Gulf Cartel

On January 28, 1969, the Union oil rig in the Dos Cuadras offshore oil field, 8 miles southeast of Santa Barbara had a blowout. The blowout resulted in 30 million gallons of crude oil being spilt along the Santa Barbara channel. After the spill, disturbing images were released and for weeks national attention focused on the spill. The spill had a significant impact on marine life in the channel, killing an estimated 3,500 seabirds, as well as marine animals such as dolphins, elephant seals, and…

The roots of the Iraqi conflict begins and ends with the whole entirely story of Saddam Hussein in Iraq is one of terror, killing, and colonizing dreams. However, in 1979 Saddam Hussein took power (Rayment, 2007). Saddam was on a mission to take over and get things running and done his way that he did not wait to start a battle with his dominant neighbor, Iran. The war lasted approximately for 8 years (Rayment, 2007). Shortly after the end of the war a raid was propelled in Kuwait. His fast…

The name “Saddam Hussein” was one I had heard many a times in my childhood. He was after all the “bad guy” and “we got him”, and apart from this association I could really have cared less about his importance. The end of the old order and the rise of the Ba’ath party was Saddam’s coming. The increased independence of Iraq from western imperialism post-WWII can be largely associated with the Ba’athist regime and the rise of the Soviet Union as a contending world power. The party dreamt of a…

Many will state that using American tax dollars to fund entrepreneurship and boost employment in MENA is not in the interest of the US public. However, it is important to note that in 2015 alone the US spent $6.2 billion dollars on military operations against ISIS. $1.46 trillion has been spent on Iraq, with the majority of this figure being spent from 2007-2008, in the surge to quash the extremist insurgency groups. While the surge did crush the power of the AQI, the Islamic State of Iraq and…

Have you ever wonder where Isis could be at or when their next attack could be? Well if you ever want to know the answers to those questions you have to ask the basic ones like What/ Who are they really; Where do they come from; Why are they doing such terrible stuff; How could they ever become like this; and Is ISIS in America. In this essay I will provide you with information that you need to know about ISIS. Isis stand for Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. It is made up of dissatisfied…

and burned for two day without stopping. There was around 280 million gallons of oil leaked into the ocean. It killed lots of animals and left beaches really dirty witch killed lots of birds who landed on the beaches. This event took place in the gulf of mexico. It killed around 114,065 animals around 6000 sea turtles 25000 sea animals and 82000 birds. The oil rig took two days to sink into the ocean killing 11 people and spilling 12 tons of oil. The spill was around 50 miles wide. The…

the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, killing 11 people. As a result of this explosion, the BP pipe had leaked oil and gas on the ocean floor approximately 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana. It wasn’t until almost 3 months later, when the Macondo wellhead, that is located 5,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, was able to be capped off. However, by this time an estimated 3.19 million barrels of oil had already leaked into the Gulf, noting this to be the worst oil spill…

Persian Gulf War The Persian Gulf war had affected the whole world in a negative way during after 1991, influencing around 30 nations to join and fight in the war, it also affected U.S.’s economy, and many oil wells in Kuwait were lost due to Iraq’s temper towards their enemies. Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq was in debt because of the previous war with Iran and this, along with Iraq’s greed for oil influenced Iraq to invade Kuwait and take over their rich oil plants. This incident was not…

Operation Desert Fox occurred in Iraq from 16th – 19th of December 1998. Operation Desert Fox was a four day military bombing campaign organised by the United States of America and the United Kingdom. The United States and the United Kingdom justified the strikes as Iraq had not complied with the UNSC’s resolutions and kept interfering with the UNSC’s weapons inspectors. Another main reason the bombing occurred was to punish Saddam Hussein's regime with military force in the hope of removing…

tried to plug the hole multiple times, it took over 3 months to finally put a cap on the well stopping the oil spill, and almost 6 months to permanently seal the leaking well. It is estimated that a total of 4.4m barrels of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico during the nearly three months the well leaked freely into the ocean. The cost of cleanup has been an outrageous $40bn. This disaster will continue to affect wildlife for years to come. Fishing was banned in the area, causing a…