login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
BP Oil Spill is World's Worst Accidental Release
"Scientists now estimate nearly 5 million barrels of oil have leaked into the Gulf since the April 20 explosion that sunk the BP-run Deepwater Horizon offshore rig," Fox News quoted an Obama administration the report as saying.
"Not all of this oil and gas flowed into the ocean, noting that about 800,000 barrels of oil were captured before the well was capped in mid-July," it added.
BP is yet to permanently plug the busted well. After insisting for months that a pair of costly relief wells were the only sure fire way to stop the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials have recently said they may be able to do it just with lines running from a ship to the blown-out well a mile below.
The company has planned to carry out tests to determine whether to proceed with a "static kill" to pump mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the well.
"Even if we were to pump the cement from the top, we will still continue on with the relief well and confirm that the well is dead. Either way, we want to end up with cement in the bottom of the hole," BP's Senior Vice President Kent Wells said.
|
|
|
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
 | News Central | | Health Watch | |
| Latest Health News | | Health In Focus | |
| News Category (500+) | | Breaking Health News | |
| Popular News | | Celebrating Life | |
| Health News and Press Release | | Medindia - Exclusive | |
| News Photo Gallery | | India Special | |
| News Video Gallery | | Lifestyle and Wellness | |
| News From Other Resources | |||
| News Categories: |
| » | Revision in Quality Standards for Heparin |
| » | Acne Drug Users At High Risk of Developing Eye Infections |
| » | Patients Who Take Antidepressants When in ICU More Likely to Die |
| » | New Tablet Coating Product by Ideal Cures, In Geneva |
| » | Prednisolone Benefits Patients With Bell's Palsy |
| More Drug News | |
|
Environmental Health Related News |
||||||||
| » | Nuclear Disasters Likely to Occur Once in 20 Years | » | Cut Down Seagrass Ecosystems to Liberate Carbon | |||||
| » | Research Shows Global Warming Intensifying Water Cycle | » | Future of Renewable Energy: Space-Based Solar Power? | |||||
| » | Earth Will Not be Able to Sustain Human Activity by 2030 | » | Fungus That Can Consume Discarded Plastic Discovered | |||||
| » | Prudent Intake Can Induce Dip in Carbon Footprint: Study | » | Study Links Air Pollution Level Changes in Beijing With Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers | |||||
| Read More >> | ||||||||
