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Gold/Mining/Energy : coastal caribbean (cco@) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: andy harrison who wrote (821)	5/16/1999 3:45:00 PM
From: Edwin S. Fujinaka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4686

Someone suggested that the Miami Herald may have published something about the CCO Court activities, but I haven't had a chance to look yet. Hopefully other people may post news items here so I am not the only one risking copyright infringement. <G>. Along those lines here's a story on an oil spill related to tankers and a pipeline. I guess it didn't take $4 Billion to effectively take care of it. I wonder how much bond they posted. <G>. Probably less than $225 Million. Maybe $2 Million?: Oil slick in Mexico dissipates Click on our sponsors! Updated 1:38 PM ET May 16, 1999 SAN DIEGO, May 16 (UPI) The oil slick left after a spill off the coast of Rosarito Beach, Mexico, continues to dissipate and its remnants do not appear to pose any danger to the U.S. shoreline. The U.S. Coast Guard said today the slick was moving south, away from where the pipeline broke as a Chevron tanker was pumping oil to a Pemex onshore facility. The pipeline failure, which caused Thursday afternoon's spill, occurred about 30 miles south of San Diego. The pipe is used by tankers to unload fuel to an oil storage and distribution facility on shore. A Coast Guard spokesman said it looked really good, but there was a possibility the slick could still move northward. He said, SeaWorld had activated its bird recovery unit and took custody of four oiled Western Grebes found Saturday. Three of the birds were being rehabilitated. The fourth has died. Mexican navy personnel, working with a U.S. cleanup contractor, spent two days cleaning the beach. Dozens of bags of oil-soaked debris have been taken away, and officials hope the residue left on the beach will be burned away by the sun. Pemex, the Mexican national oil company, says the oil spill was tiny compared to original estimates. The company, known as Petroleos Mexicanos, says only 252 gallons of oil were released from a hole in the offshore pipeline. Earlier reports put the size of the spill at 110,000 gallons. Mexican officials say 90 percent to 95 percent of the spill has been cleaned up. The oil slick covered more than 8,750 square yards.