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1. Icy crystals foil attempt to cap oil leak - Disaster in the ...
May 8, 2010 ... Deep sea oil drillers often encounter pockets of methane crystals ... the big oil leak.
first reports of what may have caused the explosion of ... was brought on by a double of methane
gas that escaped from the well and ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37008288/ns/us_news-environment/
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4. UCSB Scientist Proposes Novel Method to Quantify Gulf Oil Spill | Marine Science
Institute
Jun 2010 - ...estimate on the oil spilled...already measuring methane in some Gulf...to map the
methane plumes in real...The platform explosion on April 20...pressurized methane from a BP well
almost one mile deep in the Gulf...amounts of oil to spill...
http://www.msi.ucsb.edu/news/ucsb-scientist-proposes-novel-method-quantify-gulf-oil-spill
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7. CBC News - World - Gas bubble triggered oil rig blast: report
The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas
that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, according to ...
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/07/oil-rig-blast.html
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8. Not just oil: Methane gas may cause 'dead zones' in Gulf ...
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Levels of methane in deep-ocean waters ... OIL SPILL - NEW INFO
bulg on ocean floor, methane gas buildup will lead to explosion ...
http://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/23/Not_just_oil_Methane_gas_may_cause_dead_zones_in_Gul
f/
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10. BP Gulf Oil Gusher: Methane, Climate & Dead Zones :: The ...
Jul 11, 2010 ... BP Gulf Oil Well Cap, Pressure At The Wellhead And What It Really .... Unlike oil,
significant amount of methane gas dissolves in deep cold water. .... Even a small explosion of that
methane could cause a catastrophe. ...
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article21004.html
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12. Investigator Warned MMS in 2009 About Deepwater Gas Blowouts ...
... deep intercept greater than 20,000 ft will be a challenge to any relief well team. ... been a gas
explosion that killed everyone for many states. The methane gas somehow causes ...
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100524/investigator-warned-mms-2009-about-deepwater-gas-blow
outs-gulf-mexico
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13. April 26, 2009, ProPublica: Officials in Three States Pin ...
They also point out that methane doesn't necessarily come from gas wells - it's common in nature
and can ... domestic wells at the same time oil and gas development started, ...
http://catskillmountainkeeper.org/node/860
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14. BBC News - Oil workers describe methane 'explosion' on Gulf rig
A deadly blast on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was caused by exploding methane gas, US media
reports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8669535.stm?ls
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19. New Age Deception - The Final Conflict: BP Oil Disaster ...
Gas and Methane Levels At Record. As much as one million times the ... Unlike oil, significant
amount of methane gas dissolves in deep cold water. ...
http://newagedeception.blogspot.com/2010/07/bp-oil-disaster-methane-climate-dead.html
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22. DIRE REALITIES OF THE METHANE PREDICAMENT by Dr. Tom Termotto ...
DIRE REALITIES OF THE METHANE PREDICAMENT by Dr. Tom Termotto ... enormous pressures of
this very deep high compression well. Various experts in the Oil & Gas Exploration and ...
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/dire-realities-methane-predicament-dr-tom-termotto
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24. NaturalGas.org
Oct 2009 - ...same amount of oil and natural gas as one 1985 well. However...to natural gas and
oil deposits...percent of a well must be drilled...igniting an explosion. Liquification...the natural gas,
resulting...almost pure methane. LNG is typically...
http://www.naturalgas.org/environment/technology.asp
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27. BP Gulf Oil Disaster - Methane Gas, Climate Change & Dead Zones
These could ignite because the amounts of flammable gas would be enormous. ... The subsequent
fires and explosions would be catastrophic....
http://stevenjohnhibbs.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/bp-gulf-oil-disaster-methane-gas-climate-chang
e-dead-zones
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29. Coal Bed Methane News - Oil & Gas Industry Today
RIL develops 100 bln cubic meters of gas reserves New... Tuesday. Reliance has established 47.32
bcm of coal bed methane (CBM) reserves in its Sohagpur East block and... Methane firm wants to
dig deep for energy 24 Feb 2009 10:55 GMT... METHANE buried thou
http://oilandgas.einnews.com/news/cbm
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35. http://s3.amazonaws.com/propublica/assets/methane/methane
OVERPRESSURING OF GAS- AND OIL-WELL ANNULI As mentioned before, natural gas often occurs
in shallow strata penetrated by the open annulus of an oil and/or gas well. ... In some cases the
first indication that homeowners have that methane is contaminating t
http://s3.amazonaws.com/propublica/assets/methane/methane_contamination_historical_study.pdf
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36. Methane and Martial Law in the Gulf of Mexico - Auburn Journal
Jun 24, 2010 ... Kessler's team measured both surface and deep water within a 5-mile (8 ... form a
bubble that would then rupture the seabed and erupt with an explosion. ... Let's get those oil and
compressed gas tankers in place and really get ... attache
http://my.auburnjournal.com/detail/153055.html
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38. Natural Gas as a Sustainable, Renewable Energy Source | Fluorescent Efficiency From
The Energy Superstore
The future is bright for natural gas as an alternative to oil. One main problem of course, is that
natural gas reserves will run out just like oil reserves. The only way to insure the longevity of
natural gas is to perfect a process for manufacturing synth
http://www.fluorescentefficiency.com/articles/energy-conservation/natural-gas-as-a-sustainable-ren
ewable-energy-source/
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41. Peak oil, deep oil and son of the evening star -- part I | Energy Bulletin...
True to prediction, deep Earth actually does produce abiotic methane. You can detect methane
gas, in minute but measurable trace quantities, discharging from the world's midocean ridges,
which are connected by volcanic vents to the Earth's upper mantle. Me
http://energybulletin.net/node/13349
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43. Sort by: Date Relevance Mon Jun 14 6:58 AM PDT 2010 Obama, BP set for oil spill
showdown
2010/06/14 The president makes his fourth trip to the Gulf to assess clean-up operations, and on
Wednesday will meet with BP's chairman to press for funds for victims of the disaster.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20007514-10391695.html
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44. University of California - UC Newsroom | Scientist proposes method to quantify Gulf oil
spill
May 2010 - ...estimate on the oil spilled...already measuring methane in some Gulf...to map the
methane plumes in real...The platform explosion on April 20...pressurized methane from a BP well
almost one mile deep in the Gulf...amounts of oil to spill...
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/23449
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45. Wisteme | How was natural gas formed, produced, delivered, and used?
Since natural gas demand is greater in the winter, gas is stored along the way in large
underground storage systems, such as old oil and gas wells or caverns formed in old salt beds. The
gas remains there until it is added back into the pipeline when peopl
http://www.wisteme.com/question.view?targetAction=viewQuestionTab&id=3700
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51. Series of failures led to Gulf oil rig explosion, BP probe ...
The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas
that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding ...
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/series_of_failures_led_to_gulf.html
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52. Sort by: Date Relevance Mon Jun 14 6:58 AM PDT 2010 Obama, BP set for oil spill
showdown
2010/06/14 The president makes his fourth trip to the Gulf to assess clean-up operations, and on
Wednesday will meet with BP's chairman to press for funds for victims of the disaster.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20005223-54.html
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53. The Andalusia Star-News » Oil rig blast caused by methane gas ...
... by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and ... the seafloor, methane is in a
slushy, crystalline form. Deep sea oil ... “The swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion ...
http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2010/05/08/oil-rig-blast-caused-by-methane-gas-bubble/
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54. Workers On Board BP's Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon Shed New Light On ...
... by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and ... the seafloor, methane is in a
slushy, crystalline form. Deep sea oil ... "The swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion ...
http://kdka.com/national/oil.rig.explosion.2.1682699.html
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66. Methane gas bubble sparked oil-rig blast: documents - The Globe and ...
Methane gas bubble sparked oil-rig blast: documents ... triggered by a bubble of methane gas that
escaped from the well ... “The swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion and run ...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/methane-gas-bubble-sparked-oil-rig-blast-document
s/article1561343/?cmpid=rss1
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69. Officials in Three States Pin Water Woes on Gas Drilling ...
When houses are exploding because of gas seeping into well water, you know you have a serious
problem.
http://www.alternet.org/water/139282/officials_in_three_states_pin_wate?page=entire
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70. Oil spill Louisiana genocide (Gassed in the Gulf Part IV)...
2010/06/24 Examiner.com
http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?l2930994609
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71. ScienceWeek
When a comet is far from the Sun, its nucleus is frozen solid and shines only by reflected light; as
the nucleus nears the Sun, its temperature increases and it releases gas and dust. The total
population of the Oort Cloud and Kuiper belt may be 10^(12) ob
http://www.scienceweek.com/2001/sw010914.htm
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73. Thomas Gold - Professional Papers - Abiotic oil, Deep Hot Biosphere,
Drilling deep into the crystalline granite of Sweden between 1986 and 1993 revealed substantial
amounts of natural gas and oil. ... The origin of petroleum Natural Gas and Oil The Origin of
Methane (and oil) in the Crust of the Earth - This is a major pape
http://www.scribd.com/doc/5811836/Thomas-Gold-Professional-Papers-Abiotic-oil-Deep-Hot-Biosph
ere-Deepearth-gas-Earthquakes
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78. Global Climate Change & Peak Oil - Part III | Energy Bulletin
26 If we turn to coal and biomass to make up for the decrease in oil and natural gas production,
then it is likely that our actions will push the average global temperature well beyond the 6º C
threshold mentioned above. The end of the oil age could very
http://www.energybulletin.net./node/1782
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79. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - Netscape ...
Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major ... figure does not
account for gas that eluded containment efforts and ...
http://channels.netscape.com/pf/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1310&idq=/ff/story/0001/20100618/7351.
htm&sc=1310&photoid=20100617LAGH104
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80. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - Netscape News
Get up-to-the-minute national and international news and headlines.
http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1310&idq=/ff/story/000
1/20100618/7351.htm&sc=1310
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83. Oil and Natural Gas Resource Assessment: Production Growth Cycle Models
Jul 2003 - ...full US displays 3 cycles, well fitted to data with hyperbola...be?-Unlikely in very deep
sediments as oil is converted into gas below 6 to 7 000 m), the US oil ultimate is about 225
Gb...creaming curve represents the well known law of dimini
http://www.hubbertpeak.com/laherrere/EncyclopediaOfEnergy.doc
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85. SurvivalBlog.com
Rather, it is a well-prepared and defensible redoubt with well-planned logistics. A proper survival
retreat is in effect a modern day castle. Be prepared to escalate your defensive posture to match
an escalating threat, and in a 'worst case' your retreat w
http://www.survivalblog.com/2008/08/
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86. Texas A&M: Methane Levels in Gulf of Mexico Up to 100,000 X Normal
... expedition near the BP Plc oil spill in the gulf, says methane gas ... measurements of both
surface and deep ... could result after the initial explosion displaced all the oil, gas ...
http://www.uncoverage.net/2010/06/texas-am-methane-levels-in-gulf-of-mexico-up-to-100000-x-n
ormal/
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89. BP oil spill , possibly why it hasnt been stopped - Science a GoGo's Discussion Forums
Jul 2010 - ...possibility of why the gas is seen seeping...and some of the gas is escaping
through...itself , then the gas would move through...the pipe as the methane is escaping , this...the
top of the well. pressure that...release of crude oil. I know t
http://www.scienceagogo.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=35215
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90. Burst of gas, explosion spoiled celebration and set off disaster ...
A bubble of methane gas escaped from a well and shot ... beneath the seafloor, methane is in a
slushy, crystalline form. Deep sea oil ... "The swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion and ...
http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Burst-of-gas-explosion-spoiled-celebration-and-set-off-dis
aster-93167314.html
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91. Deep-Sea Ice Crystals Derail Gulf Of Mexico Oil Leak Fix ...
A novel but risky attempt to use a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover a deepwater oil well
gushing toxic crude into the Gulf of Mexico was aborted Saturday after ...
http://cbs5.com/national/oil.rig.explosion.2.1683302.html
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95. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - WDAM ...
News, sports and weather for the Hattiesburg, Laurel area of the Pine Belt. ... A bubble of methane
is believed to have burst up fromthe seafloor and ignited the rig explosion. ...
http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=12665184
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96. Gulf oil spill tsunami possible if BP methane gas explosion - Related ...
Gulf oil spill tsunami possible if BP methane gas explosion Deep-ocean Assessment ... mechanic
stated the well had problems for months, the drill repeatedly kicked due to methane gas ...
http://uservideos.smashits.com/video/Cc-czMQK2eM/gulf-oil-spill-tsunami-possible-if-bp-methane-g
as-explosion.html
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100. BP Rig Blast Caused by Methane Gas Breaching Faulty Seal ...
May 9, 2010 ... Methane gas bubbled up and burst through a cement seal that was probably faulty,
causing the fatal explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig and subsequent oil ... test to ensure
that BP Plc's Macondo well was properly plugged, ... Methane
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-09/methane-gas-bubbles-breached-faulty-seal-caused-ri
g-blast-professor-says.html
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101. CBC News - World - Gas bubble triggered oil rig blast: report
... of methane gas that escaped from the well and ... gas bubble to form inside the pipe. Deep
beneath the seafloor, methane gas is in ... of explosions that subsequently ignited the oil that ...
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/07/oil-rig-blast.html?ref=rss
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103. Gas Hydr ates . Gas hydrates may temporarily remove methane from the...
Apr 2009 - ...injected into deep rock layers...assess where the gas goes and how
effectively...surveying to map oil and gas reservoirs...coal-bed methane deposits...national need for
well-trained geoscientists...funding for explosion monitoring...capabilit
http://www.iris.edu/hq/lrsps/docs/SummaryForPolicyMakers.pdf
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104. Gastar Exploration Ltd. - Gastar Exploration Announces First Independent Contingent
Resource Estimate for Australian Coal Seam..
Gastar Exploration Ltd. is an exploration and production company focused on finding and
developing natural gas assets in North America and Australia. The Company pursues a strategy
combining deep natural gas exploration and development with lower risk CBM
http://www.gastar.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=366501
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105. Indiana Gazette > Archives > News > Gulf oil full of methane ...
enter site/page/section description here. ... danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the
well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could ...
http://www.indianagazette.com/articles/2010/06/18/news/doc4c1b55ce093e1687017218.txt
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107. Investigators Say British Petroleum BP Oil Well Device Failed Safety ...
Report: Methane Gas Bubble ... cascade of deep-sea equipment failures and procedural problems in
the oil rig explosion and ... The well explosion unleashed a massive oil spill that ...
http://wcco.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1690199.html
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108. Montana Legislature Won't Tackle Carbon Sequestration, And That's a Good Thing |
Politics | New West...
Methane in all but one case on Earth needs low temperature and high pressure to form as it does
deep in the earth where the industry finds oil and gas. In fact, that is where methane hydrates
were first discovered on modern day Earth, in the late 1930's, a
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/montana_legislature_wont_tackle_carbon_sequestration_and
_thats_a_good_thing/C37/L37/
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109. News : AP: Methane gas bubble likely cause of Gulf oil spill : ...
May 9, 2010 ... Deep sea oil drillers often encounter pockets of methane crystals ... "The swoosh is
the gas, boom is the explosion and run is what you better be doing. ... There, at the wellhead of
exploratory wells, sits the massive ...
http://www.gobogalusa.com/articles/2010/05/09/news/breaking_news/doc4be58e6571dff4296432
65.txt
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114. :: SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHY NEWS : : Scripps Responds to the Gulf Oil Spill ::
Jun 2010 - ...to the Gulf Oil Spill Scripps...April 20, the explosion and subsequent sinking of the oil
rig Deepwater...Deepwater Horizon well. The Scripps...the surface oil slick. The...wetlands to the
deep sea-can...studied masses of methane hydrates on
http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=1074
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116. CaribbeanBusinessPR.com
PUERTO RICO'S #1 SOURCE FOR NEWS AND INFORMATION. ... Meanwhile, a specialized flare
siphoning oil and gas from a stack of pipes on the seafloor burned roughly 161,700 gallons. ...
http://www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com/news03.php?nt_id=44405&ct_id=3&ct_name=1
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117. Deep-Sea Ice Crystals Derail Gulf Of Mexico Oil Leak Fix ...
A novel but risky attempt to use a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover a deepwater oil well
gushing toxic crude into the Gulf of Mexico was aborted Saturday after ...
http://cbs13.com/business/oil.rig.explosion.2.1683302.html
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118. Deep-sea ice crystals stymie Gulf oil leak fix with dome ...
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO Icelike crystals encrusting the walls of a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box
meant to contain oil gushing from a broken well deep in the Gulf of ...
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/deepsea-ice-crystals-stymie-gulf-oil-leak-fix-dome?cid=ltst
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119. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - WVVA TV ...
Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major ... burn off excess gas
attached to crude before the oil is shipped off ...
http://www.wvva.com/Global/story.asp?S=12665184
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120. History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil): Facts, Discussion
Forum, and Encyclopedia Article
May 2010 - ...of matter, as well as the changes...gravity" of crude oil and natural gas liquids.
Gravity...hoped to find free oil at the base of...failed to find oil, the second was...Pelican Portage,
the well blew out at 235...high-pressure gas zone. Acco
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/History_of_the_petroleum_industry_in_Canada_(oil_san
ds_and_heavy_oil)
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122. Investigators Say British Petroleum BP Oil Well Device Failed Safety ...
Report: Methane Gas Bubble ... cascade of deep-sea equipment failures and procedural problems in
the oil rig explosion and ... The well explosion unleashed a massive oil spill that ...
http://cbs13.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1690199.html
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124. My Way News - Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns
Jun 18, 2010 ... "This is the most vigorous methane eruption in modern human history," ...
captured more than 7.5 million gallons of crude from the breached well. ... The dangerous gas has
played an important role throughout the disaster and response. ...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100618/D9GDO2V81.html
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127. APNewsBreak: Bubble of methane triggered rig blast - News from ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A storm brewing in the Caribbean brought the deep-sea effort to plug the
ruptured oil well to a near standstill Wednesday just as BP was ...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GULF_OIL_SPILL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLA
TE=DEFAULT
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131. How deep is the BP. oil well that is leaking into the gulf of ...
May 19, 2010 ... Deep sea oil drillers often encounter pockets of methane crystals as ... “The
swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion and run is what you ...
http://global-pr.org/2010/05/how-deep-is-the-bp-oil-well-that-is-leaking-into-the-gulf-of-mexico/
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132. Investigators Say British Petroleum BP Oil Well Device Failed Safety
They said that BP documents and others also indicated conflicting pipe pressure tests should have
warned those on the rig that poor pipe integrity may have been allowing explosive methane gas to
leak into the well. ... Probe: BP Oil Well Device Failed On M
http://cbs11tv.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1690199.html
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133. Investigators Say British Petroleum BP Oil Well Device Failed Safety
They said that BP documents and others also indicated conflicting pipe pressure tests should have
warned those on the rig that poor pipe integrity may have been allowing explosive methane gas to
leak into the well. ... Probe: BP Oil Well Device Failed On M
http://cbs2.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1690199.html
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134. Investigators Say British Petroleum BP Oil Well Device Failed Safety
They said that BP documents and others also indicated conflicting pipe pressure tests should have
warned those on the rig that poor pipe integrity may have been allowing explosive methane gas to
leak into the well. ... Probe: BP Oil Well Device Failed On M
http://cbs5.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1690199.html
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135. Nation & World | Gulf oil full of methane, adding new ...
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a
bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot ...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012137613_apusgulfoilspill.html?prmi
d=related_stories_section
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136. Pound Per Square In At Well Head Of Bp Gulf Oil Well Explosion | Let
Methane And Martial Law In The Gulf Of Mexico USAHM News The ... DK Matai Gulf Oil Gusher
Danger Of Tsunamis From Methane ... Florida Could Be In Serious Danger Of Methane Gas
Explosion
http://www.lettellme.com/blogs/pound+per+square+in+at+well+head+of+bp+gulf+oil+well+expl
osion.html
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137. Scientists Produce 3-D Models of BP Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico Using Ranger
Supercomputer | The University of Texas at Austin
Jun 2010 - ...less a relief well having to angle...pressure mixed with oil. In this case...C, causing
methane to freeze under...all might be well advised to keep...Buy foreign oil so they will...impose
on their deep-sea rigs. If another explosion - or a h
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2010/06/03/tacc_ranger_oil_spill
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138. VIDEO: Methane Release From the Gulf Oil Spill: What Does It ...
Jun 30, 2010 ... Methane released deep underwater might not even make it to the atmosphere. ...
the lie that the methane gas being released from the well is floating to the ... Methane Explosions
There is speculation on the Web that the ...
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=19964
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139. What went wrong at oil rig? A lot, probers find | R&D Mag
May 2010 - ...went wrong at oil rig? A lot...have allowed a methane eruption. Even...complicated
cascade of deep-sea equipment...problems in the oil rig explosion and massive...BP PLC, the well's
operator...allowing explosive methane gas to leak into...
http://www.rdmag.com/News/FeedsAP/2010/05/energy-what-went-wrong-at-oil-rig-a-lot-probers-fi
nd/
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140. Bubble of methane triggered rig blast, say workers - Americas ...
The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas
that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bubble-of-methane-triggered-rig-blast-say-wo
rkers-1968527.html
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141. Could the Largest Oil Drilling Catastrophe Also End up the ...
In its repair efforts BP has remained inattentive to deepwater drilling's natural nemesis - methane
hydrate. ... Methane gas, we now know, caused the catastrophic explosion and ...
http://www.alternet.org/story/146926/why_the_oil_drilling_catastrophe_could_also_end_up_causin
g_the_largest_natural_gas_and_climate_disaster_in_recent_history?page=entire
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142. Egypt - el-ain sokhna 2x650 mwe gas/oil thermal power project - ESIA Summary
Jan 2010 - ...mainly: (1) the hallow and deep aquifers in the area (2...project should be a two
gas/oil-fired supercritical steam cycle units...Ain Al-Sokhna should be gas/oil-fired supercritical
steam...with combustion of natural gas • direct cooling wa
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Environmental-and-Social-Assessments/A
DB-BD-IF-2008-184-EN-EGYPT-EL-AIN-SOKHNA-GAS-OIL-THERMAL-POWER-PROJECT-ESIA-EXECU
TIVE-SUMMARY.PDF
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143. Energy Balance: Blame Big Bad B.P. For Now, but Where Is the ...
An oil-well blowout occurred on April 20th, resulting in a catastrophic explosion that ... of oil and
gas from the well exceeded even this, and the oil is still ...
http://ergobalance.blogspot.com/2010/05/blame-big-bad-bp-for-now-but-where-is.html
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145. Greenspace | Gulf oil spill worsens - but what about the safety of
Coincidentally, a month before the blowout of the gulf oil well, ... "It never should have happened,
and I am deeply sorry that it did," Hayward said of the events that began with the April 20
explosion of a deep-water rig and the subsequent leak that has
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/
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147. Methane Release From the Gulf Oil Spill: What Does It Mean? ...
Jun 29, 2010 ... Methane released deep underwater might not even make it to the atmosphere. ...
Echo sounders provided efficient tracking of oil and gas releases in the field and showed that the
.... Methane Explosion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= 25BE42
http://www.georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/06/methane-release-from-gulf-oil-spill.html
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149. OIL A LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS OF ITS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS...
Feb 2005 - ...75-1.8 billion gallons of crude oil are uninten- tionally released into...related fatalities
among workers in the oil and gas extraction process are higher than deaths...U.S.industries
combined. • Oil well workers risk injury and chronic di
http://chge.med.harvard.edu/publications/documents/oilfullreport.pdf
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151. The Classical Music Guide Forums • View topic - The Left Delegitimizes The Holocaust
At the three-year-old Chicago exchange, members ranging from Ford Motor Co. to Manitoba Hydro
pledge in a voluntary but legally binding contract to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases by
a certain amount over a period of years. Marine shipping burns
http://www.classicalmusicguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=15715
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152. 05/02152 New process of maize stalk amination treatment by steam explosion
Fuel and Energy Abstracts,46(5),p.316-316,Sep 2005 - ...30 50 days, low gas production in
winter...techniques to enhance gas production. This...to enhance the gas production rate...carbon
monoxide and methane as valuable species...02149 Extraction of oil f
http://208.68.138.205/srsapp/search?q=methane+explosion+deep+gas+oil+well&t=all&p=100&dr
ill=yes&md5=973e7374b4d1dc844a0c779e0e7d14f6
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156. BP's Lies About Methane And Oil Plumes Exposed | Alexander ...
Jun 22, 2010 ... To the contrary, it is well known to BP, the press, and the Federal government that
methane gas when released from deep water blowout like ...
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2010/06/22/bps-lies-about-methane-and-oil-plumes-exposed/
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159. DeepSpill-Field Study of a Simulated Oil and Gas Blowout in Deep Water
Johansen, O. / Rye, H. / Cooper, C.,Spill Science and Technology Bulletin,8(5),p.433-443,Jan 2003
- ...need to exploit oil and gas has moved into deep water. This move...accidental releases from
well blowouts and pipeline...showed that all gas was dissolve
http://208.68.138.205/srsapp/search?q=methane+explosion+deep+gas+oil+well&t=all&p=100&dr
ill=yes&md5=d07fec1cde179c2854f83284ad262f0f
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160. Fracking and the Environment: Natural Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing and Water
Contamination
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission tested the water well and found methane but
said it was safe. But they warned the Amoses to keep a window open, so the methane gas
wouldn't build up and cause an explosion in their home. ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN: I
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/3/fracking_and_the_environment_natural_gas
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162. Gulf Oil Full of Methane, Adding New Concerns - Progressive ...
Progressive Democrats of America supports a renewed nation, respectful of the rule of law at home
and abroad, fully integrated into and respectful of the world of ...
http://pdamerica.org/articles/news/2010-06-20-02-03-30-news.php
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163. Investigators Say British Petroleum BP Oil Well Device Failed ...
May 12, 2010 ... New disclosures Wednesday revealed a complex cascade of deep-sea ...
(5/9/2010); Report: Methane Gas Bubble Triggered Blast ... The well explosion unleashed a
massive oil spill that after three weeks remains uncontained. ...
http://cbs4.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1690199.html
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166. Multi-model based process condition monitoring of offshore oil and gas production
process
Natarajan, S. / Srinivasan, R.,Chemical Engineering Research and Design,88(5),p.572-591,May
2010 - ...on offshore oil and gas production processes...simulating an offshore gas production
platform...Offshore production of oil and gas involves extracting...l
http://208.68.138.205/srsapp/search?q=methane+explosion+deep+gas+oil+well&t=all&p=100&dr
ill=yes&md5=f55525a08435ece93c58a3d7a2f88be0
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168. Oil rig workers: Bubble of methane gas triggered deadly blast ...
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a
bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the ...
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100508/NEWS/100509537?Title=Bubble-of-methane-gas-
triggered-oil-rig-blast
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169. OSHA data shows driller in W.Va. gas well blast has been ...
The Texas gas-drilling company that struck methane in an abandoned West Virginia coal mine and
triggered an explosion that hurt seven workers has paid more than $226, ...
http://www.sfexaminer.com/economy/osha-data-shows-driller-in-wva-gas-well-blast-has-been-regu
larly-cited-for-safety-problems-95978119.html
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172. Terrestrial methane seeps and mud volcanoes: A global perspective of gas origin
Etiope, G. / Feyzullayev, A. / Baciu, C.L.,Marine and Petroleum Geology,26(3),p.333-344,Mar 2009
- ...al. (1985) Table 3 Methane isotopes andC1-C3composition...originated by borehole explosion.
Terrestrial methane seeps and mud volcanoes...global perspecti
http://208.68.138.205/srsapp/search?q=methane+explosion+deep+gas+oil+well&t=all&p=100&dr
ill=yes&md5=017c70f3d7db0a3e74a5542d7c8bf156
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173. Arctic Gas and Oil Bonanza, but No Energy Fix - Dot Earth Blog -
The drill rig aboard the Deepwater Millennium works in seas up to 10,000 feet deep. Rising oil
prices are driving ever more costly exploration. ... After an explosion on April 20 of an oil rig leased
by the oil company BP, crude oil has been gushing into t
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/arctic-gas-and-oil-bonanza-but-no-energy-fix/
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174. Bubble of methane triggered deadly oil rig blast - The Oakland Press ...
... by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and ... the seafloor, methane is in a
slushy, crystalline form. Deep sea oil ... “The swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion ...
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/05/08/news/doc4be4f0eb1a518524879005.txt
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180. Methane-rich geothermal waters in the Pannonian Basin of Vojvodina (northern Serbia)
Mrazovac, S. / Basic, D.,Geothermics,38(3),p.303-312,Sep 2009 - ...the acetate to methane at
about 600...signature of the methane present in the...investigations show that deep, hot
acetate...early thermal gas generation can...made by the NIS Oil Company)
http://208.68.138.205/srsapp/search?q=methane+explosion+deep+gas+oil+well&t=all&p=110&dr
ill=yes&md5=edfb9df1a316fdae8cf910f179ec72e5
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183. Optimum Online - News - AP News - Gulf oil full of methane ...
The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent methane, compared ... burn off
excess gas attached to crude before the oil is shipped off ...
http://www.optimum.net/Finance/AP/Article?fmId=5176944
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186. Relief may not come soon for BP's runaway well - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON — The saga of BP's runaway Deepwater Horizon well, already entering its third
month, has entered a crucial phase that will determine whether the Gulf of ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100624/sc_mcclatchy/3547324
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189. Why We (should) Care about Methane in the Gulf of Mexico ...
One of the most interesting - and I think important - comment threads on this blog has ...
dispersants and toxic and visibly murderous crude oil. But let's pay methane a little ...
http://scienceblogs.com/speakeasyscience/2010/06/httpwwwnewsweekcom20100606what.php
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191. 05/02151 Methane emission from fixed dome biogas plants in hilly and plain regions of
northern India
Fuel and Energy Abstracts,46(5),p.316-316,Sep 2005 - ...30 50 days, low gas production in
winter...techniques to enhance gas production. This...to enhance the gas production rate...carbon
monoxide and methane as valuable species...02149 Extraction of oil f
http://208.68.138.205/srsapp/search?q=methane+explosion+deep+gas+oil+well&t=all&p=120&dr
ill=yes&md5=17c1a8bc5618e5e4b3c13bf4db6d778c
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192. Canadian Coalbed Methane Stocks: 7 Things to Know Before Investing - RealFina
Cial.com
It consists primarily of methane, the gas we use for home heating, gas-fired electrical generation,
and industrial fuel. The energy source within natural gas is methane (chemically, it is CH4),
whether it comes from the oil industry or from coal beds. The
http://www.realfinacial.com/2005/11/14/canadian-coalbed-methane-stocks-7-things-to-know-befor
e-investing/
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193. FOXNews.com - Ice crystals clog containment box in 1st attempt ...
May 7, 2010 ... Far below, the rig was being converted from an exploration well to a ... Deep sea
oil drillers often encounter pockets of methane ... "The swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion
and run is what you better be doing." ...
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/07/apnewsbreak-series-failures-deep-underwater-led-catastr
ophic-rig-blast/
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195. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns | The Daily ...
Jun 17, 2010 ... Oil is seen in the deep recesses of marshland in the northern reaches of ... the
leaking well funneled about 619500 gallons of oil to a drillship waiting ... Meanwhile, a specialized
flare siphoning oil and gas from a stack of ... on and u
http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/17/bp-ceo-tells-congress-hes-devastated-by-spill/
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196. Peak Oil, Deep Oil and Son of the Evening Star -- Part I
True to prediction, deep Earth actually does produce abiotic methane. You can detect methane
gas, in minute but measurable trace quantities, discharging from the world's midocean ridges,
which are connected by volcanic vents to the Earth's upper mantle. Me
http://www.whiskeyandgunpowder.com/Archives/2006/20060301.html
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198. 1 million times the normal level of methane gas near the Gulf ...
L) oil spill in the gulf, says methane gas levels in some areas are “ astonishingly high.” Kessler's
crew took measurements of both surface and deep water within a 5-mile ... to have burst up from
the seafloor and ignited the rig explosion. .... the at
http://coastalcare.org/2010/06/1-million-times-the-normal-level-of-methane-gas-near-the-gulf-oil-s
pill/
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199. As oil wells went deeper, safety measures didn't get tougher ...
May 9, 2010 ... Over the past 15 years, oil companies have drilled deeper and farther ... explosion
and leak have increased with the expansion of deep drilling ... been the result of a methane gas
bubble that escaped from the well and ...
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/09/1620454/as-oil-wells-went-deeper-safety.html?asset_id=
1618512&asset_type=gallery
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200. Awful News From The Gulf: Explosions Collapse Seafloor At Deepwater
1. The gas: oil ratio (GOR) in this well is reported to be about 3000, which means about 150
pounds of gas per 285 pounds of oil (34% gas by weight, more than 70% by mole ratio methane +
ethane). This well is between a typical gas well and a typical oil we
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/50368
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201. Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS: Natural Gas Found in Private
; Best Oil & Gas Development Practices for Texas ... Video: Hydraulic Fracture - Barnett Shale Gas
Well ... Another explosion at a natural gas drilling site i...
http://txsharon.blogspot.com/2009/01/natural-gas-found-in-private-water.html
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202. BP Probe: Rig blowout triggered by methane gas | Tampa Bay, St ...
Deep beneath the seafloor, methane gas is in a slushy, crystalline form. ... " The swoosh is the gas,
boom is the explosion and run is what you better be doing . ... the 1960s during the last big
northern Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout. ...
http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/story.aspx?storyid=131600&catid=250
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205. GULF COULD BLOW UP FROM METHANE GAS MEGA TSUNAMI (Part 2) Video
Pt 2/2 Giant Gas Bubble Found Around Bp Oil Well Spill - Tsunami Warning! ... Methane Gas
Nuclear Blast Ocean! BP oil drilling! H&C Chemtrails Link! Peru & India ... Oil Spill - In Deep Water:
A Way of Life in Peril · AmpedStatus.com ...
http://vodpod.com/watch/3860375-gulf-could-blow-up-from-methane-gas-mega-tsunami-part-2
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206. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns » Naples Daily News
Jun 18, 2010 ... The oil contains about 40 percent of the gas compared with normal deposits. ...
"This is the most vigorous methane eruption in modern human ... But he also said he was out of
the loop on decisions at the well ... "The question is what's go
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jun/18/gulf-oil-full-methane-adding-new-concerns/
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207. Independent Resources PLC // Business
Unconventional gas collectively includes mainly coal bed methane (cbm) and shale gas. Natural gas
production from organic-rich shale formations, known as "shale gas," is one of the most rapidly
expanding trends in onshore US oil and gas exploration and pro
http://www.ir-plc.com/business/business.html
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209. Methane From Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill Poses Serious ...
It is an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts
of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of ...
http://cbs4denver.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1759321.html
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212. The Fear of Two Tsunamis following the Oil and Gas Leak in ...
The Fear of Two Tsunamis following the Oil and Gas Leak in the Gulf: - news ... this massive
methane escapes through the cracks it will cause a mega explosion. ...
http://climatarians.org/en/blog/the-fear-of-two-tsunamis-following-the-oil-and-gas-leak-in-the-gulf-
2.html
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215. BP Oil Disaster: Methane, Climate & Dead Zones - Last Days ...
Jul 12, 2010 ... The crude oil from the "Macondo Prospect" well contains around 40 ... Unlike oil ,
significant amount of methane gas dissolves in deep cold water. .... Even a small explosion of that
methane could cause a catastrophe. ...
http://open.salon.com/blog/lastdaysdeceptionnews/2010/07/12/bp_oil_disaster_methane_climate_
dead_zones
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218. Channels Television - Gulf oil full of methane, adding new ...
Channels Television is one of the 13 independent television stations currently broadcasting in
Nigeria, since the Federal Government deregulated the broadcast media ...
http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?nid=19952&cat=International
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221. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - KTIV ...
Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major ... figure does not
account for gas that eluded containment efforts and ...
http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12665184
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222. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - Netscape ...
Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major ... about the depths of
the oil plume and questions what role natural gas was playing ...
http://channels.isp.netscape.com/pf/story.jsp?floc=FF-APO-1310&idq=/ff/story/0001/20100618/77
70.htm&sc=1310&photoid=20100617LAGH104
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224. I Heart Chaos — So the bad news is that the Deepwater oil ...
So the bad news is that the Deepwater oil well was in an undersea volcano and now we're all
screwed If you've noticed, there's been a near media blackout on the ...
http://www.iheartchaos.com/post/791473144/so-the-bad-news-is-that-the-deepwater-oil-well-was-i
n
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225. Methane From Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill Poses Serious ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... "This is the most vigorous methane eruption in modern human history," Kessler ...
A bubble of methane is believed to have burst up from the seafloor and ignited the rig explosion. ...
that the Gulf's deep waters contain large amounts of me
http://cbs5.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1759321.html
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226. Methane From Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill Poses Serious ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... BP PLC said a containment cap sitting over the leaking well funneled ... Meanwhile,
a specialized flare siphoning oil and gas from a ... A bubble of methane is believed to have burst up
from the seafloor and ignited the rig explosion. ...
http://cbs2.com/national/gulf.oil.spill.2.1759321.html
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227. Optimum Online - News - AP News - Gulf oil full of methane ...
Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major ... figure does not
account for gas that eluded containment efforts and ...
http://www.optimum.net/News/AP/Article?fmId=5177074
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229. Whadda Ya Mean, Extinction Level Event?...the BP Nightmare, Sleep Well Kiddies...
... il, but also large quantities of methane causing the sea floor to bulge, creating fissures that have
gone miles deep, tapping into the huge methane depository deep u...
http://draketoulouse.com/2010/07/15/whadda-ya-mean-extinction-level-event-the-bp-nightmare-sl
eep-well-kiddies
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230. "Gulf Oil Gusher: Methane, Climate & Dead Zones"
These could ignite because the amounts of flammable gas would be enormous. ... The subsequent
fires and explosions would be catastrophic....
http://realityzone-realityzone.blogspot.com/2010/07/gulf-oil-gusher-methane-climate-dead.html
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231. Bubble of methane gas triggered oil rig blast - Daily Tribune ...
... by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and ... the seafloor, methane is in a
slushy, crystalline form. Deep sea oil ... "The swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion ...
http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/2010/05/09/news/doc4be5985dcff61644718857.txt
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232. DK Matai: Gulf Oil Gusher: Methane, Climate & Dead Zones « ...
Jul 3, 2010 ... The crude oil from the “Macondo Prospect” well contains around 40 percent ...
Gigantic eruptions of methane gas dissolved in the deep ocean waters .... Even a small explosion of
that methane could cause a catastrophe. ...
http://debtreductionus.com/health/?p=88762
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234. Experts: Methane from oil spill poses huge risk to gulf ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... ``This is the most vigorous methane eruption in modern human history,'' Kessler
said. ... Petroleum engineers typically burn off excess gas attached to crude before ... more than
7.5 million gallons of crude from the breached well. ... tha
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/spill-30142-new-ecosystem.html
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235. Gas bubble triggered oil rig blast: report - News - MSN CA
The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas
that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, according to interviews with rig workers ...
While the cause of the explosion is still under investigat
http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=24174841
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237. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - KTTC ...
Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major ... figure does not
account for gas that eluded containment efforts and ...
http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=12665184
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238. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - NewsChannel5 ...
Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major ... figure does not
account for gas that eluded containment efforts and ...
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12665184
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241. Just in case the article on doomsday building in the Gulf of Mexico somehow
disappears . . .
[3] Those subterranean seas of methane virtually reshaped the planet when they explosively blew
from deep beneath the waters of what is today called the Gulf of M exico. ... The oil giant drilled
down miles into a geologically unstable region and may have
http://polaris93.livejournal.com/2402386.html
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248. Bombshell expose'. The real reason the oil still flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
As you know, the Deep Water Horizon has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico....
http://gulfoilspill.justplainfedup.com/archives/50
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251. Deep-Sea Ice Crystals Derail Gulf Of Mexico Oil Leak Fix ...
It is an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts
of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf of ...
http://wcbstv.com/national/oil.rig.explosion.2.1683302.html
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252. EARTHWORKS - Colorado Oil and Gas Industry Pollution: In the News
Mike Silverstein, a regulator at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment,
acknowledged oil and gas well emissions are likely to be higher than projected, and that health
officials will be meeting ... of Farmington, said the gas company dre
http://www.earthworksaction.org/Coloincidentsinnews.cfm
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253. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns | Opelika-Auburn News
... danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas ...
the deadly explosion ... the Gulf’s deep waters contain large amounts of methane ...
http://www2.oanow.com/oan/news/national/article/gulf_oil_full_of_methane_adding_new_concern
s/160909/
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254. July 11/10 NASA & Today's Solar Eclipse: Will the Illuminati Satanists blow up BP Gulf
Gusher today?
-crust oil well has tapped into a magma chamber and is like a super volcano of crude oil, TOXIC
organic gases (hydrogen sulphide, methane, benzene)...
http://threedeadwords.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/july-1110-nasa-todays-solar-eclipse-will-the-illu
minati-satanists-blow-up-bp-gulf-gusher-today
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256. Which Came First - Gulf Oil Spill - Martial Law - N W O ...
People have died from the BP Oil Explosion and the Aftermath of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Methane Gas is a major problem and the Government knows it. How ...
http://www.morningliberty.com/2010/06/30/which-came-first-gulf-oil-spill-martial-law-n-w-o/
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259. Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a 'world-killing' event
They will be the ones that initially experience the full fury of a methane bubble exploding from the
ruptured seabed. ... Methane is now streaming through the porous, rocky seabed at an accelerated
rate and gushing from the borehole of the first relief wel
http://www.thedailycrock.com/?p=1577
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261. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - WWSB ABC 7 ...
Meanwhile, a specialized flare siphoning oil and gas from a stack of pipes on the ... But he also said
he was out of the loop on decisions at the well and disclaimed ... on and under the Deepwater
Horizon rig before the deadly explosion. ... suggestion tha
http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=12665184
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263. kiss your as goodbye: gulf oil spill may cause end of days
They will be the ones that initially experience the full fury of a methane bubble exploding from the
ruptured seabed. ... Cracks and bulges Methane is now streaming through the porous, rocky
seabed at an accelerated rate and gushing from the borehole of th
http://dnapes.blogspot.com/2010/07/kiss-your-as-goodbye.html
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264. Officials in Three States Pin Water Woes on Gas Drilling - ...
Apr 26, 2009 ... That's how an oil well can become a gushing geyser. ... 12, three days before the
Paynes' house exploded, methane was detected in the ... matter near the surface—not from the
deep gas produced by the energy industry. ...
http://mobile.propublica.org/article/officials-in-three-states-pin-water-woes-on-gas-drilling-426
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265. Overlooked Danger in Gulf Oil Spill - Oil & Gas - Drilling - ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... Apparently the leaking well would have been a pretty good gas well as ... "This is
the most vigorous methane eruption in modern human history," Kessler said. ... on and under the
Deepwater Horizon rig before the deadly explosion. ... Becau
http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/articles.php?boardId=408767&articleId=43884&func=5&
channel=Money+&+Finance
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266. World Killing Event: The BP Disaster May End Life on Earth
Well, looks like those asshats at BP may have triggered some scary geological crap that is going to
lead to more methane spewing from the Earth and burning our a sses up. ... f explosive methane
gas, and then the Earth’s decision to periodically fart that
http://www.angryblacklady.com/2010/07/10/world-killing-event-the-bp-disaster-may-end-life-on-ea
rth
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269. Deep-Sea Ice Crystals Derail Gulf Of Mexico Oil Leak Fix ...
A novel but risky attempt to use a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover a deepwater oil well
gushing toxic crude into the Gulf of Mexico was aborted Saturday after ...
http://cbs4denver.com/national/oil.rig.explosion.2.1683302.html
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270. Free Internet Press :: Report Shows Horizon Blast Triggered By ...
May 8, 2010 ... BP Told It Can Keep Well Sealed After Scare Over Possible Leaks ... Disturbing
those gas hydrates can cause them to instantly revert to gaseous form, ... If the oil industry is
allowed to continue to drill in deep offshore ... .co.uk/ envir
http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=25653
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271. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns (video) - The ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... Oil is seen in the deep recesses of marshland in the northern reaches of Barataria
Bay, La. ... the leaking well funneled about 619500 gallons of oil to a drillship ... Meanwhile, a
specialized flare siphoning oil and gas from a ... on and
http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2010/06/18/news/green/doc4c1b7bde3b05c144734823.txt
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272. HOW THE BP DISASTER MIGHT HAVE SET OFF A WORLD KILLING EVENT
They will be the ones that initially experience the full fury of a methane bubble exploding from the
ruptured seabed. ... Methane is now streaming through the porous, rocky seabed at an accelerated
rate and gushing from the borehole of the first relief wel
http://dublinmick.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/how-the-bp-disaster-might-have-set-off-a-world-killin
g-event
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274. Oil Stops Gushing From Gulf of Mexico Well : Discovery News
BP has been able to force mud down into the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and so far they've halted
hydrocarbons from coming up.
http://news.discovery.com/earth/oil-leak-stopped-gulf-bp.html
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276. What went wrong at oil rig? A lot, probers find - Yahoo! Finance
The explosion is thought to have begun with a surge of methane gas from deep within the well,
and while the cause is still under early investigation, ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/What-went-wrong-at-oil-rig-A-apf-2479514806.html?x=0
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277. Armenian Cafe: Re: Welcome To the Oil-Age: Drinking Oil ...
It All Begins Here, Click To Chat With Armenian Girls and Guys ... Welcome To the Oil-Age:
Drinking Oil, Washing Ourselves by Oil, Swimming & Dying in Oil ...
http://www.network54.com/Forum/149359/message/1278042290/last-1278048040/Re-+Welcome
+To++the+Oil-Age-+Drinking+Oil,+Washing+Ourselves+by+Oil,+Swimming+&+Dying+in+Oil
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279. Devvy -What did Halliburton do to the Deepwater Horizon drill hole Part I - 07/06/10
Photos of dead dolphins, bodies bloated with oil, pelicans drenched in black oil, rusty oil clogging
marshlands and beaches covered in oil hit the Internet....
http://innersecretsofinternetsuccess.blogspot.com/2010/07/devvy-what-did-halliburton-do-to.html
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280. Explosion - Deep Water Horizon Drilling Rig in GOM, USA - ...
May 6, 2010 ... Eleven people died when an explosion - thought to have occurred after a surge of
methane gas from deep within the well - destroyed the ...
http://www.rovworld.com/ftopic-3651-45-days0-orderasc-.html
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281. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - ABC-7.com ...
ABC7 News and Weather online for Southwest Florida, serving Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Desoto,
Glades and Hendry counties
http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=12665184
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282. HSE in Oil & Gas Operations Coalbed methane production ...
Operators contemplating developing coalbed methane gas face numerous regulatory, residential,
and legal concerns.
http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/108091/articles/oil-gas-journal/volume-99/issue-30/speci
al-report/hse-in-oil-gas-operations-coalbed-methane-production-faces-numerous-concerns.html
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287. Blame Big Bad B.P. For Now, but Where Is the Next Oil to Come ...
The Deepwater Horizon oil-spill is an unquestionable tragedy, but if there is any ... pressure of oil
and gas from the well exceeded even this, and the oil is still pouring out. ...
http://www.scitizen.com/future-energies/blame-big-bad-b-p-for-now-but-where-is-the-next-oil-to-c
ome-from-_a-14-3508.html
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289. Ten Things You Need (But Don't Want) To Know About the BP Oil Spill
... last big oil spill – Exxon-Valdez in 1989 — the oil is coming from the ground, not a tanker, so we
have no idea how much more oil could continue t o pollute the Gulf’s waters....
http://www.noglobalization.com/2010/06/ten-things-you-need-but-dont-want-to-know-about-the-b
p-oil-spill
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290. Ten Things You Need (But Don't Want) To Know About the BP Oil Spill
... last big oil spill – Exxon-Valdez in 1989 — the oil is coming from the ground, not a tanker, so we
have no idea how much more oil could continue t o pollute the Gulf’s waters....
http://nwoandsecretsocieties.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/ten-things-you-need-but-dont-want-to-kn
ow-about-the-bp-oil-spill-2
65%
292. The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - News - June 2010
Jun 7, 2010 ... While it is not yet known how close the gas well explosion was to the ... a pocket of
methane gas that somehow ignited, triggering an explosion that ... Pittsburgh-based Chief Oil and
Natural Gas operates the well and others .... from deep
http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/news/06-10/news3326.htm
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293. What went wrong at oil rig? A lot, probers find - Yahoo! Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bad wiring and a leak in what s supposed to be a blowout preventer. Sealing
problems that may have allowed a methane
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/What-went-wrong-at-oil-rig-A-apf-2479514806.html?x=0&.v=6
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295. www.mysanantonio.com
MySA.com: San Antonio's Homepage From The Express-News ... methane in the Gulf amid
concerns about the depths of the oil plume and questions what role natural gas was ...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GULF_OIL_SPILL?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=HOME&TEM
PLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-06-18-03-16-42
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296. “In oil spill saga, mysteries persist - Pensacola News Journal” plus 3 more
BP and the Coast Guard estimated soon after the explosion that about 210,000 gallons a day were
leaking. ... deep covering an area slightly larger than Texas....
http://themysterieszone.blogspot.com/2010/05/in-oil-spill-saga-mysteries-persist.html
64%
303. Ice crystals form inside oil box, cause problems | ...
May 8, 2010 ... Deep sea oil drillers often encounter pockets of methane crystals ... "The swoosh is
the gas, boom is the explosion and run is what you better be doing. ... during the last big northern
Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout. ...
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100508/NEWS/100509627
64%
306. Methane Gas Explosion Blamed for West Virginia Coal Mining ...
A methane explosion appears to be the cause. ... Especially critical for the Gulf, Pennsylvania ...
other related oil and gas fields? .... hybrid processes and excited energy states in all planets, as
well as the Sun. ... It is only through a deep understa
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread579972/pg1
64%
307. New Details Emerge on how the Deepwater Horizon Rig explosion ...
May 8, 2010 ... Deep sea oil drillers often encounter pockets of methane crystals ... Then, gas
surfaced. Then oil. The gas flooded into an adjoining room with ... the 1960s during the last big
northern Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout. ...
http://www.ferrell-lawfirm.com/874/new-details-emerge-on-how-the-deepwater-horizon-rig-explosi
on-happened/
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308. Oil-rig explosion began with one bubble far below - The ...
The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas
that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, according to ...
http://www.denverpost.com/popular/ci_15043340?source=pop_neighbors_littleton
64%
309. Ten Things You Need (But Don't Want) To Know About the BP Oil Spill
In 1979, an oil well it was drilling in the very same Gulf of Mexico ignited, sending the drill platform
into the sea and causing one of the largest oil spills by t...
http://theantiparasite.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/ten-things-you-need-but-dont-want-to-know-abo
ut-the-bp-oil-spill
64%
310. Ten Things You Need (But Don't Want) To Know About the BP Oil Spill
In 1979, an oil well it was drilling in the very same Gulf of Mexico ignited, sending the drill platform
into the sea and causing one of the largest oil spills by t he time it was capped. . . nine months
later....
http://deceivedworld.blogspot.com/2010/05/ten-things-you-need-but-dont-want-to.html
64%
311. Ten Things You Need To Know About The Gulf Of Mexico Disaster
... last big oil spill – Exxon-Valdez in 1989 — the oil is coming from the ground, not a tanker, so we
have no idea how much more oil could continue t o pollute the Gulf’s waters....
http://stevenjohnhibbs.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/ten-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-gulf-of-
mexico-disaster
64%
315. 10 Things You Need (But Don’t Want) To Know About the BP Oil Spill
In 1979, an oil well it was drilling in the very same Gulf of Mexico ignited, sending the drill platform
into the sea and causing one of the largest oil spills by t...
http://peakoil.com/enviroment/10-things-you-need-but-dont-want-to-know-about-the-bp-oil-spill/
63%
316. 10 Things You Need (But Don't Want) To Know About the BP Oil Spill
In 1979, an oil well it was drilling in the very same Gulf of Mexico ignited, sending the drill platform
into the sea and causing one of the largest oil spills by t he time it was capped. . . nine months
later....
http://orion62.blogspot.com/2010/05/10-things-you-need-but-dont-want-to.html
63%
318. CBS News Mobile Gulf Spill Highlights Deepwater Drilling Risks
May 12, 2010 ... "This country's pretty well committed to oil and gas, ... In the intense pressure
and cold of the deep, methane hydrates exist in a slushy, ... Investigators trying to pinpoint a
cause of the explosion are looking at ...
http://site.qwapi.com/siteserver/site?sid=cbsnews&pid=sections.detail&catId=US&index=0&storyI
d=6475271&type=null&searchKey=null&viewFull=yes
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324. The night the oil rig exploded: Escape from a fire-breathing ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... Video: Survivors of oil rig explosion speak. RELATED TOPICS ... An occasional "
kick" of gas is normal on rigs that drill so deep into the ocean; small amounts of methane gas and
mud come back up from the well. ...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/18/oil.rig.explosion/index.html
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327. Voices from the Flats - Lessons of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
... ummer, and of course the 1969 Union Oil platform blowout off Santa Barbara. ... The short-term
options for ending the blowout include: the 90 ton Pollution Containment Chamber, which failed
due to methane hydrate ice crystals clogging t...
http://www.themudflats.net/2010/05/26/voices-from-the-flats-lessons-of-the-deepwater-horizon-di
saster
63%
330. BP Oil Spill: Yet More Ledes, Excerpts and Links - May 8 through May 22
Gulf Oil Spill 2010, “Yo Dawg” edition: Yo dawg I heard u like floating oil, so I made an oil boom
out of oil so u can float oil in your floating oil ( oil booms are made from oil products)....
http://annares.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/bp-oil-spill-yet-more-ledes-excerpts-and-links-may-8-thr
ough-may-22
62%
333. Flame Underwater by BP Gulf Oil leak on Riser? Methane Gas - ...
BiotID=301 Stuff, especially gasses can burn deep underwater. ... to photosynthesis from fauna,
and as oxides, which have that oxygen pretty well locked up in compounds. .... Methane Gas
explosion with ensuing tsunami IMMINENT in GULF! ...
http://www.videonone.com/video/OFiZrgLZ4Bg/Flame_Underwater_by_BP_Gulf_Oil_leak_on_Riser
_Methane_Gas__Fire.html
62%
335. Hydrates-a Novel Concept for Plugging Deep-Sea Severed Pipeline: Proposed Scenario
for BP Gulf of Mexico Spill
Several gas molecules have the potential to form hydrates such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, sulfur
dioxide, methane, butane, ethylene and many other hydrocarbon g ases....
http://miktechnology.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/hydrates-a-novel-concept-for-plugging-deep-sea-
severed-pipeline-proposed-scenario-for-bp-gulf-of-mexico-spill
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337. Shale Gas Costing 2/3 Less Than OPEC Oil Incites Water Concern
Shale Gas Costing 2/3 Less Than OPEC Oil Incites Water Concern...
http://texaswindandwater.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/shale-gas-costing-23-less-than-opec-oil-incit
es-water-concern/
62%
339. The Final End of the Hydrocarbon Fuel Paradigm | Common Passion
Please be aware that oil and gas exploration, drilling and extraction have been ... to the methane
gas ignition potentialities or methane hydrate issues ...
http://www.commonpassion.org/healing-gulf/final-end-hydrocarbon-fuel-paradigm
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342. Will my old well pressure tank explode? | Religion FAQ | About ...
If you have oil wells in your area be careful. One time in the panhandle of Texas I was ... gas with
oil and water. Some of the deep water is salt water. ...
http://www.thebronsteins.com/religion-faq/will-my-old-well-pressure-tank-explode-603696.html
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347. Gulf Gusher Is Far And Away The Biggest U.S. Spill - Science News
Jun 2010 - ...droplets hovering deep below the surface...total amount of oil spilled and could
poison deep-dwelling critters...America — the well’s owner — had...gallons. But a new oil-collection
system...oil and natural gas spewed directly...days fo
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60115/title/Gulf_gusher_is_far_and_away_the_bigges
t_U.S._spill
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348. Gulf Oil Gusher: Danger of Tsunamis From Methane - Gulf Oil ...
It has been a well known fact that the methane in that oil deposit was problematic. ... pressure of
the methane at the base of the well head, deep under the ocean floor, ... cracks and fault areas —
is likely to cause a gas explosion. ...
http://www.theredmountainpost.com/gulf-oil-gusher-danger-of-tsunamis-from-methane-5014/
61%
354. Methane Release From the Gulf Oil Spill: What Does It Mean? ...
Jul 1, 2010 ... Methane released deep underwater might not even make it to the atmosphere. ...
the lie that the methane gas being released from the well is floating to the ... Methane Explosions
There is speculation on the Web that the ...
http://newsbuster.com/Pages/content/methane-release-gulf-oil-spill-what-does-it-mean-how-bad-c
ould-it-get.html
61%
355. Oil Rig is another 911: they knew the hydrates would ruin the cement and that it was
too deep a well
Concrete well plugs should have blocked them, but the final one wasn't installed. ... The explosion
followed a seawater geyser shooting 240 feet in the air, then a second eruption of mud, gas and
water....
http://thewhyisgod.livejournal.com/31638.html
61%
359. The Next Secretary of Energy: Will He Flinch & Cave to the ...
There are alternatives to cheap oil, coal and natural gas as well as nuclear. ... make methane gas
which forms hydrate with the fresh water in the deep Earth- that ...
http://www.topenergynews.com/?p=2101
61%
365. Green Comet Of Doom Gives Grave Warning As Gulf Apocalypse ...
Jun 21, 2010 ... The first of these “deep wells” to be drilled by the Soviets was fraught with ... (psi)
that shot a column of methane gas and oil up the drilled well ... Obama knew within 3 hours of the
Deepwater Horizon's explosion the ...
http://www.hiddenmysteries.net/gltest/article.php?story=2010062119451972
60%
366. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - NBC-2.com ...
NBC2 News and Weather online for Southwest Florida, serving Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Desoto,
Glades and Hendry counties
http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12665184
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372. North Korea attacks Deepwater Horizon Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater
Part One
Up on the rig, the first thing workers noticed was the seawater in the drill column suddenly
shooting back out at them, rocketing 240 feet in the air. Then, the gas surfaced. Then the oil. ... he
swoosh is the gas, boom is the explosion and run is what you
http://biblesearchers.typepad.com/destination-yisrael/2010/05/north-korea-attacks-deepwater-hori
zon-oil-platform-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-deepwater-part-one-.html
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373. Oil industry fix' fails, spill spreads
Deep beneath the seafloor, methane gas is in a slushy, crystalline form. ... of well blowouts, in
which oil and natural gas surge out of a well with explosive force. ...
http://www.workers.org/2010/us/oil_spill_0520/
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375. Peanut Butter - The Word of the Decade, Regulation, or Lack Thereof
... with permission of well owner BP PLC and rig owner Transocean — used a new quick-curing
cement mix with nitrogen. ... It supposedly generates more heat than other recipes and could allow
dangerous bursts of methane gas to escape up the well....
http://bluerootsradio.com/wordpress/?p=1101
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376. Probe finds multiple equipment failures and procedural problems caused rig blowout
Over the past 21 days more than 4 million gallons of oil have been released. ... A litany of
worrisome events and findings that were at play on the night of the well explosion and pipe rupture
was described in internal corporate documents, m...
http://www.ferrell-lawfirm.com/890/probe-finds-multiple-equipment-failures-and-procedural-proble
ms-caused-rig-blowout/
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377. sfdgghjkjl
... rig's owner and Halliburton a subcontractor that was encasing the well pipe in cement before
plugging it in anticipation of future production. ... The explosion is thought to have begun with a
surge of methane gas from deep within the well, and while t
http://mounthome.blogspot.com/2010/05/sfdgghjkjl.html
60%
378. The three causes of BP's Titanic oil disaster: Recklessness, Arrogance, and Hubris -
Salazar says drilling companies made "some
The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas
that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding q...
http://climateprogress.org/2010/05/09/the-three-causes-of-bps-titanic-oil-disaster-recklessness-arr
ogance-and-hubris
60%
379. What went wrong at oil rig? A lot, probers find (AP)
... xploding methane gas to revealing into the well. ... “Significant push discrepancies were
observed in at small digit of these tests, which were conducted meet hours before the explosion,”
said Rep. speechmaker Waxman, D-Calif....
http://www.aminutenews.com/others/what-went-wrong-at-oil-rig-a-lot-probers-find-ap.html
60%
382. BBC News - BP readies dome to stem Gulf of Mexico oil spill
A steel dome designed to cap the damaged oil well polluting the Gulf of Mexico could be
operational by later ... surge of methane gas from deep within the well - destroyed the ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8680460.stm
59%
388. 'Gas bubble' caused deadly oil blast - Americas, World News ...
A deadly bubble of methane that forced its way up from beneath the ocean floor caused last
month's oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, according to workers who ...
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/gas-bubble-caused-deadly-oil-blast-2173534.html
59%
389. Methane bubble called culprit in Gulf rig blast | The Journal ...
Deep beneath the seafloor, methane gas is in a slushy, crystalline form. ... Then there was a series
of explosions that subsequently ignited the oil that was coming from below. ...
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100508/NEWS03/305089955
59%
400. What went wrong at oil rig? A lot, probers find - Netscape News
May 12, 2010 ... Sealing problems that may have allowed a methane eruption. Even a dead
battery, of all things. New disclosures Wednesday revealed a complex cascade of deep-sea ... may
have been allowing explosive methane gas to leak into the well. ... The
http://channels.isp.netscape.com/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-us-9-l3&idq=/ff/story/0001/20100512/74
88.htm&sc=1310
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405. Frozen methane, from the gulf oil spill to climate change
It doesn’t take an oil leak to trigger clathrate formation. ... Bacteria in ocean sediments produce
methane all the time, and a lot of that ends up trapped in deep ocean clathrates....
http://tech-reviews.findtechnews.net/2010/05/11/frozen-methane-from-the-gulf-oil-spill-to-climate-
change
58%
407. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns | Political ...
It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast
amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf ...
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20100615/US.Gulf.Oil.Spill/?cid=hero_mainlink2
58%
412. Rush to drill deeper carries added risks | KEPR CBS 19 - News ...
The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig illustrates the energy ... methane escaped from the
well and rocketed up the drill column, expanding as it approached the surface. ...
http://www.keprtv.com/news/national/93585434.html
58%
417. "Swoosh, Boom and Run", The tale of How the Gulf of Mexico Oil Drilling Rig Accident
Happened
A chemical reaction caused by the setting cement created heat and a gas bubble which destroyed
the seal. ... Deep beneath the seafloor, methane is in a slushy, crystalline form....By Sunday, the
box the size of a house could be capturing up to 85 percent o
http://www.zimvi.com/?p=4166
57%
418. British Petroleum To Attempt New Approach To Stop Oil From ...
Efforts continue at containing oil leaking into the Gulf from the April 20 explosion ... triggered by a
bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill ...
http://wcco.com/national/oil.rig.explosion.2.1683516.html
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421. Crime on the High Seas the "Deepwater Horizon" Oil Rig ...
An environmental disaster is spreading through the Gulf of Mexico and beyond. On April 20th, there
was an explosion and then a fire on the deepwater oil
http://dailycensored.com/2010/05/20/crime-on-the-high-seas-%E2%80%93-the-%E2%80%9Cdee
pwater-horizon%E2%80%9D-oil-rig-disaster/
57%
424. Geotimes - September 2006 - Coalbed Gas Enters the Energy Mix
Over the past decade, development of methane gas from coalbeds has taken off in the ... water
well rigs mounted on trucks, as opposed to more traditional oil and gas drilling ...
http://www.geotimes.org/sept06/feature_EnergyMix.html
57%
425. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns | Tampa Bay, St ...
Extras from WTSP.com 10 Connects ... an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing
from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a ...
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/extras/story.aspx?storyid=134391&catid=261
57%
426. Gulf Oil Gusher: Danger of Tsunamis From Methane? - Holistic ...
methane gas at the location immediately below and around the damaged "Macondo" oil well. ...
gas explosion. With the emerging evidence of fissures, the tacit fear ...
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/holistic-quantum-relativity-hqr/browse_thread/thread/88c94b253
0a947d9?hl=en
57%
427. Gulf Oil Spill | Nuke the Oil Well, Says Expert | BP Oil News
May 17, 2010 ... That's why you explode the nuke deep in the well or underground close to it. .... I
would have to disagree with methane bubble explosion comment made. ... For this same reason,
the oil/gas did not explode until it ...
http://bpoilnews.com/gulf-oil-spill-response/nuke-the-gulf-oil-spill-says-expert/
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431. Kaassgroup fx
The spill began after an oil rig exploded on April 20 and killed 11 workers in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Survivors say the blast's apparent cause was a huge bubble of methane gas that traveled up the
rig's drilling pipe and caught fire at the top....
http://kaassfx.blogspot.com/2010/05/bp-chief-main-strategy-to-contain-us.html
57%
437. Scientists Say Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Creating Dead ...
... up levels of methane gas dissolved in deep seawater that were between 100 times and 10, ...
Well Blowout, West Virginia Explosion Highlight Dangers of Natural Gas Drilling " ...
http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/21028
57%
444. Firedoglake Beats Mainstream Media to Likely Cause of Oil Spill - by a Week
The government warned the company that gas buildup was a real concern and that BP should “e
xercise caution. ... The day before the blast, workers from Halliburton, the oil services contractor,
had finished one of the trickiest tasks in building a well:...
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/46149
56%
446. Gas surge shut well a couple of weeks before Gulf oil spill | ...
May 10, 2010 ... Oil Rig Explosion Michael DeMocker / The Times-PicayuneA cloud of ... Once the
well's lining or bottom plug was breached, the gas had a ...
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/gas_surge_shut_well_just_weeks.html
56%
447. Gulf Oil Spill Solution Goes To Plan B; Methane Bubble Caused Explosion
"The original blowout was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and
shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through several s ... Deep beneath the
seafloor, methane is in a slushy, crystalline form....
http://www.bluecollarphilosophy.com/2010/05/gulf-oil-spill-solution-goes-to-plan-b.html
56%
449. How The BP Disaster Could Kill Millions " The Observer
The same methane that makes coal mining operations hazardous and leads to ... bubble of
explosive methane gas that resulted in a supersonic explosion killing 11 men ...
http://gonzoj.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/how-the-bp-disaster-could-kill-millions/
56%
450. How the ultimate BP Gulf disaster could kill millions at Gulf ...
Jun 20, 2010 ... It can be summed up with two words: methane gas. ... and leads to horrendous
mining accidents deep under the earth also ... cracks appearing on the ocean floor near the
damaged well head. ... This cavitation created a supersonic bubble of
http://curezone.com/forums/fmp.asp?i=1640339
56%
453. Montello Resources Ltd. - Oil & Gas Fundamentals - Sun Jul 4 ...
Natural Gas Overview. Natural Gas, also known as methane, is a ... the chances of finding gas and
oil when drilling a well range from between one in ...
http://www.montello.com/s/OilAndGasFundamentals.asp
56%
455. Obama Administration Likely Knew Cause of Oil Platform Explosion Day One!
A chemical reaction caused by the setting cement created heat and a gas bubble which destroyed
the seal. ... Deep beneath the seafloor, methane is in a slushy, crystalline form....The gas flooded
into an adjoining room with exposed ignition sources, he sai
http://www.varight.com/news/obama-administration-likely-knew-cause-of-oil-platform-explosion-da
y-one
56%
457. The Agony of the Gulf Oil Spill Continues...and Continues... | ...
Apparently, it was a methane gas explosion which created a series of .... how deep is the rock,
from the bottom of the well to the top? ...
http://bigthink.com/ideas/20227
56%
458. :: Baton Rouge Business Report :: Rush to drill deeper carries ...
May 12, 2010 ... NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig illustrates
the ... "This country's pretty well committed to oil and gas, ... In the intense pressure and cold of
the deep, methane hydrates exist in a ...
http://www.businessreport.com/news/2010/may/12/rush-drill-deeper-carries-added-indt1/
55%
459. APNewsBreak: Bubble of methane gas, series of failures deep underwater, led to oil rig
blast
APNewsBreak: Bubble of methane gas, series of failures deep underwater, led to oil rig blast is a
post from: press navigator...
http://pressnavigator.com/apnewsbreak-bubble-of-methane-gas-series-of-failures-deep-underwater
-led-to-oil-rig-blast/
55%
461. Bad wiring, dead battery among equipment failures in oil spill
Bad wiring and a leak in what's supposed to be a "blowout preventer." Sealing problems that may
have allowed a methane eruption. Even a dead battery, of all things.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/may/12/121640/gulf-oil-wells-blowout-preventer-had-leak-faile
d-t/news-nationworld/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+tbo/n
ationworld+(TBO+>+NationWorld)
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463. Draw a Summary of Top Ten High Paid but Dirty Work
S. dollars a year . No. 7 Coal Mining: Just like garbage recycling and fishing, coal mining is one of
the most dangerous jobs in the world. There is methane gas in the mine. ... The spark carsed by
the falling rocks can cause explosion....
http://steadybumping.com/htwork/2010/05/05/draw-a-summary-of-top-ten-high-paid-but-dirty-wor
k/
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467. OALBED
from oil and natural gas reserves. in the San Juan Basin in the ... gas, mostly methane, produced
from coal. Coal is formed when organic peat. deposits are ...
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/earthmatters/4/EMV4N1.pdf
55%
468. Series of failures led to oil rig blast in Gulf | Bryan ...
Deep beneath the seafloor, methane gas is in a slushy, crystalline form. ... for Shell Oil in the
1960s during the last big northern Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout. ...
http://www.theeagle.com/nation/Series-of-failures-led-to-oil-rig-blast-in-Gulf
55%
472. The Himalayan Times : What went wrong at oil rig? A lot ...
Sealing problems that may have allowed a methane eruption. ... The well explosion unleashed a
massive oil spill that after three weeks remains uncontained. ...
http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=What+went+wrong+at+oil+rig?+A+lo
t,+probers+find&NewsID=243968
55%
473. Vast amounts of methane in Gulf spill pose threat - KLAS-TV ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... A minor concern: Feds say oil, gas leaking from BP's well cap, ... suggestion that
the Gulf's deep waters contain large amounts of methane, ...
http://www.8newsnow.com/global/story.asp?s=12674046
55%
474. What would Gaylord do? An essay on the environmental movement and the Deepwater
Horizon disaster
Less than one month later, on April 20, BP’s offshore rig, the Deepwater Horizon (leased from
Transocean), suffered a blowout and explosion....
http://theseventhfold.com/2010/05/03/what-would-gaylord-do-an-essay-on-the-environmental-mov
ement-and-the-deepwater-horizon-disaster
55%
484. Halliburton Presentation May Explain Horizon Oil Rig Explosion ...
May 1, 2010 ... Gas flow may occur after a cement job in deepwater environments ... Most
experience was in shallower waters and no one was certain what would happen in deep waters. ...
How many thousands of barrels a day are spewing from BP's well? ... Met
http://www.news-gate.info/fdl/halliburton-presentation-may-explain-horizon-oil-rig-explosion-and-fi
re/
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486. NATURE
The term "nature" may refer to living plants and animals, geological processes, weather, and
physics
http://richuspage.blogspot.com/2010/03/nature_22.html
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487. Oil and Gas Evaluation Report : Oil & Gas Evaluation ...
US oil and gas companies are required by most states to provide this type of ... Methane is the
lightest of the hydrocarbons and the main component of natural gas. ...
http://oilandgasevaluationreport.com/
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492. Will Methane Gas in Gulf Waters Create a Massive Dead Zone ...
80beats: Methane Gas Explosion ... Oil Spill Update: A Tropical Storm, a Backup ... physorg.com
5/18/2010 — Giant plumes of oil drifting deep in the Gulf of ... of oil per day are pouring from BP's
ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, ...
http://scienceblips.dailyradar.com/story/will-methane-gas-in-gulf-waters-create-a-massive-dead/
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498. cryborg: Is 'Methane' Gas the Mysterious Sealife Killer in the ...
May 9, 2010 ... Deep-water operations obviously will not come cheap. What's more, the
environmental ... Gulf Awash In 27000 Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells · The Social NetworkTrailer ...
Gulf Oil Rig Disaster And Mine Explosion Highlight. ...
http://www.cryborg.com/2010/05/could-methane-be-mysterious-wildlife.html
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501. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns | Tampa Bay, St ...
Top Stories from WTSP.com 10 Connects ... an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude
gushing from the well contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a ...
http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/story.aspx?storyid=134391&catid=250
53%
502. Gulf oil spill: Rush to drill deeper carries added risks | al.com
May 12, 2010 ... NEW ORLEANS - The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig illustrates the
energy ... "This country's pretty well committed to oil and gas, ... In the intense pressure and cold
of the deep, methane hydrates exist in a ...
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/gulf_oil_spill_rush_to_drill_d.html
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503. http://www.transpersonaljourneys.com/?p=452
In 2006, Cabot Oil and Gas, a Houston-based energy company, tapped its first natural gas well in
Dimock....
http://www.transpersonaljourneys.com/?p=452
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511. AE-105
Jun 2008 - ...Methane Generation Methane, which is the principal...component of natural gas
(95-98 percent...commercially from deposits deep within the earth. This methane was formed
millions...sometimes called "swamp gas") by the biological...livestock en
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/AE/AE-105.html
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515. Geography-2003
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Methane (c) Nitrous oxide (d) Argon 8). The most abundant gas emitted
from volcanoes is (...
http://destinyias.blogspot.com/2010/01/geography-2003.html
52%
517. Methane In Oil May Add To Harm - National News Story - WYFF ...
NEW ORLEANS - The crude gushing into the Gulf contains vast amounts of natural gas that could
pose a serious threat to the area's fragile ecosystem. Friday, June 18, 2010.
http://www.wyff4.com/news/23932452/detail.html
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518. Oil rig's operational failures are detailed - The Daily Breeze
Sealing problems that may have allowed a methane eruption. Even a dead battery, of all ... of
deep-sea equipment failures and procedural problems in the oil rig explosion and ...
http://www.dailybreeze.com/latestnews/ci_15075694
52%
519. plus 4 more "Tioga County man blames nearby gas drilling for polluting his well -
Syracuse Post-Standard"
Wells should be tested by a certified lab for more than 16 elements, including methane, arsenic,
various metals and total dissolved and total suspended solids. • Vent gas....
http://healthalternative-123.blogspot.com/2010/01/plus-4-more-tioga-county-man-blames.html
52%
520. Rail Passenger Association of California & Nevada " Blog ...
The cause of the deadly explosion was a build up of coal dust and methane gas which is very
explosive if ... owner of the oil well admitted that the resulting oil leak was much ...
http://www.railpac.org/2010/06/29/this-april-was-the-cruelest-month-for-the-fossil-fuel-industry/
52%
524. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - WTOL.com ...
Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major ... burn off excess gas
attached to crude before the oil is shipped off ...
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=12665184
51%
525. Methane Release From the Gulf Oil Spill: What Does It Mean? ...
Jun 30, 2010 ... Methane released deep underwater might not even make it to the atmosphere. ...
the lie that the methane gas being released from the well is floating to the ... Methane Explosions.
There is speculation on the Web that the ...
http://www.americanpendulum.com/2010/06/methane-release-from-the-gulf-oil-spill-what-does-it-
mean-how-bad-could-it-get/
51%
528. Why is it so hard to plug the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico ...
She explained that the oil and gas at the bottom of the well is under tremendous pressure ... in the
deep water are fine particles of oil and dissolved methane. ...
http://earthsky.org/energy/why-is-it-so-hard-to-plug-the-oil-well-in-the-gulf-of-mexico
51%
529. WSVN-TV - Deep-sea ice crystals stymie Gulf oil leak fix
Deep-sea ice crystals stymie Gulf oil leak fix ... blowout was triggered by a bubble of methane gas
that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly ...
http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/world/MI86724
51%
530. Did Methane Hydrate cause Gulf Oil Spill? - Columbia Gas Prices
no methane gas probably caused the blow out which started the fire ... explosion and then multi
leake and uncontrolled oil leak from unsealed well cause the ...
http://www.columbiagasprices.com/news/Did_Methane_Hydrate_cause_Gulf_Oil_Spill/27110_4099
60/index.aspx
50%
532. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns " National News ...
Methane is a colorless, odorless and flammable substance that is a major ... burn off excess gas
attached to crude before the oil is shipped off ...
http://daltondailycitizen.com/archive/x383275027/Gulf-oil-full-of-methane-adding-new-concerns
50%
533. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns | Idaho News ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It is an overlooked danger in oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well
contains vast amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious ...
http://www.ktvb.com/news/national/96640374.html
50%
534. Gulf Oil Gusher: Danger of Tsunamis From Methane? - Holistic ...
methane gas at the location immediately below and around the damaged "Macondo" oil well. ...
estimates that 2,900 cubic feet of natural gas, which primarily ...
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/holistic-quantum-relativity-hqr/msg/63304a5364c3d2c5?hl=en
50%
535. Home
Oil Spill Threat - Gulfport, Mississippi - Information Clearinghouse ... triggered by a bubble of
methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill ...
http://www.oilspillthreat.com/
50%
540. Craft
The method of drilling a well for extracting oil was in mid 18th century in Pennsylvania. ... To
prevent explosion caused by accumulated gas, purposely chemicals are added to ...
http://www.ngdir.ir/SiteLinks/Kids/html/energy_mafahem_Fossil%20Fuels-Coal,%20Oil%20and%2
0Natural%20gas_6.htm.htm
49%
541. Effort to place dome over oil well dealt setback, BP says ...
... dome over a gushing wellhead was dealt a setback when a large volume of hydrates - crystals
formed when gas combines with water - accumulated ...
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/08/effort-to-place-dome-over-oil-well-dealt-setback-bp-says/
49%
544. Gulf Oil Full of Methane, Adding New Concerns - Memphis Daily ...
The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent methane, compared ... methane in
the Gulf amid concerns about the depths of the oil plume ...
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=50824
49%
554. GULF COULD BLOW UP FROM METHANE GAS MEGA TSUNAMI (Part 1) Video
Pt 1/2 Giant Gas Bubble Found Around Bp Oil Well Spill - Tsunami Warning! ... Methane Gas
Nuclear Blast Ocean! BP oil drilling! H&C Chemtrails Link! Peru & India ... Is Any Deep Water
Drilling Safe? AmpedStatus.com. Jul 10, 2010 ...
http://vodpod.com/watch/3860376-gulf-could-blow-up-from-methane-gas-mega-tsunami-part-1
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555. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns: Associated ...
Associated Press business news by provider, Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20100618&id=11606841
48%
556. Halliburton Presentation May Explain Horizon Oil Rig Explosion ...
You've done this lots of times in shallow water wells, ... As I read the presentation, they knew deep
water drilling had significant ... About 6.4 trillion tons of methane gas is trapped in deposits of
methane hydrates. ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8258972
48%
559. Re: Welcome To the Oil-Age: Drinking Oil, Washing Ourselves ...
It All Begins Here, Click To Chat With Armenian Girls and Guys ... Welcome To the Oil-Age:
Drinking Oil, Washing Ourselves by Oil, Swimming & Dying in Oil ...
http://www.network54.com/Forum/149359/message/1278042290/last-1278048040/Re-+Welcome
+To++the+Oil-Age-+Drinking+Oil,+Washing+Ourselves+by+Oil,+Swimming+&+Dying+in+
Oil
48%
561. Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Rwanda and DRC to ...
A large release of gas could suffocate tens of thousands of the 2 mm people who ... as methane. A
gas release triggered by an explosion in Cameroon's ...
http://www.gasandoil.com/GOC/news/nta71770.htm
47%
563. Bill Perkins - Could Gulf Oil Leak Lead to Methane-Bubble ...
Jun 23, 2010 ... The Trouble Methane Has Already Caused Natural gas, primarily known for ... A
heat-trapping greenhouse gas, it results as a byproduct in most deep-ocean ... This could result
after the initial explosion displaced all the oil, gas and water
http://my.opera.com/SavedNotFried/blog/show.dml/13128002
47%
564. BP
The well is like something deranged, stronger than anyone anticipated. ... near the BP Plc oil spill in
the gulf, says methane gas levels in some areas are " ...
http://www.infiniteunknown.net/tag/bp/
47%
566. Crews Position Top Hat' to Contain Oil Spill | Break Bulk
Three weeks after a violent explosion destroyed and sank a BP oil rig, crews working to stop a leak
that is spewing more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil a day into ...
http://www.breakbulk.com/government-regulation/crews-position-%E2%80%98top-hat%E2%80%
99-contain-oil-spill
47%
567. Crime on the High Seas: The "Deepwater Horizon" Oil Rig ...
... oil started pouring out of the well, which is nearly one mile deep. ... presumably because they
were burning the methane gas as well as their regular fuel. A few ...
http://www.iww.org/en/node/5087
47%
568. Deep Water Oil The Final Frontier :: The Market Oracle ...
Deep Water Oil The Final Frontier :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting
Free Website
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article20587.html
47%
570. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - Action 3 News ...
Action 3 News is Omaha Nebraska?s source for local news, severe weather, and sports news. KMTV
is the CBS affiliate for western Iowa, eastern Nebraska, ...
http://www.action3news.com/global/story.asp?s=12665184
47%
571. Gulf Oil Spill: NSF Awards Rapid Response Grant to Study ...
Jun 5, 2010 ... Scientists investigate oil and methane gas introduced by spill into ... and methane
gas into the deep, cold waters of the Gulf of Mexico. ... The oil well riser, she said, is releasing
substantial amounts of ... sunk after an explosion , si
http://myecoproject.org/2010/06/05/gulf-oil-spill-nsf-awards-rapid-response-grant-to-study-impact-
of-oil-and-methane-on-microbes/
47%
572. How the ultimate BP Gulf disaster could kill millions « Oil ...
Jun 20, 2010 ... It can be summed up with two words: methane gas. ... or cracks appearing on the
ocean floor near the damaged well head. ... made by BP during the period culminating with the
explosion. ... Disturbing evidence is mounting that something fri
http://island-adv.com/2010/06/how-the-ultimate-bp-gulf-disaster-could-kill-millions/
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574. Natural gas and water supplies: All is not well | MNN - Mother ...
When methane is found in water supplies, it can also signal that deeply drilled gas ... Craig Lobins,
the DEP regional oil and gas manager who initially described .... According to Baldassare, the
Snyder methane caused the explosion. ...
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/health-well-being/stories/natural-gas-and-water-supplies-all-is-not-w
ell
47%
578. Did Deepwater methane hydrates cause the BP Gulf explosion ...
May 24, 2010 ... Gas escaping with the oil from the well, when trapped in the steel structure ....
Deep sea methane: Energy Saviour Or Impending Disaster? ...
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/209220-Did-Deepwater-methane-hydrates-cause-the-BP-Gulf-ex
plosion-
46%
579. Did Methane Hydrate cause Gulf Oil Spill? - Fresno Gas Prices
no methane gas probably caused the blow out which started the fire ... explosion and then multi
leake and uncontrolled oil leak from unsealed well cause the ...
http://www.fresnogasprices.com/news/Did_Methane_Hydrate_cause_Gulf_Oil_Spill/27110_409960/
index.aspx
46%
583. Methane In Oil May Add To Harm - National News Story - WPBF ...
NEW ORLEANS - The crude gushing into the Gulf contains vast amounts of natural gas that could
pose a serious threat to the area's fragile ecosystem. Friday, June 18, 2010.
http://www.wpbf.com/news/23932452/detail.html
46%
584. Prophecies Forum - BP, Martial Law, Toxic Rain, Methane ...
Could the BP oil spill disaster cause Martial Law, Toxic Rain, Mass Evacuation of the Gulf ...
Kessler's team measured both surface and deep water within a 5- mile (8 ... The “dead zone”
created by a combination of methane gas and Corexit toxic .... Af
http://prophecies.us/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1277899586
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586. Testimony of Bruce Baizel, Senior Staff Attorney Oil & Gas ...
with communities to address and reduce the impacts of oil and gas development. ... is based upon
OGAP's experience with oil and gas development during the ...
http://www.earthworksaction.org/pubs/NYC_Testimony.pdf
46%
589. Deep-sea ice crystals stymie Gulf oil leak fix - Coulee News
The Coulee News is the newspaper of West Salem, Wisconsin. Local and national news, sports,
events, weather, obituaries, opinion and marketplace.
http://www.couleenews.com/articles/2010/05/11/thisjustin/07aoilbox.txt
45%
590. Gulf Oil Spill Methane Release and Mass Extinction Events, How ...
Jun 30, 2010 ... BP Gulf Oil Well Cap, Pressure At The Wellhead And What It .... Methane released
deep underwater might not even make it to the atmosphere. .... Methane gas dead zones & toxic
gasses will make people sick, even die. ...
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article20726.html
45%
592. La Plata Energy Council - Water Facts - Methane and Domestic ...
Explosions of such mixtures have been frequent in coalmines and collieries and ... In response to
these changes the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation ... There are 2150 gas wells in La Plata
County. Approximately half of these wells are ... are conventiona
http://energycouncil.org/waterfacts/methane.htm
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593. Oil well close to being capped | well, capped, close - News ...
May 7, 2010 ... Deep beneath the seafloor, methane gas is in a slushy, .... and the danger of
explosion when separating the mix of oil, gas and water that ...
http://www.thedestinlog.com/articles/well-13706-capped-close.html
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595. Rush to drill deeper carries added risks " Business ...
"This country's pretty well committed to oil and gas, and nobody's really happy when the price
goes through ... pressure and cold of the deep, methane hydrates exist in a slushy, ...
http://www.salemnews.com/business/x334288058/Rush-to-drill-deeper-carries-added-risks
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596. The Oil Drum: Australia/New Zealand | Power From The Depths
The carbon dioxide in the deep waters of the lake mainly derive from volcanic ... The dissolved
methane also provides an opportunity, as the gas can be ...
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3518
45%
597. What Caused The Explosion On The Deepwater Horizon? By Tom Eley
May 14, 2010 ... This required the rig to plug the oil well and separate its riser piping from the
wellhead to the rig. ... Only weeks before the fatal explosion, so much gas forced its ... be resistant
to structural damage caused by methane hydrates, ...
http://www.countercurrents.org/eley140510.htm
45%
598. • View topic - Richard Hoagland talking about Oil situation on ...
It can be summed up with two words: methane gas. ... operations hazardous and leads to
horrendous mining accidents deep under the earth also ... be fissures or cracks appearing on the
ocean floor near the damaged well head. ... 5 missteps made by BP during
http://watchermeetup.50.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5614&start=20
44%
601. More Gulf Horror! Scientists Say 'Unusual' High Methane Could ...
Jun 18, 2010 ... Typical oil deposits contain about 5% methane, he said. ... BP is burning the
excess gas attached to the crude siphoned from the breached well ... and uncaptured since the
Deepwater Horizons explosion April 20. ... “The question is what'
http://themoderatevoice.com/77042/more-gulf-horror-scientists-say-unusual-high-methane-could-t
urn-sea-into-dead-zones/
44%
604. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Events Leading up to the Spill ...
Jun 29, 2010 ... And (4) in the days leading up to the explosion, on at least ... The gas that is most
released from oil wells is methane. ... At that time the Deepwater Horizon oil rig began to list and
eventually sank into the deep ...
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/292-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-events-leading-spill
43%
605. Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may ha... - Year 2012 - tribe.net
1 vast amounts of methane in the oil coming out 40% at increasing pressures up to 100000 psi ....
Huge combustible clouds produced by methane gas trapped under the seas and explosively
released ... “BP engineer called doomed rig a ' nightmare well'” Hi
http://2012.tribe.net/thread/d7706a5e-3f90-4863-a372-93fe53bf1ca6
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606. Fuel From Natural Gas
History - Mega Disasters: Methane Explosion. Also With: Creative ... caused by a gigantic eruption
of methane gas from deep in the oceans 250 million years ...
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/16112/Fuel_From_Natural_Gas.html
43%
607. Gas And Oil And Ecological Debt In Africa By Nnimmo Bassey
A pioneering Nigerian environmentalists assesses the damage done to African economies and
environments by oil and gas problems and concludes that Africa is owed a ...
http://www.waado.org/Environment/OilCompanies/GasAndOilInAfrica-Bassey.html
43%
608. Gulf Of Mexico Sea Floor Fractured Beyond Repair, BP Disaster ...
Jun 24, 2010 ... In September 2009, the rig drilled the deepest oil well in history at a .... Seismic
data shows huge pools of methane gas at the location immediately below and ... It's what caused
the explosion in the first place, after all, ... with the
http://www.neuralnetwriter.cylo42.com/node/3073
43%
610. Ukraine Mine Blast Toll Hits 63 - 37 men missing in methane ...
At least 63 miners were killed early today when a methane gas explosion ripped through a coal
mine in eastern Ukraine. Another 37 miners were missing and rescuers ...
http://www.newser.com/story/11990/ukraine-mine-blast-toll-hits-63.html
43%
613. Million Gallons of Oil a Day Gush into Gulf of Mexico : The ...
They said that a methane gas bubble had formed, rocketed to the surface and caused a ... Oil in
the 1960s during the last big northern Gulf of Mexico oil well ...
http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=6199
42%
614. Nuke That Slicker | TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History
May 13, 2010 ... It's so simple, in fact, that the Soviet Union, a major oil exporter, ... Would a big
explosion seal the leak or open up a bigger one? ... Maybe its obvious to someone in the field of
deep sea drilling and deep sea explosions. ... With all
http://www.dailygrail.com/Fresh-Science/2010/5/Nuke-Slicker
42%
616. Gulf oil spill gas price blackmail - Gulf Oil Spill 2010 ...
Read Salon's news, analysis of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the Gulf Oil Spill 2010 ...
explosion is thought to have begun with a surge of methane gas from deep within ...
http://www.salon.com/technology/how_the_world_works/2010/05/12/gulf_oil_spill_regulation
41%
621. Death from the Depths: How Methane from the BP Disaster Could ...
Jun 19, 2010 ... The methane explosion isn't entirely out of the question ... Methane or Natural Gas
could get us off of oil cleaner and easier, ... effect the fish are they even testing to see how much
gas as well as oil is released? ... When they go down
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/55689
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622. Did Methane Hydrate cause Gulf Oil Spill? - Philadelphia Gas ...
no methane gas probably caused the blow out which started the fire ... explosion and then multi
leake and uncontrolled oil leak from unsealed well cause the ...
http://www.phillygasprices.com/news/Did_Methane_Hydrate_cause_Gulf_Oil_Spill/27110_409960/i
ndex.aspx
40%
625. Gulf spill: are the Methane Hydrates a bigger problem than the ...
Jul 18, 2010 ... <span class="apple-style-span">Survivors of the BP rig explosion toldinterviewers
... Gas escaping with the oil from the well,when trapped in the steel structure .... where they can
form massive deep sea floor ?mounds? ...
http://www.pensacolafishingforum.com/f70/gulf-spill-methane-hydrates-bigger-problem-than-oil-69
601/
40%
630. Rush to drill deeper carries added risks - 14 News, The Tri ...
"This country's pretty well committed to oil and gas, and nobody's really happy ... intense pressure
and cold of the deep, methane hydrates exist in a slushy, crystalline ...
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=12467229
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632. BP's containment dome operation fails to stop oil spill from ...
This post describes the failure of BP's containment dome from stopping the flow of oil from the
open well in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig incident
http://industrialplantsafety.com/bp-containment-dome-attempt-fails-stop-oil-spill-deepwater-horizo
n.html
39%
634. In oil spill saga, mysteries of the deep persist - The York ...
In oil spill saga, mysteries of the deep persist. By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press ... with an
unexpectedly powerful rush of methane gas up the well pipe to the sea surface. ...
http://www.ydr.com/ci_15188863
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635. Mineral Rights ~ Colorado Land for Sale ~ Adobe Gold Properties
The well spacing is regulated by the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission and ... How long will the
Coal Bed Methane Gas Wells be in Las Animas County? ...
http://www.adobegold.com/property-information/mineral-rights/
39%
638. Progress on containing gulf oil spill reversed as mishap lets ...
Jun 24, 2010 ... The Q4000, the semi-submersible rig that is flaring oil and gas, ... that tossed out
the government's moratorium on deep-water drilling. ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/23/AR2010062302595.html
39%
639. Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill - The Lakes of Alderaan ...
Well some of it is directly to the spill but other oil spills havnt ... The explosion has released
tremendous amounts of methane from deep in the ocean, and ...
http://unjoe.yuku.com/reply/191694/t/Re-Deep-Water-Horizon-Oil-Spill.html
38%
640. Hey Obama Quit Worrying About Kicking Ass, And Get Off Of ...
A bubble of methane is believed to have ignited the Deepwater Horizon explosion. John ... the leak
because nobody really knows how methane and oil build up beneath the surface. ...
http://yedda.com/questions/hey_obama_quit_worrying_kicking_ass_951688151454348
38%
647. How the ultimate BP Gulf disaster could kill millions : News ...
In their opinion, the explosive destruction of the Deepwater Horizon ... The burgeoning methane
gas cloud will surface, ... NEW ORLEANS (AP) - It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The
crudegushing from the well contains ... that the Gulf's d
http://www.disclose.tv/forum/how-the-ultimate-bp-gulf-disaster-could-kill-millions-t24681.html
37%
648. Industrial Plant Safety| Safety News, Safety Articles, Safety ...
It is suggested that methane in an ice crystal form has prevented the ... lowered into the sea, to
prevent any further oil leaking out of the capped well. ...
http://industrialplantsafety.com/page/4
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653. Did Methane Hydrate cause Gulf Oil Spill? - Honolulu Gas Prices
Did Methane Hydrate cause Gulf Oil Spill? SolveClimate - A 60 page ... is drilling into methane
hydrates, or through them into free gas trapped below, the ...
http://www.honolulugasprices.com/news/Did_Methane_Hydrate_cause_Gulf_Oil_Spill/27110_4099
60/index.aspx
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654. Flaring & venting in the oil & gas exploration & production ...
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (formerly the E&P Forum) has. access ... The
oil and gas exploration and production industry recognises the ...
http://www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/288.pdf
36%
657. The Tyee — Methane in Gulf spill adds new dimension to ...
The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 per cent methane, compared ... burn off
excess gas attached to crude before the oil is shipped off ...
http://thetyee.ca/CanadianPress/2010/06/18/US-Gulf-Oil-Spill/print.html
36%
659. What Went Wrong at Oil Rig? A Lot, Congress Finds - DailyFinance
New disclosures Wednesday revealed a complicated cascade of deep-sea equipment failures and
procedural problems in the oil rig explosion and massive spill that is ...
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/what-went-wrong-at-oil-rig-a-lot-probers-find-see-full-articl/194
75133/
36%
662. Did Methane Hydrate cause Gulf Oil Spill? - Montreal Gas Prices
Topic: Did Methane Hydrate cause Gulf Oil Spill? Post a Reply Back to ... is there to prevent any
sub from accidently hitting any of these deep well pipes ? ...
http://www.montrealgasprices.com/news/Did_Methane_Hydrate_cause_Gulf_Oil_Spill/27110_4099
60/index.aspx
35%
663. Gas hydrate: The next big fuel source? By Michael Richardson ...
imports nearly all the oil, gas and coal needed to run its vast economy, the ... exploitation of
methane hydrate was economically viable when oil traded ...
http://www.iseas.edu.sg/viewpoint/mr21aug08.pdf
35%
664. Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns - CKA News
It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast
amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf ...
http://www.canadaka.net/link.php?id=59468
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665. LiveLeak.com - How the ultimate BP Gulf disaster could kill ...
Jun 20, 2010 ... It can be summed up with two words: methane gas. ... hazardous and leads to
horrendous mining accidents deep under the earth also ... Location of Deepwater Horizon oil rig
was criticized ... This cavitation created a supersonic bubble of e
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d8f_1277060532&c=1
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667. PAgent's Progress " Blog Archive " So, What Could Be WORSE ...
If that methane should erupt, the resulting disaster would make the actual oil spill a ... release of
methane ignited, it would result in an explosion of biblical ...
http://pagentsprogress.com/?p=2497
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671. In oil spill saga, mysteries of the deep persist - Yahoo! Finance
May 29, 2010 ... This could have been a tip-off to an intrusion of methane gas. ... Not even the
amount of oil gushing from the well has been pinpointed. ... BP and the Coast Guard estimated
soon after the explosion that about 210000 ...
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100529/us_gulf_oil_spill_mysteries.html?.v=1
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675. blood pressure : Green Comet Of Doom Gives Grave Warning As ...
Jun 25, 2010 ... The first of these “deep wells” to be drilled by Soviet Union were ... which shot a
column of methane gas and oil up drilled well with such a ... in one of the biggest explosion of its
kind this year as Comet Machholz ...
http://www.health-care-health.co.cc/2010/06/blood-pressure-green-comet-of-doom-gives-grave-wa
rning-as-gulf-apocalypse-grows/
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676. BP airs video of oil gushing into Gulf | The Daily Telegraph
BAD wiring and a leak in what's supposed to be a "blowout preventer." Sealing problems that may
have allowed a methane eruption. Even a dead battery, of all things.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/bp-airs-video-of-oil-gushing-into-gulf/story
-e6freuyi-1225865819653
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677. Gulf oil full of methane adding new concerns - Road Runner
The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent methane, compared ... burn off
excess gas attached to crude before the oil is shipped off ...
http://roadrunner.com/news/topic/article/rr/9020/11129854/Gulf_oil_full_of_methane_adding_new
_concerns
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681. Gas and Oil Leases - Pennsylvania - Maryland - West Virginia ...
His well was 27 feet deep, quite shallow compared to today's wells. ... 90 percent of natural gas is
composed of methane, but it also contains small ...
http://www.gasandoilleases.com/
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685. BP Admits That - If It Tries to Cap the Leak - the Whole Well ...
Jun 15, 2010 ... IT should not be lost on anyone that the oil explosion-spil occured on .... allowing
deep water oil plumes to continue spreading until caught in ... a giant methane gas release from
the oceans + a consequent explosion ...
http://www.georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/06/bp-admits-that-if-it-tries-to-cap-leak.html
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686. Gulf Coast oil spill: BP hopes tube will siphon leak to tanker
Crucial oil rig safety device failed prior to methane leak that led to explosion: probe ... to detect if
explosive gas was leaking from the mile-deep well. While some data were ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/05/14/2010-05-14_gulf_coast_oil_spill_bp_hope
s_tube_will_siphon_leak_to_tanker_.html
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688. Mr. David Kubissa, Associate Editor Star-Gazette P.O. Box 285 ...
which were at gas well sites, 2 of which were at a single oil well site, and the ... oil or gas well
drilling over the past 30-year period, only. 1 involved methane migration ...
http://schuylerloc.org/doc/WINNER_LETTER_JANUARY_7.pdf
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689. Rush to drill deeper carries added risks - WTXL ABC 27 ...
"This country's pretty well committed to oil and gas, and nobody's really happy ... intense pressure
and cold of the deep, methane hydrates exist in a slushy, crystalline ...
http://www.wtxl.tv/Global/story.asp?S=12467229
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690. Safety - Oil & Gas Engineer - Engineer Live, For Engineers ...
Engineer Live - European and Worldwide Magazines for: Design, Process, Electronics, Chemical,
Asia-Pacific, Oil & Gas, Power, Energy and Hydrographic & Seismic Engineer
http://www.engineerlive.com/Oil-and-Gas-Engineer/Safety/
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691. Wealth Creation Through Oil & Gas Investments - Prime Oil ...
Wealth creation through oil and gas investments is the most proven way to build financial wealth.
Now small investors can own oil and gas investments ...
http://www.oilestates.com/definitions.html
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692. Disaster
Smoke rises from the BP oil spill site, as natural gas is burned off, while the ... largest oil-spill
clean-up company which also deals with oil and gas well fires ...
http://www.infiniteunknown.net/tag/disaster/
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693. The Family Survival Center Blog Space!: Deep ocean methane ...
Jun 19, 2010 ... Deep ocean methane bubbles are a greenhouse gas timebomb ... Methane Bubble
Triggered Blast Aboard Oil Rig (Source: AP) ... As the rig was being converted from an exploration
well to a production well, workers set and tested a cement seal
http://familysurvivalcenter.blogspot.com/2010/06/deep-ocean-methane-bubbles-are.html
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694. The New Media Journal | Deepwater Horizon: Incident Protocol ...
With the explosion it was obvious to fire units, including the Coast Guard, ... Deep sea oil drillers
often encounter pockets of methane crystals as they dig ...
http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/m_bruce/2010/05102010.htm
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695. The Shamanic Economist: The BP Oil Spill Was Not an Accident
May 9, 2010 ... There is no fire in the explosion of methane hydrate crystals. ... However, the
methane gas then bubbles up to the surface, ... Its deep-water oil well was drilled using the same
technology that is used for drilling in ...
http://shamaniceconomist.blogspot.com/2010/05/bp-oil-spill-was-not-accident.html
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697. D.) Verbal Testimony on Oil, Gas, and Solution Mining ...
on Oil, Gas, and Solution Mining Regulatory program. Well permit ... of methane from a gas well
leaking into 43 water wells has been reported in Ohio, ...
http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/resources/Testimonies/Oil,_Gas,_and_Solution_Mining_Regula
tory_program.pdf
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702. Scientists discover new BP oil spill doomsday scenario « The ...
Jun 21, 2010 ... In a normal oil well, there's about 5% methane in the crude mix that's ... gas
pockets and other abnormalities that led to the explosion. ...
http://randazza.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/scientists-discover-new-bp-oil-spill-doomsday-scenario/
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703. The Gas Beneath Their Feet: Coal bed methane and community ...
By Tyler McCreary Briarpatch Magazine February 2007 Years ago, coal bed methane was known
only to coal miners and their canaries. Photo by Pat Moss THE
http://briarpatchmagazine.com/the-gas-beneath-their-feet-coal-bed-methane-and-community-resist
ance-in-bc/
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704. TruthNews
... and left its 1600-meter-deep well gushing plumes of crude oil and natural gas. ... by measuring
methane, the gas which comprises 40 percent of the mass of the leaking petroleum. ...
http://www.truthnews.net/world/2010050505.htm
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705. Writings of Ryu: “Too Greedily and Too Deep” – The Deepwater ...
May 10, 2010 ... At 9:45 am an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon, an offshore drilling ....
but another, earlier methane gas explosion that took the lives of 29 West ... Worldwide, oil wells
will only hold out at the current rate of ...
http://ryu13337.blogspot.com/2010/05/too-greedily-and-too-deep-deepwater.html
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711. Clean Chinese Gas Energy From Coal - Commodities - Resource ...
China has been relying heavily on coal (over 70% of domestic energy consumption) and petroleum
for energy to maintain its supercharged economic growth it has plenty ...
http://www.resourceinvestor.com/News/2008/8/Pages/Clean-Chinese-Gas-Energy-From-Coal.aspx
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715. In oil spill saga, mysteries of the deep persist - Yahoo! Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) - The impatient nation isn t getting answers fast enough in the Gulf of Mexico
oil spill disaster.What exactly went wrong? Who messed
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/In-oil-spill-saga-mysteries-apf-3830597132.html?x=0&.v=1
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716. section1.htm
... entitled The methane water clathrate: treasures of the deep or an ecological ... methane may
not involve the clathrate and may occur from gas rich oil deposits. ...
http://www.ijvs.com/volume6/edition1/section1.html
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719. CTV Ottawa- Gulf oil full of methane, adding new concerns ...
It is an overlooked danger in the oil spill crisis: The crude gushing from the well contains vast
amounts of natural gas that could pose a serious threat to the Gulf ...
http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100618/gulf-oil-methane-100618/20100618?hub
=OttawaHome&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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723. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING PETROLEUM AND GENERATING ...
A portable natural gas, methane, or petroleum reformer is brought to a site of the oil well. ... the
driver gas deep into the oil well for use in oil extraction, are provided. ...
http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080296018
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724. Commentary: Old Mine Gas Ignites W.Va. Well Blast, 7 Hurt ...
Commentary: DEP: Methane caused well-drilling blast that burned 7 workers in WVa; flames 70-80
feet tall.
http://www.thestreet.com/storycomments/10776122/1/old-mine-gas-ignites-wva-well-blast-7-hurt.
html
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728. TransOcean's Deep Water Horizon Knew Better. | Hydrogen Power ...
The oil emanating from the seafloor contains about 40 percent methane, compared with ... drilling
into a hot deep reservoir of oil and gas and did not take ...
http://hydrogenpowercentral.com/crm/content/transoceans-deep-water-horizon-knew-better
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729. EARTH Magazine: Water Wise: Where will the oil spilled in the ...
The "Deep Spill" project found that the initial "jets" of oil and gas broke up ... are
thermodynamically stable, and could thus form on the surface of the methane bubbles. ...
http://www.earthmagazine.com/earth/article/352-7da-6-e
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