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What effect will the 2010 Hurricane Season have on the BP Oil Spill cleanup efforts?

April 26, 2017BP cleanup efforts Hurricane Oil season spill

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What effect will the 2010 Hurricane Season have on the BP Oil Spill cleanup efforts?

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One of the glaring effects of the 2010 Hurricane season on the the BP Oil Spill cleanup would be the delay in the mopping up efforts by concerned Federal authorities. “A storm could impose delays from a few days to several weeks on efforts to contain the oil spewing from the blowout or on efforts to drill relief wells.” Thus allowing more days and weeks for the oil spill to the Gulf of Mexico and beyond. With regards to the contaminated water there’s a predictable chance that the impending summer winds and tides will bring the oil at the coasts of the affected States. With regards to the hurricanes, the worst scenario is that if it “makes landfall with the oil so close to the coast, some surface oil could be driven inland by a storm’s surge.