The fact is that adaptations of the V-22 have virtually unlimited potential to improve interurban air transport, short-haul commercial delivery, oil spillcontainment, forest fire-fighting, emergency relief delivery, and a host of other functions.
Shell had planned to have six new wells fully drilled in the Chuckchi Sea (Alaska) before year-end, but snafus when it tested spillcontainment equipment and the onset of the winter freeze left it with no wells completed.
Approximately 2.57 million feet of containment boom and 4.17 million feet of sorbent boom have been deployed to contain the spill and approximately 790, 000 feet of containment boom and 2.1 million feet of sorbent boom are available.
Over 2 million feet of containment boom and over 3 million feet of absorbent boom are being used to contain the spill, and millions of more feet are available.