re: #297 Bubblehead II

re: #277 albusteve

Here in one of the reasons the Dutch help was refused.

From the Financial Post link.

*snip*

“The voracious Dutch vessels, for example, continuously suck up vast quantities of oily water, extract most of the oil and then spit overboard vast quantities of nearly oil-free water. Nearly oil-free isn’t good enough for the U.S. regulators, who have a standard of 15 parts per million — if water isn’t at least 99.9985% pure, it may not be returned to the Gulf of Mexico.”

Fucking Idiots.

“nearly oil-free” not being good enough is absolutely true.
It’s one of the standards that rigs are supposed to meet - during drilling and production operations, they cannot spill anything that leaves even the slightest “sheen” on the water, not even a cupful, without being subject to fines. My husband deals with these requirements every time he’s out on a rig.

There are no exceptions in the regs for “foreign” vessels, that I know of. Why would that be acceptable? There will still be oil in the water subject to coming up on the beaches, harming marine life. Why would we allow that?