Posted On: 07/09/2014 4:58:05 PM
Post# of 43066
Whimsically awaiting the resurrection of this mysteriously deemed "off-topic" post over there.
Post Date: 7/9/2014 4:21:45 PM in reply to 104141308 by jaxstraw
Board: JBI Inc. Reason: Off-Topic
One could compare incident at the JBII Niagara Falls facility with the BP Deepwater Horizon 210,000,000 gallon incident and conclude the JBII 250 gallon spill was not such a big deal.
Location Gulf of Mexico near Mississippi River Delta, United States
Coordinates
28°44'17.30?N 88°21'57.40?W Coordinates: 28°44'17.30?N 88°21'57.40?W[1]
Date Spill date: 20 April – 15 July 2010
Well officially sealed: 19 September 2010
Cause
Cause Wellhead blowout
Casualties 11 dead
Operator Transocean under contract for BP[2]
Spill characteristics
Volume 4.9 million barrels (210,000,000 U.S. gallons; 780,000 cubic meters) ±10%[3]
Area 2,500 to 68,000 sq mi (6,500 to 176,100 km2)[4]
Post Date: 7/9/2014 4:21:45 PM in reply to 104141308 by jaxstraw
Board: JBI Inc. Reason: Off-Topic
One could compare incident at the JBII Niagara Falls facility with the BP Deepwater Horizon 210,000,000 gallon incident and conclude the JBII 250 gallon spill was not such a big deal.
Location Gulf of Mexico near Mississippi River Delta, United States
Coordinates
28°44'17.30?N 88°21'57.40?W Coordinates: 28°44'17.30?N 88°21'57.40?W[1]
Date Spill date: 20 April – 15 July 2010
Well officially sealed: 19 September 2010
Cause
Cause Wellhead blowout
Casualties 11 dead
Operator Transocean under contract for BP[2]
Spill characteristics
Volume 4.9 million barrels (210,000,000 U.S. gallons; 780,000 cubic meters) ±10%[3]
Area 2,500 to 68,000 sq mi (6,500 to 176,100 km2)[4]
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