© UnknownA dead fish is seen on the Mississippi beach on May 2, 2010. While the death has not been linked to the vast oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, concerns over wildlife continue.
Following an explosion on a BP-operated oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico last month, at least 210,000 gallons (5,000 barrels) of crude oil are thought to be spilling into the water every day.
NIDC managing director Heidar Bahmani announced the firm's readiness to use its decades-long expertise to fight the oil slick, the company's public relations office told Press TV.
"Our oil industry experts in the field of drilling can contain the rig leakage in the Gulf of Mexico and prevent an ecological disaster in that part of the world," Bahmani said.
Overlooking the new US drive for slapping more UN sanctions on Iran over its civilian nuclear program, the company said that there is an urgent need for action to protect the nearby coasts from the advancing oil spill.
The governors of Alabama, Louisiana and Florida have reportedly called a state of emergency for fear of the oil slick's environmental and economic damages.
The disaster has also prompted the White House to ban oil drillings in new areas of the US coast until the British company explains the cause of the explosion that killed 11 employees and resulted in the oil spill.
It kind of sounds like Iran knows the leak can be stopped, that they know how to do it, with the suggestion of "why isn't the US or other western powers doing anything about it?"
Maybe there's something to that thought. It sure seems like there's been a lot ineffective "thrashing around" concerning the leak, with little to show for it. -- Reminiscent of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, eh?
It's just mind-numbing to think of playing politics with such a HUGE disaster, though. I suppose it would offer a great springboard for disaster capitalism, perhaps end-game moves, as well as thinning out the herd.