Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf Oil spill, otherwise known as the Deep Horizon/BP spill, is the largest spill in all of american history. Throughout the 87 days that the well stood open it leaked over 200 million gallons of crude oil, and damaging about 16,000 miles of coastline, despite the collective efforts of around 30,000 people and the use of over 5.5 million feet of boom, a floating barrier used in an attempt to stop oil from spreading. (Smithsonian, “Gulf Oil Spill”) It has affected the wildlife and habitats…

On March 24, 1989, in Prince William Sound Alaska, the Exxon Valdez was moving South West subsequent to leaving Port Valdez. The ship was carrying fifty million gallons of raw petroleum. The Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker that was heading to Long Beach California. The tank had struck a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, which resulted in the spilling of 260,000 to 750,000 barrel of crude oil. The Exxon Valdez spilled 10.9 million gallons out of its 53 million gallon payload of Crude oil. Eight…

A relationship between the government, emergency responders, and company is a crucial thing to have, especially when it comes to oil & gas. The oil companies, who have offshore rigs, need to make sure they have an effective communication with first responders and follow all government regulations to ensure the safety of its employees. The company BP is infamous for the deep-water horizon disaster that happened in 2010, they had multiple chances to prevent this disaster but failed. BP failed…

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 model of decision making represented in the case of the Deepwater Horizon disaster is the nonrational model. When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig starting showing behavioral signs of abnormalities, there were no steps in place on how to deal with the situation. When the rig displayed unexpected pressure, arguments among the workers broke out on how to handle the situation. The fact that the two companies were too busy arguing about what was happening, common protocols were not followed.…

There were many causes of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster. Specifically, the key causes of the disaster were decision making biases, the implementation of the wrong decision-making style, and ineffective communication between work groups. These factors together made for the of the worst environmental disasters in the US. First, the key cause of the disaster was an overconfidence bias. This bias refers to a tendency to assume the certainty of accuracy about estimations and predictions (Davies,…

The Deepwater Horizon disaster could have possibly been prevented if the crew would have made better decisions on that day in April. The crew neglected to acknowledge the anomalies present and the warning signs that the well was unstable. If evidence-based decision-making would have taking place on this day this disaster that killed 11 people may have been avoided. Evidence-based decision-making or (EBDM) is defined as a process of conscientiously using the best available data and evidence…

No one can keep track of all the drug trafficking organizations that Mexico has. There some that are high profile and known all around the world. There are some that just getting started as we speak and of the course the ones that have lots of influence but doesn’t want any publicity or attention. There operations are running smoother not worrying about getting busted by what’s left of the authorities that they have. These organizations have enough influence to build their own government and…

Like mentioned, drug organizations have been around for decades, and there’s been much more violence since then in Mexico. Unfortunately, between 2006 and 2012, there happened to be over 60,000 killed due to drug-related violence when former President, Felipe Calderon, was president for those 6 years. However, fortunately, the numbers have slightly decreased since the current president, Enrique Peña Nieto, took the presidential position.3 Aside from this decline, in history there have been seven…

trafficking, and the gained power over the decades. The cartels strike fear into the eyes of the people of Mexico and also the government . there are hundreds of cartels located through out Mexico but there are about 7 major cartels. The Beltran, Gulf, Juarez , La Familia, Los Zetas , Sinaloa and the Tijuana cartels are the most known in mexico. Many of americas drugs are brought over from mexico from cocaine , meth, marijuana and even psp can be shipped over the border. although most cartels…