The oil tankers' spill has the potential of damaging the enviroment of the entire Black Sea depending on tides. It is a sensitive area as there are missile instillations long the peninsula and to offer assistance to Russia might be met with concern for it's national defense with the potential of Western spying. The area needs to be secure from major environmental damage, but, considering the seas and current weather the likelihood of containment of any kind is unlikely.
Years ago in regard to advocating for finding new energy and transportation solutions, in realization of the extent the troposphere would become trubulent year after year due to Human Induced Global Warming, there was a 'factor' that was not measurable on the Geophysic Scale. That factor was the 'chaos/disruption' the seas and oceans would play on the human activity that would actually deliver oil for process and use. I thought it then and I still have the same assessment; Earth has many defenses; among them angry seas that will and do treat cargo ships as toys.
November 12, 2007
7:25 a.m. EST
Preciosa Dumlao - AHN News Writer
Rostov-On-Don, Russia (AHN) - At least three bodies of unidentified sailors were recovered Monday after a Russian oil freight sank near the Black Sea. Officials said the oil spill was one of the worst environmental disaster happened in the region and would probably takes years to clean up.
The incident happened at the Strait of Kerch, a narrow strait, which links two seas, the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
The Emergency Situations spokesman Sergei Kozhemyaka said rescuers found the three dead sailors still wearing their life vests. The bodies were found near Tuzla in the western side of the strait. Rescuers were still looking for five more bodies, which believed to be dead due to heavy storm.
There were at least 10 ships which sank or ran on the shore during the heavy storm in the northern Black Sea region including the tanker. At least 1.3 million gallons of fuel oil were in the Volganeft-139 and nearly half of the oil it carries spilled into the sea and had been left on nearby shorelines.
Authorities said the 13 crew of the Russian tanker were saved.
Preciosa Dumlao - AHN News Writer
Rostov-On-Don, Russia (AHN) - At least three bodies of unidentified sailors were recovered Monday after a Russian oil freight sank near the Black Sea. Officials said the oil spill was one of the worst environmental disaster happened in the region and would probably takes years to clean up.
The incident happened at the Strait of Kerch, a narrow strait, which links two seas, the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
The Emergency Situations spokesman Sergei Kozhemyaka said rescuers found the three dead sailors still wearing their life vests. The bodies were found near Tuzla in the western side of the strait. Rescuers were still looking for five more bodies, which believed to be dead due to heavy storm.
There were at least 10 ships which sank or ran on the shore during the heavy storm in the northern Black Sea region including the tanker. At least 1.3 million gallons of fuel oil were in the Volganeft-139 and nearly half of the oil it carries spilled into the sea and had been left on nearby shorelines.
Authorities said the 13 crew of the Russian tanker were saved.
Did I say ONLY $100 per barrel by the end of the year? Oh !
Oil prices dive on talk of OPEC output hike (click here)
5 hours ago
LONDON (AFP) — World oil prices tumbled on Monday after OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia said over the weekend that the oil cartel might raise output to help combat high energy rates, analysts said.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, shed 2.15 dollars to 94.17 dollars. Last Wednesday it had hit an historic peak of 98.62 dollars.
In London on Monday, Brent North Sea crude for December delivery slumped 1.91 dollars to 91.27 dollars. On Wednesday it struck an all-time high of 95.19 dollars.
"Crude futures were down following comments from Saudi Oil Minister Ali al Nuaimi, OPEC's most influential voice," Sucden analyst Michael Davies said Monday.
Nuaimi had told reporters during a short visit to Kuwait that talk of a hike in output was premature.
But he added: "When OPEC meets, we will discuss this issue."
He did not specify which meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries he was referring to.
OPEC is holding a summit in Riyadh on November 17-18 and ministers are also due to meet in Abu Dhabi on December 5....
5 hours ago
LONDON (AFP) — World oil prices tumbled on Monday after OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia said over the weekend that the oil cartel might raise output to help combat high energy rates, analysts said.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, shed 2.15 dollars to 94.17 dollars. Last Wednesday it had hit an historic peak of 98.62 dollars.
In London on Monday, Brent North Sea crude for December delivery slumped 1.91 dollars to 91.27 dollars. On Wednesday it struck an all-time high of 95.19 dollars.
"Crude futures were down following comments from Saudi Oil Minister Ali al Nuaimi, OPEC's most influential voice," Sucden analyst Michael Davies said Monday.
Nuaimi had told reporters during a short visit to Kuwait that talk of a hike in output was premature.
But he added: "When OPEC meets, we will discuss this issue."
He did not specify which meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries he was referring to.
OPEC is holding a summit in Riyadh on November 17-18 and ministers are also due to meet in Abu Dhabi on December 5....
