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Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Expected, But Severe

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However the dead zone, which is usually limited to water just above the sea floor, was severe where it did occur, extending closer to the water surface than in most years. Deadzone on July 27, 2009. Credit: LUMCON. Click to enlarge. Earlier this summer, forecast models developed by Dr. R. Earlier post.) billion annually.

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Chevron Sanctions Development of Deepwater Jack/St. Malo Project in the Gulf of Mexico; Initial Development Cost of ~$7.5B

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Malo fields are located within 25 miles (40 km) of each other approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 7,000 feet (2,100 m). By comparison, the water depth of BP’s MC252 well (of the Deepwater Horizon disaster) was approximately 5,023 feet (1,522 meters). Click to enlarge.

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NOAA Forecast Predicts Large Dead Zone for Gulf of Mexico this Summer

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A team of NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Louisiana State University, and the University of Michigan is forecasting that the “dead zone” off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico this summer could be one of the largest on record. Dead zone visualization. Credit: NOAA.

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Startup New Oil Resources commercializing hydrothermal process for conversion of biomass to gasoline-range hydrocarbons

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Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. Click to enlarge. Gary Miller. James Catallo, Todd F. Shupe, Jay L.

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Chevron sanctions $4B Big Foot Project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico

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Big Foot will be Chevron’s sixth operated facility in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and located approximately 225 miles (360 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in water depths of 5,200 feet (1,600 m). Chevron Corporation has sanctioned development of its $4-billion Big Foot project in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

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Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips partner to explore 24 leases in Paleogene trend in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

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BP discovered Tiber in 2009 and Gila in 2013, and in October 2014 participated as a co-owner in the Chevron-operated Guadalupe discovery. The Gila discovery was made by an exploration well on Keathley Canyon Block 93, about 300 miles (483 km) southwest of New Orleans, in approximately 4,900 feet (1,494 meters) of water.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The growth in hydrous ethanol, which uses a blend of 94-95% ethanol to 5-6% water, rapidly increased during the 1980s, with consumption peaking in 1989. water content in it and Gasoline C, or E25, which is a mixture of 75% Gasoline A and 25% in volume of anhydrous ethanol (AEAC) with a maximum of 0.4% Earlier GCC post.]