Am I calculating this correctly? Heavy Crude Oil has a specific gravity of 18 vs 10 for water. http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:Qc-UDR323IcJ:www.energy.ca.gov/2006publications/CEC-600-2006-006/CEC-600-2006-006.PDF+average+specific+gravity+crude+oil&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6
500 tons X 2000 (rounded) = 1,000,000. A gallon of water is approximately 8 lbs US. 1,000,000/8 = 125,000 [gallons] x 1.8 [sp gr crude oil as ratio] = 225,000. Almost 1/4 million gallons of crude oil. Is that correct? The potential for a 1/4 million gallons spill? Helicopters sent to troubled ship ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The Coast Guard and the Air Force sent helicopters Monday to rescue 22 crew members aboard an Asian cargo ship taking on water south of the Aleutian Islands. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/24/ship.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories The 654-foot Cougar Ace, which was carrying nearly 5,000 cars from Japan to Canada, had rolled practically onto its side. Earlier Monday, a Coast Guard plane dropped three life rafts, but roiling waters shoved the rafts underneath the ship, about 230 miles from Adak Island in the Aleutians. Rescuers then dropped an additional raft, but the crew members had taken refuge on the high side of the tilted vessel and the raft was beyond their reach. The crew were wearing survival suits, officials said. A merchant marine ship reached the vessel Monday morning. Its crew tried, but failed, to rig a line to the Cougar Ace to keep it from tilting further. The vessel contained life boats and rafts, but it would have been too risky for the crew to venture to the area where they were stored, said Greg Beuerman, a spokesman for the ship owner, Tokyo-based O.S.K Lines. It was not immediately clear what caused the ship to list. Its crew had sent out an SOS late Sunday. By Monday morning, the ship was at an 80-degree angle to the water and appeared to be leaking oil. "It's sitting on its side, basically," Petty Officer Stephen Harrison said. Near the vessel Coast Guard officers could see a 2-mile oil sheen, though officials said it was difficult to say how much of the ship's 500 tons of heavy oil had spilled. One crew member had a broken leg, but no other injuries were immediately reported, authorities said. Leigh http://leighm.net/
