Affects of Oil Spill on Oyster Beds Beatrice Hemphill Biology 1408 Section 6300 Mrs. Shipley The oil spill was a terrible desaster that occurs when petroleum was accidentally released into the water and the environment. Oil spills normally take place on land and in the ocean. When the oil spills that occurs on land it can be cleaned up quickly if it is caught in a timely manner ‚ the oil spill caused major damage to the environment and can also affect the
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123 The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill‚ the Gulf of Mexico oil spill‚ the BP oil disaster‚ or the Macondo blowout) is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The spill stemmed from a sea-floor oil gusher that resulted from the April 20‚ 2010‚ explosion of Deepwater Horizon‚ which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. The explosion killed
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after the Macondo well blowout and explosion that killed 11 workers. The Deepwater Horizon accident‚ also known as the BP Oil Spill‚ was a project failure of immense proportions. It went from an oil exploration “project” to a massive program with portfolios of projects related to dealing with the families of those killed on the oil rig‚ stopping the oil leak‚ capturing the oil (from the well and from the ocean)‚ cleaning the environment (seashores‚ wetlands‚ Gulf of Mexico)‚ saving and cleaning
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Oil Spills: Their Environmental Impact on Our Oceans How do we prevent oil spills? (The last part) Oil spills are the most devastating environmental disasters. On the surface‚ oil spills directly pollute oceans‚ kill sea life‚ and damage the environment we live in. Furthermore‚ oil spills hurt the nation’s health‚ environment‚ tourist and the fishing business. Therefore‚ oil spills impact the entire economy and our standard of living. How do we prevent future oil spills and protect our oceans
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disaster strictly a BP failure or an industry accident?........................................................................2 What factors affect the competitive environment of the oil industry? ...........................................................2 Question 2 ............................................................................................................................................................4 What were the most significant flawed decisions made by BP and its partners
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Louisiana coast has experienced countless oil spills but unlike those BP’s oil spewed directly from the bottom of the ocean. It is difficult to accurately determine the complete extent of the damage caused by the oil spill because data on the condition of the environment in that area before the disaster is lacking. Even now the effect on organisms such as those in deep-water marine communities is hard to determine. But one thing is certain; the oil spill impacted every level of the complex environment
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BP is one in six of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. BP stands for British Petroleum‚ but that was not the first name of the gas and oil company‚ it all started in 1908. Explore George Reynold’s went on a mission to find oil in Persia and he did not fail. The mission was actually for a man by the name of William D’Arcy. This oil that was found became part of BP’s first company name the Anglo-Persian Oil Company‚ but that’s not what everyone thinks or knows about when someone says BP
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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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The mineral rights to drill for oil at the Macondo well‚ were purchased by BP at the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) Lease Sale No. 206‚ held in New Orleans. June 22 – Mark E. Hafle‚ a senior drilling engineer from BP‚ warns that the metal casing for the blowout preventer might collapse under high pressure Deepwater Horizon drilling rig company‚ owned by Transocean‚ begins drilling on the Macondo Prospect. The planned well was to be drilled to 18‚000 feet below sea level‚ and was to be plugged
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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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