Exxon Valdez oil spill

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon incident, an oil spill, ripped through the Gulf of Mexico spilling 60,000 gallons of oil a day (Freudenberg and Gramling 13). It was referred to by President Obama in a speech as “the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced.” As a resident of an island nation, I saw my country get more and more anxious. We were unsure of how the oil would impact our marine life and ultimately our economy as fishing is one of our main industries. The stress of this…

What is Oil Pollution? Oil pollution refers to the release of oil into the ocean. The source of the oil is more often than not due to human activity. The term is usually used to refer to oil pollution in the oceans but can also refer to oil pollution on land. Why is Oil Insoluble in Water? Oil is composed of hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbons are insoluble in water because water is a polar molecule and hydrocarbons are non-polar. The general dissolving rule is that ‘like dissolves in like’, since…

Flashback to April 10th, 2010 BP had an oil spill, which killed/ effected millions. BP is one of the seven “supermajor” oil and gas companies. BP, also referred to by its former name British Petroleum. It’s in over 70 different countries some including, England, U.S, Australia and many more. The green and yellow slogan suggests an environmental friendly company looking for a change towards alternate energy sources such as solar and wind. BP is one of the major oil companies investing in all of…

Magazine and National Geographic. And the disaster i'm doing is “Gates of Hell”. This disaster occurred in 1971.What happened to make this catastrophe. Well, one day in 1971, a group of soviet geologist went looking for an oil field. During the search they thought they found an oil field, so they began to drill. But little did they know they were drilling on a cavernous pocket of natural gas that couldn't support the weight of the drill. The gases that came out was a casualty for animal. So they…

producing its own oil and wanted to drill for oil near an Alaskan wildlife refuge known as Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(ANWR). Although some Americans thought this was okay there were many reasons why this should not happen. These reasons included environmental pollution, harm to wildlife, as well as the consumption rates of oil. One negative affect of drilling for oil in Alaska is environmental pollution. In Document E, there are numerous amounts of evidence that help show why oil…

caring enough about the environment was the huge BP oil spill in 2010. Although the spill happened in the Gulf of Mexico, some of the contaminated water traveled into the rivers making the fresh river water not safe to drink.…

Inspiration Resources Inc. employed me as a cutting machine operator at Mine # 5 for five months. Troy Lester was the superintendent and Casey Lester was the section Foreman at Mine # 5. I recall Mine Safety and Health Adminstration Inspector Tony Benton issuing us a violation and shutting down the cutting machine for a damaged cable. However, I do not recall the date he issued the violation. Benton shut the cutting machine down because the 480 -volt cable suppling power to the cutting…

Oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico must be stopped.Oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is horrible for lots of people and animals.It hurts are loving environment,are animals,and it hurts the wallet of the U.S. This drilling is killing are beautiful coral reefs.In this paper one is going to see how bad these horrible oil rigs are running are earth. Oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico killies harmless little animals.The oil has killed birds,rare fish,and fish that people commerical fish for that we…

Additionally, to date, the incident is the largest oil spill disaster in US history and resulted in astronomical environmental fines and a damaged reputation. From the onset, BP was unwilling to phantom that an oil spill would happen, and if it did the company thought that it was prepared to deal with it. However, after the oil spill it was apparent that the company lacked an effective disaster strategy. Thus, communications and bad management led to the BP oil spill, three were three companies…

much oil has been spilled into the ocean? The U.S department of energy has estimated that about 1.3 million gallons of oil has been spilt into the ocean in a year. Since the year 1971 and to 2000, the coast guard has found more than 250,000 oil spills in u.s waters. 1.7 billion gallons of oil have been split into the ocean waters because of tank accidents from 1970 to 2009. How are oil spills affecting the wildlife? Oil can affect wild life in two ways, the oil itself and the cleanup of oil.…