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Recent Updates for Deepwater Horizon Response

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The crew of a C-130 fixed-wing aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., surveys the Gulf of Mexico approximately 130 miles west of Clearwater in support of the ongoing Administration response the the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill. The C-130 aircrew also dropped two satellite-enabled data marker buoys to track the spill. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen.
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airboyd.tv Video by SSgt. Jose Contreras. Courtesy USCG, Deepwater Horizon Response Unit HOUMA, La. — An aircrew releases oil dispersant over an oil discharge from the mobile offshore drilling unit, Deepwater Horizon, off the shore of Louisiana, May 5, 2010. To date, the unified response has dropped 156364 gallons of oil dispersant on the discharge.

The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled “Inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill” on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Chairman Stupak explains that the committee investigation found that the blowout preventer had multiple problems—it had an apparent significant leak in a key hydraulic system, was modified in unexpected ways, was not powerful enough to do what it was supposed to do (cut through joints in the drill pipe), and that the “deadman switch” (which is supposed to activate the blowout preventer when all else fails) had a dead battery among other issues. Learn more about the hearing at: energycommerce.house.gov
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GULF OF MEXICO An Air Force C-130 aircraft drops dispersant over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site May 6, 2010. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater oil rig that sank April 22, causing a massive spill off the Gulf Coast. U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Jose E. Contreras.

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