SLOWLY GETTING BACK TO NORMAL: Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is returning to normal in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. Gulf Coast refineries are also ramping up gasoline production after shutting down in anticipation of the storm.
THE NUMBERS: The government reported Monday that oil production
is down 800,000 barrels per day, an improvement of 100,000 barrels per
day from Sunday. At the height of the storm 1.3 million barrels per day
were offline. Nine refineries in the path of Isaac are restarting or
operating at reduced rates, 1 has returned to full operation and 1 is
still shut down because it is still without power.
PRICE SPIKE LIKELY OVER: Gasoline prices fell — slightly — Monday to
$3.827 after a week-long spike that pushed the national average price of
gasoline up 11 cents. Analysts expect prices to decline in the coming
weeks as refineries come back online, the summer driving season ends and
refiners switch to cheaper winter gasoline blends.
Source: Washington Post
"Every Ogoni person is a
potential cancer patient," Magnus Abbe, a senator and spokesman for a
delegation from the Ogoniland region of southern Nigeria, said during a
visit to President Goodluck Jonathan with journalists present.
"Tragic and catastrophic as the situation is, the Ogoni people are
concerned by a protracted and near absence of a strategic response by
the federal government to the findings of the (UN) report."
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-nigerian-urges-action-oil-devastation.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-nigerian-urges-action-oil-devastation.html#jCp
"Every Ogoni person is a
potential cancer patient," Magnus Abbe, a senator and spokesman for a
delegation from the Ogoniland region of southern Nigeria, said during a
visit to President Goodluck Jonathan with journalists present.
"Tragic and catastrophic as the situation is, the Ogoni people are
concerned by a protracted and near absence of a strategic response by
the federal government to the findings of the (UN) report."
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-nigerian-urges-action-oil-devastation.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-nigerian-urges-action-oil-devastation.html#jCp
Nigerians from a region
devastated by oil spills on Monday called on the president to take
action, more than a year after a UN report said the contamination may
require the world's biggest cleanup.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-nigerian-urges-action-oil-devastation.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-nigerian-urges-action-oil-devastation.html#jCp
Nigerians from a region
devastated by oil spills on Monday called on the president to take
action, more than a year after a UN report said the contamination may
require the world's biggest cleanup.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-nigerian-urges-action-oil-devastation.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-nigerian-urges-action-oil-devastation.html#jCp
Nigerians from a region
devastated by oil spills on Monday called on the president to take
action, more than a year after a UN report said the contamination may
require the world's biggest cleanup.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-nigerian-urges-action-oil-devastation.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-nigerian-urges-action-oil-devastation.html#jCp
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