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On Seven of May, 2010 2 days before the start of the annual fishing seasonoil bounced off Grand Isle and flowed into Terrebonne Bay. In fact, oil fouled 35 p% of the US Gulf Coast’s 2,625 kilometers of shoreline before the spill was done. The murky waters of the Mississippi River Delta hide a vast variety of life, hence the abundnt local commercial and sport fishng. But they also hide the longterm impacts of Deepwater Horizon’s oil spill from the public. The oil that reached shore has been…

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is better yet known as The BP Oil Spill, The BP Oil Disaster, The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, and the Macondo Blowout. Reasons are because it occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP operated Macondo Prospect. According to the video that we watched in class, eleven people died and seventeen were injured because of the oil spill which is considered as the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. It was a massive, month long spill…

Portugal was one of the top leading countries in the world, 1300s- 1700s they had more advanced knowledge of the world around them. Since they were constantly fighting with Spain, so then Portugal turned to the sea, after Prince Henry the Navigator established a school of navigation and sagres (Britannica School, Encyclopædia), in that time they had a huge overseas empire that became Europe's largest. The Portuguese were in the lead with trading from Brazil and they beat Spain and the…

The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 is often called the worst oil spill in US history. On April twentieth 2010 BP oil rig exploded killing eleven people and causing a leakage of about 3.19 million barrels to pour into the gulf. The twenty-two mile long plume not only rested on the surface of the water, but also adhered together and fell to the ocean floor. This largely and negatively affected marine life. The number of average number of dolphin deaths per year went from sixty-three to one hundred and…

It has been five years. Five years and the Deep-water Horizon oil spill is still affecting and harshly damaging the environment and economy. The Smoke and ash filled the air with a massive fiery gust starting the death toll with 11 men along with thousands of nautical creatures to follow. The impact from the massive explosion from the off shore oil rig known as the Deep-water horizon caused five million barrels of oil to be released into the Macondo well. With each barrel holding 48 gallons of…

Deepwater Oil Rig Explosion of 2010 On April 20th, 2010 the Deepwater Horizon oil rig located in the Gulf of Mexico, suffered a massive explosion resulting in history’s largest marine oil spill to date. The explosion resulted in an estimated 1,770 kilometers of shoreline being polluted as well as the sinking of the oil rig on April 22nd, 2010 (Pallardy 2015). Transocean, an off-shore drilling company, owned and operated the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which was leased by British Petroleum (BP).…

CALAPANO, JOSHUA SAMUEL G. MT32-B2 VIEWPOINT Captain’s Mistake: A Fully loaded Tanker Vessel on the date 16th of February ran aground in the area Kurilsk, Kuril Islands Ship grounding is one of the most familiar type of marine accident. Where the ship’s hull crushes on the ocean bed and damages the coral’s reef. It affects the local communities and nearby areas. Ships grounding affects the ships structure, the hull may suffer a severe casualty. This could also lead to Oil spillage,…

An oil spill occurred near Santa Barbara, California. The oil spilled from an on-shore pipeline that broke and leaked into a storm drain which unloads into the Pacific Ocean. The size of the spill has been estimated to be over one-thousand gallons. The spill was uncovered due to people experiences a stench while on the beach alerting authorities. The spill was found to have spread to nine miles. Oil spills can affect living organisms because of its chemical components are toxic .Through exposure…

In this paper I will discuss the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project, its goals and eventual failures. The aim of the Project was to build a 1,070 km underground pipeline to transport oil from three oil fields in the Southwest of Chad, through Cameroon, and ending in a floating facility in the Atlantic Ocean (“Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project”, 2017 para 1). Although the Pipeline succeeded in being built and generating revenue, the Project did not succeed in using that revenue for poverty reduction.…

DIVING LOCATIONS GERMANY The Hemmoor Lake The Hemmoor Kreidesee resulted from nearly 12 decades of chalk coal extraction and cement production. After it was abandoned it eventually filled with groundwater and today the remaining 33 Hector Lake is with its 60m depth the third deepest lake in northern Germany. The following characteristics can be drawn from the dive site: Direction: From shore Depth: The Hemmoor Kreidesee has a depth of 200 feet (61m) Visibility: Visible up to 100 feet Cave:…