Gulf Oil Spill Paper ENV/100 January 09‚ 2013 Gulf Oil Spill Paper On April 20‚ 2010 an explosion on an oil rig in the gulf of Mexico killed 11 people but also unleashed “the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history”(Center for Biological Diversity). A study I came across when researching this disaster by the Center for Biological Diversity shows us the more than 82‚000 birds‚ about 6‚000 sea turtles‚ and nearly 26‚000 other marine animals were harmed due to this oil spill. Not only were
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The Effects of Oil Spill After the oil spilled over‚ did people’s life change? For sure‚ it affects a lot to human’s lives. However‚ what are those effects? Three major places which are affected by oil spill are business marketing‚ people’s health‚ and environment. The first effect is the economic effect. The tourist season was killed because of the oil spill. The ocean which is full of oil is very unclear‚ and nobody wants to have a vacation at a place like this. The killed tourist season is
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Alex Bordeau P.6 3/27/16 Ms.Whittaker Exxon Oil Spill The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound‚ Alaska‚ on March 24‚ 1989. Exxon Valdez‚ an oil tanker headed for Long Beach‚ California‚ struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef at 12:04 am local time and spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil. Exxon Shipping Company failed to properly maintain the Raytheon Collision Avoidance System radar which‚ if functional would have identified that the ship was off course an heading
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Amy Burkett Environmental Science April 20‚ of 2010 a BP’s oil rig Deep water Horizon had blown up out in the Gulf of Mexico. It had killed 11 people and let more the 200 million gallon of oil into the ocean water. The oil spill had damaged over 1‚000 miles of the shore lines. A study was done by the Center for Biological diversity and it had shown that over 82‚000 birds
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Humans cause oil pollution. We put the boats and ships in the water‚ we build oil rigs and drill into the bottom of the ocean‚ and we dump the wrong chemicals into the ocean. Boats and ships have oil leaks just like our cars do. When we’re in the ocean‚ we can’t exactly clean it up with some limestone. If an oil pipe breaks‚ we can’t stop push a button and it stops flowing. The oil is coming from underneath the ocean so it takes us longer to stop it from flowing into the ocean. Some people don’t
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controversy is that an oil spill in Mumbai‚ India is very hazardous to the fishermen. 2. The leakage started around the coast of Uran‚ very close to Mumbai on Sunday night‚ and ended about 3-4 hours later. The oil spill resulted from a pipeline burst when power failed inside the OCNG’s Uran plant. 3. It’s nothing new to the fisherman because they went through a similar issue. In 2010‚ the M.S.C. Chitra (sheet-ra) and MV Khalijia (Ka-lee-hia) spilled more than 800 tons of oil into the Arabian Sea
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Essay 1 The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. This spill had a catastrophic on the environment causing extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats as well as killing 11 workers and injuring 17 others. This spill is the “worst environmental disaster the US has faced”‚ according to White House energy adviser Carol Browner. Why did this occur? The staff of the BP Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore drilling Commission
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Background Oil spills are horrible they damage the environment and may destroy ecosystems. This question has puzzled most scientists and elementary grade kids for a long time : What’s the best way to remove oil from water? Lets bump it up to using Marvel Mystery oil ‚which is a Motor oil brand‚ so we have a nice bright red color. There are 3 main ways to separate oil from water and 3 absorbents that can be used
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill The largest marine oil spill in United States history began on April 20‚ 2010‚ with an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon offshore oilrig in the Gulf of Mexico. Millions of barrels of oil flowed into the water over the next 87 days‚ much of which washed up on shore along the Gulf coast region of the United States and Mexico. The accident was the result of numerous shortcuts undertaken by BP‚ and resulted in both environmental destruction and legal action. The events
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Module Name: Oil & Gas Management Module Code: POG210 Module Leader: James Milne Student Full Name: Desmond Guy Harvest Student ID: 31661 Resit Assignment Essay Abstract: The intention of this Essay is to examine about sufficient understanding BP‚ which is one of the biggest well known since 1908. However the saddest oil spill disaster has taken way the life of 11 BP Employees‚ but it also made an impact in the environment such as ecosystem‚ the ocean’s suffer from oil covering bodies‚ and
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