Gulf of Mexico

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…

The havoc caused by the Deep Horizon Oil Rig Blast affected normal life for months. The large amount of oil released into the ocean had negative short and long term effects on aquatic and human life. The Deep Water Oil Rig Blast contaminated the Gulf of Mexico’s marine life, affecting human lives and jobs, and causing economic destruction. On April 19, 2010, a day before the tragic incident, workers on the Deep Horizon Oil Rig did not…

stands for British Petroleum and this company is now widely known for its devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon oil rig 52 miles south-east of Venice, Louisiana exploded on April 20, 2010 in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico igniting a fireball visible from up to 40 miles away. The BP oil spill is and depending on the effects of the oil on the gulf coast may forever be seen as one of the largest, man-made disasters in the United States. Over 4.9…

The Deepwater Horizon incident was caused by the failure of a cement base of the drilling-well. An explosion occurred due to the combination of: a faulty base, the flow of high pressure gases, and mechanical problems. A safety mechanism called the “blowout preventer” uses drill pipe to seal off the well in events like this. This preventer also failed, allowing for the oil spill to continue to leak. It was found that a nitrogen foam based cement was used in constructing the drilling-well base.…

One can assume he is in the middle of nowhere at sea. The wrecked ship is surrounded by sharks. The Gulf Stream starts in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean and travels up towards New York making a tad warmer temperature. It can infer that he’s in the middle of a storm because of the drastic tilt of the ship and because in the top right corner of the painting one sees a…

Although often identified as the BP Oil Spill, the disaster occurred at the Macondo well and upon the Deepwater Horizon rig. The Deepwater Horizon which was classified as a semi-submersible drilling rig was leased by BP Oil at a cost of $533,000 per day from Transocean, and at the time of the incident was 45 days behind schedule (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan (2013). Records indicate that several weeks prior to the incident, an inadvertent dislocation of pipe in the blowout preventer occurred…

The leaked oil spread over thousands of square miles across the Gulf of Mexico. Like the Exxon Valdez spill, dispersants were also pumped and spread over the leak to help break up the oil in the area. In May, oil began to contaminate beaches in Louisiana. Here it was manually removed, which proved to be very difficult in the marshes and estuaries. In June, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida beaches became affected by the oil. Total, around 1,100 miles of the coast was polluted, and three years…

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 shortage of…

rig killed 11 people and would consequently lead to the biggest oil spill in history. The rig leaked for almost 90 days causing severe environmental damage, as according to new estimates 205.8 million gallons of crude oil were released to the Gulf of Mexico (Hooch). According to BP, the explosion was a result of eight failures of safety systems that could have avoided the incident. The failures listed included "dodgy" cement, two valve failures, a pressure test misinterpretation, and no gas…

Ocean, east of the Pacific Ocean, south of the Arctic Ocean, and north of Central and South America. The Chihuanhuan Desert reaches into both the United states and Mexico. In Mexico the Chihuahuan Desert is in Durango, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosi. In the United States it’s in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert has a mean annual temperature of about 75° F. Though because there are such drastic elevation changes the Chihuanhuan Desert…