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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into what the dull lady is revealing. She announces that an oil spill has erupted in the Gulf of Mexico and the company “BP” is smothered all over the screen. The child only can only understand one concept: BP was the sole cause of this oil spill. To clarify‚ the child did not learn the real causes for this catastrophic disaster. On April 20‚ 2010‚ the oil rig called Deepwater Horizon exploded‚ causing 3.19 million barrels of oil to spill into the Gulf of Mexico (Smithsonian). The causes: the crew
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THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL Whats an oil spill ? Oil spills happen when people make mistakes or are careless and cause an oil tanker to leak oil into the ocean. There are a few more ways an oil spill can occur. Equipment breaking down may cause an oil spill. If the equipment breaks down‚ the tanker may get stuck on shallow land. When they start to drive the tanker again‚ they can put a hole in the tanker causing it to leak oil. The Exxon Valdez oil spill: On March 24‚ 1989 at 4 minutes past
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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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EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL Relevant Facts On March 24‚ 1989‚ there were several ruptured tanks of the Exxon Valdez that allowed approximately 11 million gallons of crude oil to pour into the Gulf of Alaska. As soon as this happened‚ it started what would be described as one of the most dreadful environmental disasters in the history of oil drilling. A few months after‚ there were enormous surges of wind and waves that caused the oil to spread further out into the shorelines of Prince
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result of the oil spill the Obama administration imposed a six month moratorium on new deep water drilling operations which ended on the 12th of October. For twenty years previous to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico there had been a total ban on deep water off shore drilling. But during his presidency‚ Barack Obama lifted the barriers to allow deepwater drilling to take place and his reasons for doing this were said to be to reduce the reliance on importing oil in from abroad. The oil spill‚ however
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The 2010 BP Oil Spill allowed about 5 million barrels of oil to flow into the Gulf of Mexico before the gush was capped. Unfortunately‚ the explosion killed 11 people and injured several others (Benoit‚ 2011). To claim its ultimate negligence and reduce the pollution of the spill‚ BP created a multi-page website entitled “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” to communicate its message to the public. BP’s “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website uses these three strategies to repair its reputation: displaying
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The largest oil spill in the history of United States is the Deepwater Horizon oil spill‚ also known as the BP oil spill. The oil spill initially lasted eighty-seven days‚ and the after-effects are still happening today‚ almost seven years later‚ causing heart disease. The oil spills lasting effects have polluted many water habitats and is beginning to pollute our air. Because of its pollution in our air‚ people are beginning to have heart problems‚ such as heart disease and respiratory issues.
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another explosion of an oil tank. Fish are quickly swimming away so they don’t get affected by the dangerous chemical. While this is going on an invasive species is hungry and attacking all of the hurten victims and demolishing the rest of the fishes lives. Someone needs to take control of these two disasters before they get to dominant. AND FAST!!! Oil spills are a big part of pollution in water. The oil spill of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico is noticed as the worst oil spill in American History. Extreme
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was one of the worst man made disasters in recent history. Back in 2010‚ an estimated 47‚000 people and 7‚000 boats/vessels were involved in the cleanup process. “It was estimated by a government-commissioned panel of scientists that 4‚900‚000 barrels of oil had already leaked into the Gulf.” (Pallardy) An excessive amount of oil has polluted the region. The government and BP had to take action as soon as possible‚ before the spill reaches further distances. The disaster
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