Piece of oil rig washes up on Florida beach

Source: AP

A piece of wreckage from the deepsea rig that exploded in April has washed up on a beach in Florida about 190 miles from the site of the disaster.

Bay County Sheriff Deputy Ray Maulbeck was working beach patrol Sunday morning when he came upon the stainless steel tank that had some oil oozing from it, along with barnacles and sea growth attached to it. The Coast Guard and state environmental officials were called in to investigate, and they took the piece away.

Maulbeck says the part had markings that identified it as having come from the Deepwater Horizon rig.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/12/2012132/piece-of-oil-rig-washes-up-on.html

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Another article:

Mystery Tank From Exploded Oil Rig Washes Ashore On Local Beaches
http://www.wjhg.com/news/headlines/96221084.html


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Residents to that section of the beach say the tank first appeared last night and washed up to the shoreline over night. But no one reported it to authorities until mid morning today.

Eye witnesses tell newschannel seven the tank had BP identifying logos on it but those were promptly removed when crews arrived late this morning.

Its not known what is inside the tank but the Coast Guard, Bay County Hazmat Teams and The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sealed off the area for a thousand feet after fumes from the tank were so noxious people began feeling ill.

Bay County EMS Ambulance units were sent to the scene to stand by but they apparently we not needed.

Even though Bay County Hazmat teams did some on the spot testing to see what was involved, Valerie Lovett, the County's Public Information officer, told NewsChannel Seven she couldn't say what it was.

After spending most of the day on the problem crews ended up loading the container onto a large truck with plans presumably to truck it to the Waste Management landfill near Campbellton in Jackson County.

In the meantime, the major question of what was in the tank, petroleum of dangerous chemical still remains unanswered tonight.

I just find that really strange.

Also can't help but think that as the debris from that rig moves with the current, so does the goo.

:cry:

enough to make people sick.

And you are right, the stinky tank is at the head of the massive goo which is surely to follow and keep following. There's fifty days of the stuff following behind this beached find.

if the debris moved in that direction..

It seems the US Government's new job is to protect BP's image.

Why did they remove the labels? My guess is that Fox will now say that they have not determined that it was from BP and they will have to send it out to a laboratory to verify that is where it came from.

you could stick his nose in the stink and crude and rub BP oil all over his body and he's say he sees no evidence of anything. :grr: :mad:

It's coarse may not foretell that of the slick.

BP reminds me of the evil trading company in those pirate movies that Johnny Depp starred in.

The logos may have been taken as evidence of ownership, before BP could get hold of it. It doesn't sound as if BP was part of the crews that were called. I wouldn't be surprised if the sheriff took some pics before the crews showed up, too. Of course, I'm just speculating, as we all are.

cleanup is secondary and preventing such a spill in the first place is an afterthought.

I sure hope they get sued for every penny in damages they have caused, and are causing.

Signs of life anyway

barnacles take longer than a month to grow.

I read just a couple of ago something a DUer posted about the government going to raise the sunken oil rig because it was evidence.

This is such a tragedy!

boats out there?

... :wtf:

http://necn.platformicstaging.com/06/13/10/Oil-container-washes-ashore-in-Florida/landing.html?blockID=252647&feedID=4215



So now they're not sure.

Just like they weren't sure all the dead turtles, fish and dolphins washing up on shore were victims of BP's disaster.



BP=BS