Author Archives: Steve Maley

Scientists have discovered a hitherto-unknown oil-chomping microbes in the cold, briny depths of the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, it’s difficult, if not impossible, to find free oil out in the Gulf, either on the surface or in a … Continue reading →

Link: New oil-eating bug thrives at 41F. Resilient Mother Nature, Part XLIV. #rsrh Who’d’a thunk it? Some crudites with your salad dressing?

The Obama Administration has filed some 27,000 pages of documents in Federal court which disclose the process by which it decided to forge ahead with a deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico, in spite of expert advice, public … Continue reading →

A group for researchers from the Georgia Sea Grant grabbed headlines yesterday by challenging NOAA’s claim that 75% of the BP oil is accounted for – that it has been captured, burned, evaporated, degraded, dissipated or munched by microbes. The … Continue reading →

Link: More proof that journos are numerically challenged @dailybeast: http://bit.ly/cB8Pvd #rsrh Billion gallons, million barrels … hell, I don’t know but it was 5 of something really BIG!

Link: Interior to allow some shallow water projects to proceed. #rsrh In a nutshell, Shelf projects can still fall under “categorical exclusions” if there are no unusual environmental risk factors. Operators must comply with more rigorous requirements for their Oil … Continue reading →

Virtually the entire environmental community showed a blatant disregard for the science and the facts, leading to an overblown forecast of the impact of the BP oil spill on the Gulf Coast. All the observable factors which would serve to … Continue reading →

On one hand, Mr. Obama, the “Worst Oil Spill in History” theme serves your Administration well as a pretext for eviscerating the offshore petroleum industry, an industry that, until this spring, was relatively healthy despite the recession. By doing so, … Continue reading →

Link: Kill the well! Bash it’s head! Do it in! #rsrh I agree completely. Having drilled the relief well, BP should perform the bottom kill.

Link: TX Att’y General sues Feds over Deepwater drilling moratorium. #rsrh “The Texas attorney general sued the Obama administration on Wednesday over its new deepwater offshore drilling moratorium, claiming that it is unjustified and that federal officials did not contact … Continue reading →