, such as in the case of BP.

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Onthecarousel

Thanks for ur lovely share! I think BP is trying to clean up their debacle. Read article at: http://www.stockthewarehouse.org/popping-culture-lifestyle/the-grassy-knoll/539-bps-oil-spill-debacle-cover-up-clean-up-and-cut-out.html

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Harry Tyner

If they could drill some holes in the pipe at different angles and put pins in  them, They could then move upstream on the pipe and drill another hole and inject stuf that would snag on the first pins. When stuffed full put a pin in the last hole.

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paul Ray 4474

Does anyone think its funny the leak started on Earth Day?

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Chaz... you know from the movie

What are they doing down there?  I never know what they are doing down there.

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