Of late, we’ve heard the constant news ramblings of the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the disastrous effects this has had on the livelihood of those living on the gulf coast of the USA. One must also not forget the loss of stock value of BP, which affects thousands of shareholders and retirees around the world. Whilst this spill has little to no impact on the pearl industry due to locality, this is not the only spill affecting the world today.
Whilst drilling a second well on the Montara offshore oil platform in the Timor Sea off Western Australia on August 21st, 2009, the oil platform blew out, spewing natural gas, condensate and oil into the sea. Much like the plans in the gulf, relief wells were the ultimate solution, which took nearly eight weeks to complete.
This spill, widely ignored by and underreported by the global media, dealt a near-crippling blow to many fishing and pearling operations in several districts of Indonesia. A Mr Mustafa, chairman of a local guild of traditional Timor Sea fisherman, reported that by only September, 6,000 pearl oysters had perished at a loss of 6 billion Rp – another blow to the beleaguered Indonesian industry.
As humanity continues to thirst for the intoxication and addicting, rotting remains of civilisations past, the planet will continue to pay the price.
Whilst drilling a second well on the Montara offshore oil platform in the Timor Sea off Western Australia on August 21st, 2009, the oil platform blew out, spewing natural gas, condensate and oil into the sea. Much like the plans in the gulf, relief wells were the ultimate solution, which took nearly eight weeks to complete.
This spill, widely ignored by and underreported by the global media, dealt a near-crippling blow to many fishing and pearling operations in several districts of Indonesia. A Mr Mustafa, chairman of a local guild of traditional Timor Sea fisherman, reported that by only September, 6,000 pearl oysters had perished at a loss of 6 billion Rp – another blow to the beleaguered Indonesian industry.
As humanity continues to thirst for the intoxication and addicting, rotting remains of civilisations past, the planet will continue to pay the price.
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Latest news is that they may never be able to plug the well head at the gulf spill because of the enormous pressure at the leak . One mile down to the well head , but the deposit is tapped from two miles below the sea floor.
God knows how much oil is under there . At that depth some things are better left where they are .
What kind of pearls were affected by this? Did it influence the price of those pearls today?
Yes effected black pearls, well there all black pearls now. Covered in black gold should increase pearl prices 10 fold.
I remember when I head about the blowout last September- but the reporting was pretty vague, and barely even a blip on the radar here in the US- and to be frank, I don't think it would've even penetrated the bubble if pearls hadn't been involved.
The residents of the Gulf are about to get a taste of what it feels like to be an Amazon Indian- ignored, repressed and abused. The corporate cartels just don't care about collateral damage: just because you live in the US does not mean that you are immune from the consequences of their world-wide irresponsible, reckless and straight up thuggish decisions. Woe to the South!
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