Essay On The Bp Oil Spill

The BP oil spill, also known as the “Deepwater Horizon oil spill”, took place in the Gulf of Mexico, beginning on April 20, 2010. The BP owned Transocean- operated Macondo Prospect exploded and sunk. Oil spilled from this oil rig for 87 days until it was contained on July 15, 2010 but not official sealed until September 19, 2010. The United States Government predicted that about 4.9 million barrels of oil was spilled and that is about 210 million gallons. The oil spread around 2,500 to 68,000 square miles. There was a tremendous response to protect beaches, wetlands and estuaries for the spill. To help clean up the spill 1.84 million gallons of Corexit oil dispersant. The Corexit oil dispersant was used to break down the oil into small droplets to be less …show more content…
According to the Oxford Economics, “Visitors to the Gulf Coast Congressional District spent more than $34 billion in 2008.” With this amount of spend nearly 400,000 people have jobs because of the excessive amount of money. The Gulf counties for leisure and hospitality employment are at 15 percent, which is higher than the United States percentage at 12 percent. The United States tourism employment, the 18 congressional districts along the Gulf Coast make up 40 percent of the United States tourism employment. For recreational or seasonal home, there are 459,000 home in the Gulf Coast area, and 7 percent of the homes are along the shore lines. The impacts of the oil spill have shifted tourist attention away from the gulf completely. Before the spill according to TripAdvisor, the gulf had nearly 47 million visitors monthly. The top cities that have faced a tremendous decrease are Gulf Shores, Alabama which decreased 65 percent, Pensacola, Florida at 52 percent and Destin, Florida at 48 percent. In Louisiana 26 percent of people had previously intended to visit the state had postponed or cancelled their