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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British Petroleum spill of 2010 Over the past decade our country has experienced many catastrophes that have literally crippled the nation economically‚ socially‚ and financially. Most recently‚ our country has begun another crisis‚ this time in the Gulf of Mexico. British Petroleum’s underwater pipeline‚ Deepwater Horizon‚ catastrophically failed and began spewing hundreds of thousands of barrels of petroleum daily. Currently BP plans to create a relief pipeline to fix the Deepwater Horizon
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The 2010 BP oil spill that took place on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect claimed 11 lives‚ and is considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the petroleum industry’s history. The spill flowed continuously for 87 days until it was declared to have been contained on 15th July 2010 and finally sealed on 19th September of the same year (BP‚ 2013). However‚ unconfirmed reports indicate that some of the well sites continue to leak (Pulham‚ Hilaire & Fenn‚ 2010). The spill took a physical and psychological
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beginning of the largest‚most disastrous oil spill in the United States had begun. The oil leak was caused by an explosion that happened at approximately 10:00 p.m‚killing eleven people and injuring seventeen others. Two days later‚ the rig sank and started to leak oil and gas from the well. After about three months of the well (Macondo) leaking oil‚ it finally got capped off on July 15. Within those three months‚ the well had leaked 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The leak did not
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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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Dangers of Oil Spills (Article for Environment Awareness magazine) Oil slicks do so much more damage than just the initial havoc we see on the news; the effects can be long lasting. The recent Deep water BP oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico well and truly eclipsed the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 and now has the potential of being one of the largest oil spills on record. Latest official estimates state approximately 4.1 million barrels of oil contaminated the
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The Conquest of Mt. Everest Introduction Background Information Location of Mt. Everest Geography of the Surrounding Area Facts about Mt. Everest Height of the mountain How the mountain was named Peak XV Joloungma (Tibetan name) Sagarmatha (Nepalese name) The number of people who have climbed Everest to date Major Explorers Covered in this Paper Sir Edmund Hillary First to reach the summit (1953) Led a team of experienced mountain climbers who worked together Tenzing Norgay and
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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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company’s businesses.30 Throughout the period stud- ied (1998–2005) BP’s climate strategy formulation has remained proactive‚ and the company’s statements with regard to the scientiªc basis for the concern about human-induced climate changed have developed in accordance with IPCC assessments about the connection between anthropogenic GHG emis- sions and global climate change. In its 2004 Sustainability Report BP acknowl- edges climate change as “one of the greatest challenges in the 21st century”
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11‚ 2006‚ MT Solar I sank in the waters off Guimaras Island and dumped into the sea an estimated half of the 2.19 million liters of industrial fuel oil it was carrying. Since then‚ the Philippine Coast Guard has sprayed 115‚600 liters of chemical dispersants to contain the damage. But‚ the big question is this. What is the best way to clean up the oil slick? According to the PCG‚ the best way to do it is through the use of chemical dispersants. However‚ my opinion is different. I believe that the
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