“A Whale” Operational Review Completed

Frow what I understand, this A-Whale was designed at the last moment & has gone through several different modifications and never was tested.
Plus a huge tanker such as this is not very mobile.

On the other hand, offers were made weeks ago by other countries to come in with proven skimmer technology.

This is nothing more than a CYA story to help the dofus-in-chief save face.

Seems to me that it really would only be effective in a heavy oil spill like the Valdez where thick oil was in a small area.

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Below is a breakdown of skimming operations by parish:

JEFFERSON
Operational Skimmers: 48
Non-Operational Skimmers: 4
Total number of Skimmers: 52
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 41
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0


LAFOURCHE
Operational Skimmers: 48
Non-Operational Skimmers: 14
Total number of Skimmers: 62
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 42
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0


PLAQUEMINES
Operational Skimmers: 102
Non-Operational Skimmers: 3
Total number of Skimmers: 105
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 81
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0


ST. BERNARD
Operational Skimmers: 37
Non-Operational Skimmers: 13
Total number of Skimmers: 50
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 5
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 5


ST. TAMMANY
Operational Skimmers: 55
Non-Operational Skimmers: 1
Total number of Skimmers: 56
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 13
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0


TERREBONNE
Operational Skimmers: 56
Non-Operational Skimmers: 8
Total number of Skimmers: 64
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 26
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0

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5 gallons of oil collected.... AWESOME!

Evidently they were not willing to sign their vessel over to Haliburton and allow them to charge the goverment and take all the money and then give them what little bit was left. Oh well.

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Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 5

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Collection on previous Thursday and Friday were marginally higher. Maybe Skimmers don't work all day on Saturdays.

BATON ROUGE (July 16, 2010) - The state of Louisiana today issued its report on skimming operations on Louisiana's coast.

Statewide, there are 389 skimmers total, of which 324 are operational and 237 actually deployed to collect oil. In total, these skimmers collected 769 gallons of oil and 830 cubic yards of debris.

JEFFERSON
Operational Skimmers: 50
Non-Operational Skimmers: 4
Total number of Skimmers: 54
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 43
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 294

LAFOURCHE
Operational Skimmers: 48
Non-Operational Skimmers: 14
Total number of Skimmers: 62
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 42
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0

PLAQUEMINES
Operational Skimmers: 92
Non-Operational Skimmers: 7
Total number of Skimmers: 99
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 79
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 445

ST. BERNARD
Operational Skimmers: 20
Non-Operational Skimmers: 30
Total number of Skimmers: 50
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 5
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0

ST. TAMMANY
Operational Skimmers: 54
Non-Operational Skimmers: 3
Total number of Skimmers: 57
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 32
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0

TERREBONNE
Operational Skimmers: 60
Non-Operational Skimmers: 7
Total number of Skimmers: 67
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 36
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 30

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BATON ROUGE (July 15, 2010) - The state of Louisiana today issued its report on skimming operations on Louisiana's coast.

Statewide, there are 404 skimmers total, of which 330 are operational and 241 actually deployed on July 15 to collect oil. In total, these skimmers collected 632 gallons of oil and 1846 cubic yards of debris.

Below is a breakdown of skimming operations by parish:

JEFFERSON
Operational Skimmers: 48
Non-Operational Skimmers: 4
Total number of Skimmers: 52
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 41
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0

LAFOURCHE
Operational Skimmers: 48
Non-Operational Skimmers: 14
Total number of Skimmers: 62
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 42
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0

PLAQUEMINES
Operational Skimmers: 92
Non-Operational Skimmers: 7
Total number of Skimmers: 99
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 79
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 625

ST. BERNARD
Operational Skimmers: 19
Non-Oper! ational Skimmers: 31
Total number of Skimmers: 50
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 5
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 7

ST. TAMMANY
Operational Skimmers: 53
Non-Operational Skimmers: 6
Total number of Skimmers: 59
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 25
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0

TERREBONNE
Operational Skimmers: 74
Non-Operational Skimmers: 8
Total number of Skimmers: 82
Number of Skimmers Deployed / Collecting Oil: 49
Amount of Oil Collected in Gallons: 0

I'm sorry but those boats are burning more fuel than they are collecting. what a waste.