New Orleans - the Coast Guard is considering setting fire to a large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico keep the mess off the shore of efforts to cap spewing well fail. The crews have been unable to stop thousands of barrels of oil contamination of the waters of the Persian Gulf since April 20 explosion sank deep Horizon, which was drilling 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana. Eleven workers are missing and presumed dead, and the reason for the explosion has not been determined. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said the management would return to the days away from the coast. The crew should ensure that marine life and protect people and to work on other rigs should not be interrupted. Burning could begin Wednesday afternoon, but whether it will work is unclear. Officials would have regard to the weather conditions like wind and waves in deciding whether to proceed to burn, BP spokesman Neil Chapman said Wednesday. Ed Overton, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences is a Louisiana State University, questioned the methodology. "It can be effective in calm water, not much wind, protected area," he said. "When in the middle of the ocean, where wave action and the power pushing you, it is not easy." He has another concern: Oil leak, he looked at the samples shows that it is a sticky substance responsible for roof tar. "I'm not super optimistic. This is a tarry crude that lie on the water," he said. "But it is something that has been tried." According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, birds and mammals are likely to escape the burning of the territorial sea as an escape from the oil slick. The Agency said the birds may be disoriented by the plumes of smoke, but it would be a much greater risk of exposure to oil in the water. Similar to burn off Newfoundland in 1993, removed 50-99 percent capture of oil. However, burning the oil also causes air pollution, and impact on marine life is unclear. Crews from Texas General Land Office oil spread prevention and control program will bring equipment to help corral the oil slick and smoke. Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said the burning of surface oil has been one of the best ways to handle such a large slippery. Last time, fire crews used the organization beam to burn oil in a 1995 spill in San Jacinto River, Patterson said. "When you burn, the fire plume is the biggest environmental problems, but this is far out to sea it is not as big a problem," Patterson said. Oil for deep-sea Horizon is not expected to reach the coast late in the week, if at all. But the long-term forecasts show the winds and ocean currents veering towards the coast. Sparkle gloss of sweet crude has a long reddish-orange ribbons of oil, if they are washed ashore to cover the birds, white sand beaches and marsh grasses. "As the days progress, (oil) plume moving to the north, northeast," said Gregory W. Stone, oceanographer and director of Coastal Studies Institute Louisiana State University. "It's a feather in pushing the country." Hotel owners, restaurateurs and fishermen are worried keep watch. Louis Skrmetta, 54, operates a company called Ship Island Excursions, which takes tourists to the Gulf Islands National seashore, where the white-sand beaches and green water to create an idyllic landscape. "This is the worst possible thing that could happen in Mississippi Gulf Coast," he said. "It will destroy the oyster industry. Shrimping is back for years. It kills the family tourism. It is our livelihood." The last big spill in the Bothnian Sea in June 1979, when the offshore drilling rig in the waters of Mexico - Ixtoc I - blew up, released 140 million gallons. It took until March 1980 the cap well, and oil contamination in U.S. waters and shores of Texas. As the leak on Tuesday was about 20 miles offshore, south of Venice, La expanding covered about 48 kilometers long and 80 kilometers wide, but uneven borders, making it difficult to calculate the area of square kilometers. "I understand that the industry has got to be, but it's so sad our children. We do not have a lot of beaches to the left" Bonnie Bethel, 66, said she watched her grandchildren splash water on the beach in Mississippi. "Can you imagine these poor birds from oil?" Thousands of birds such as egrets and brown pelicans are nesting near the barrier islands of the rig wreck. If the oil reach them, rescuers would have reached the remote islands, wash them down, and release them back into the wild. Michael Ziccardi director Oiled Wildlife Care Network connected at the University of California Davis, said that he is ready to clean up the Gulf Coast birds. "Exactly what the oil could cause problems for birds, because they lose their waterproofing, and it is what keeps them warm and dry," Ziccardi said. "It's really difficult time and we are near peak migration." Spill also threatens billions of fish eggs and larvae of surface coating on the Gulf of Finland this time of year. If the well can not be ruled nearly 100,000 barrels of oil, or 4.2 million liters, could spill over into their journey, before crews can drill a relief and to relieve pressure. By comparison, the Exxon Valdez, the worst oil spill in U.S. history is leaking 11 million gallons into Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989. BP said Tuesday that it plans to start drilling a relief well head of oil leaking from $ 100,000,000 to take pressure to be blown away well. The company said it would start drilling on Thursday, although the crew can turn off the oil leaking from the pipe 5000 feet underground. Robot subs have been trying to activate the shut-off device, but so far that has not worked. Chapman said 49 vessels - oil skimmers, barges and tugs, in particular the exploitation of oil in water in different boats - are working around the oil. In Washington on Obama Administration opened the entire study the explosion, promising that the resources available.
Mohr was reported in Biloxi, Miss by Associated Press Writers Alan Sayre and Kevin McGill in New Orleans, Melissa Nelson in Pensacola, Fla., and Ramit Plushnick-diately Houston contributed to this report.
