Tag: Gulf of Mexico

Large plume of brown water from Elsa seen moving into the Gulf of Mexico

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on July 8, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – Discolored water from Tropical Storm Elsa was seen over the Gordon River in Naples as it meets the Gulf of Mexico. The same thing is happening in Lee County. A similar plume meeting the waters of the Gulf of Mexico was seen at the Sanibel Causeway, as the freshwater makes its way from the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River. When Dr. Barry Rosen from FGCU’s Water School first saw the aerial photos of the brown water, he wasn’t surprised. “I think thats a very natural phenomenon that happens when you have relatively clean ocean water and then...

Fireball erupting from Gulf of Mexico caused by rupture in underwater gas pipeline

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on July 4, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

MEXICO CITY / AP — Mexico’s state-owned oil company suffered a rupture in an underwater gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, sending flames boiling up to the surface, officials said. Fire control boats were sent to the site to pump water over the flames, Petroleos Mexicanos said. The company, also referred to as Pemex, said nobody was injured in the incident in the offshore Ku-Maloob-Zaap field. The leak happened early Friday morning about 150 yards from a drilling platform. The leak was under control about five hours after it ruptured. The accident caused balls of flames to boil...