The BP oil spill will affect everyone around the Gulf of Mexico for years and years. Now the Associated Press reports that New Orleans is back within the thick of an oil slick thanks to an errant tow boat called the Pere Ana C. . MSNBC reports that Plaquemines Parish President Nungesser explains oil is shooting in the air right about now.
Well found south of New Orleans
The gushing oil well is located in an inland waterway along the border between Plaquemines Parish and Jefferson Parish, approximately 65 miles south of New Orleans. You can’t get to this place on roads. Recovery workers had already been working in nearby Barataria Bay, an ecologically sensitive coastal estuary where waves of oil had entered from the Deepwater Horizon disaster within the Gulf of Mexico. The owner of the newly damaged well is currently unknown. Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts explains that there is quite a bit of oil coming from the Pere Ana C. collision. Since you can only get to the area on a boat, not much is known about the recovery or how much is leaking. Since there have been gas clouds reported within the area, officials worry about natural oil leaking .
Pere Ana C. hit around Mud Lake
Tuesday Morning, the Pere Ana C. collision happened quite close to Mud Lake. The Coast Guard ship went to the LaRose area after this happened. Right now, we have heard of no injuries. Reports from various media sources indicate that local authorities are at the moment within the process of searching for someone who can go in and stop the new oil spill. It’s unknown whether expense of the cleanup will approach what has already been spent by BP for local cleanup following Deepwater Horizon.
Additional reading
Associated Press
miamiherald.com/2010/07/27/1748599/oil-spews-from-la-oil-well-struck.html
MSNBC
msnbc.msn.com/id/38429966/ns/us_news-environment/
Remember when BP blocked media access to cleanup workers?
youtube.com/watch?v=dZHnStD690U
