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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BP Oil Spill By: Kerrie Neff MGT 480 Due Diligence: Facts: I am focusing on Tony Hayward‚ former CEO of BP and I am here to address the issue regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded and ultimately caused one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. To begin‚ there are many facts that led up to the incident‚ and then for many years after. BP and Hayward had already been questioned on their ethical conduct. The questions include fraud‚ environmental
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Seunghwan Lee Professor Poe En 102 11/08/2010 Causes and Effects of Gulf Oil Disaster As the situation of environment is becoming worse than ever these days‚ the explosion of Deepwater Horizon ship has been making things the worst with the enormous damages since this incident happened on April 20th 2010. This disastrous accident happened under the 2nd biggest oil company BP’s poor responsibility. According to this accident‚ about 30 laborers died or got deadly hurt then the ship started to
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I. OIL SPILL Oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment‚ especially marine areas‚ due to human activity‚ and is a form of pollution. The term is usually applied to marine oil spills‚ where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters‚ but spills may also occur on land. Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from tankers‚ offshore platforms‚ drilling rigs and wells‚ as well as spills of refined petroleum products (such as gasoline‚ diesel) and their
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BP Oil Spill Chait‚ J‚ (2010). Dear Leader. New Republic‚ 241(10)‚ 2-2. Retrieve June 21‚ 2010‚ from Academic Search Premier. This article discusses the present oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The president’s has not changed the Minerals Management Service. In reality‚ the federal government has no agency tasked with capping undersea oil leaks. All the necessary equipment‚ along with the expertise for operating it‚ resides with the private sector. BP will likely bear the full cost of the spill;
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E > H > B The Oil Spill‚ due to the mismanaged oil drilling by British Petroleum (BP)‚ in the Gulf of Mexico‚ has turned into one of the worst environmental disasters to happen to an ocean ecosystem of all time. Although many people only notice the effects on the hydrosphere‚ which include the oil going almost a mile deep under the sea‚ destroying the sediment and rock on the ocean floor‚ as well as disrupting coastal patterns‚ many have not realized the drastic effects on the biosphere
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of the oceans from a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ perhaps the largest in history‚ spread expeditiously. Due to cameras‚ leaks in the pipe buried on the ocean floor had been discovered. By the time the pipe leaks had been revealed‚ barrels of oil had secreted into the Gulf ruining reefs‚ destroying habitats‚ and killing animals in its path that dispersed throughout the Gulf by the wind and waves. The BP Oil Spill‚ also known as the Deepwater Horizon Spill‚ has cost billions of dollars
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decide what qualifies as an environmental issue. The BP Oil Spill has been a huge environmental issue; it was the worst oil disaster in US history. The government estimated up to 2.6 million gallons per day with a total of 205.8 million got into the gulf. Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama and Florida all had miles on miles of surface oil problems. BP put nearly 2 million gallons of chemical “dispersants” into the ocean‚ which actually make the oil more toxic to ocean life. It’s considered and environmental
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Lessons from the Past The recent major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ from BP’s Deepwater Horizon‚ has brought the use and effectiveness of bioremediation back into the news. Recruiting bacteria and other microbes to break down synthetic waste is an immensely appealing idea. Putting microorganisms to work in this manner is the crux of bioremediation (Alcamo‚ Weeks‚ 2008). The work to clean up the Horizon spill actually started in the 1800’s when night-soil men would go from house to house and
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accountable for all economic retribution financially and environmentally. The oil rig was under contract by BP and according to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 it stipulated that those parties responsible for the rig or facility which oil is being discharged from—is the responsible party held liable for cleanup costs. The conflict revolves around the fact that BP failed to clean-up the oil after seven days of trying to cap three oil leaks in
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