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Friday, June 11, 2010
Oil Spill

NIC Welcomes OSHA To The Gulf – But Do Mariners?

In the testimony of Steven Tink, BP head of Health, Safety and the Environment, gCaptain was critical of his wide knowledge of OSHA regulations, regualtions

June 11, 2010
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Oil Spill

Drilling The Relief Well – How Will BP Find The Needle In This Haystack?

The primary relief well is currently being drilled by the DD3, followed shortly by a back-up well being drilled by the sister-rig DD2. But, considering

June 10, 2010
Total Views: 41

Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Oil Spill

Salvage of the Deepwater Horizon

While many engineers are focusing on ways to plug the gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, some are still focussing on raising critical parts of the sunken Deepwater

June 9, 2010
Total Views: 332

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Oil Spill

Breaking News – Relief Well Workers Drinking Tainted Water

San Luis Obispo – In exclusive interviews gCaptain has learned that critical deliveries of fresh water have been delayed to oil rigs drilling relief

June 2, 2010
Total Views: 14

Monday, May 31, 2010
Oil Spill

Fast Rescue Boats – A Photo Slideshow

One topic that came up during multiple interviews with Deepwater Horizon crew was equipment. The three leading comments were… We really should have been

May 31, 2010
Total Views: 50

Friday, May 28, 2010
Oil Spill

Deepwater Hearings – The Questions Not Being Asked, The Witnesses Not Being Called

There exists a myth that mariners do not like investigations because they resist the changes that take place (regulatory, company policy, etc) as a result of

May 28, 2010
Total Views: 5

Oil Spill

Loop Current re-alignment reduces threat of Oil to Florida Keys and Atlantic Coast

Earlier this week we showed how NASA was keeping on eye on the Gulf of Mexico’s Loop Current.  Today, Dr. Jeff Master’s of Weather Underground

May 28, 2010
Total Views: 74

Thursday, May 27, 2010
Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Hearings – Live Blogging Day 2

This is Part II of gCaptain’s hearing coverage. You can view Part I at the following link: Deepwater Horizon Hearings – Live Blogging This

May 27, 2010
Total Views: 7

Oil Spill

Deepwater Hearings – How much does the left hand know about the right hand?

At the conclusion of the first day of the Kenner hearings to include testimony from both BP and Transocean personnel, it’s clear one question needs to be

May 27, 2010
Total Views: 9

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Incidents

Deepwater Horizon Hearings – Live Blogging

This morning the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Minerals Management Service (MMS) began the second part of the Deepwater Horizon Investigation at the

May 26, 2010
Total Views: 35

Oil Spill

BP gets approval for “Top Kill” procedure, begins operation to stop flow of oil

Click HERE for high resolution graphic Federal On-Scene Coordinator Rear Admiral Mary Landry, acting on the validation of government scientists and in

May 26, 2010
Total Views: 22

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Oil Spill

NASA Satellites Keep Watch on Gulf’s Loop Current Near Spill

Scientists and agencies monitoring the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are keeping a wary eye on changes in the nearby Loop Current, a warm ocean current that

May 25, 2010
Total Views: 41

Thursday, May 20, 2010
Oil Spill

BP Releases Live Feed of Oil Spill Source

Representative Edward J. Markey of Massachussetts yesterday pushed BP to release a Live Spill Cam of the gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.  This request comes in

May 20, 2010
Total Views: 22

Monday, May 17, 2010
Fire Incidents

60 Minutes’ Coverage on Deepwater Horizon Blowout

Watch CBS News Videos Online For those of you who missed it, last night 60 Minutes aired a must watch report on the Deepwater Horizon blowout.  The report

May 17, 2010
Total Views: 31

Friday, May 14, 2010
Interesting

BP Seeks YOUR Ideas – Is the oil giant going open source?

gCaptain asked forum members to submit ideas when developing the ship tracking iPhone Application gTrax. The USCG has used social media for the last few years

May 14, 2010
Total Views: 130

Thursday, May 13, 2010
Photo

Gulf Oil Spill – The Big Picture

The above photos are thumbnails of photos collected by the Boston Globe for a regular feature they publish called “The Big Picture“. Today’s

May 13, 2010
Total Views: 11

Oil Spill

Video Of The Gulf Oil Leak

Below are a few official videos of the oil flow taken from an ROV on the Gulf Of Mexico seabed. For more official videos visit the Deepwater Horizon Response

May 13, 2010
Total Views: 5

Thursday, May 6, 2010
Fire Incidents

A look at BP’s Containment Dome

Image © BP p.l.c. Yesterday evening the first containment dome, or cofferdam, departed Port Fourchon on Chouest’s M/V Joe Griffin en route to the

May 6, 2010
Total Views: 121

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Fire Incidents

Is BP Too Big To Fail… In The Gulf Of Mexico?

At his new home, maritime reporter Joe Keefe looks at BP as it responds to the recent incident in the Gulf Of Mexico. In the section of the article

May 5, 2010
Total Views: 3

Oil Spill

Deepwater Horizon Photos – A Slideshow Of Pictures From The Incident Scene

This slideshow is a look at the most interesting photos from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Incident, as seen through the lenses of social media site

May 5, 2010
Total Views: 17
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