Gulf War

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.…

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…

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…

Hurricane Andrew: Compare & Contrast Hurricane Andrew was no doubt, the most devastating natural disaster to hit Florida of its time back in August 24, 1992. “Blown away” by Thomas Vonier and “Blow-out” by Brad German & David A. Jones, both articles are based on Hurricane Andrew. The two articles dwells on how Florida and its people were affected by this natural disaster furthermore, they both discuss the cost in damages, and what all it took to recover and rebuild. These authors both shared…

8 million gallons of oil and 225,000 tons of methane into the Gulf of Mexico, proven by biologicaldiversity.org. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. Since so much oil is being released into the ocean, should we really risk clean water to oil? Bernie Sanders once said “We all remember the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst oil spill in U.S. history. What is…

tropical Atlantic on August 27th. The storm first got to the Texas coast south of Galveston late on September 8th. It was a dark, cloudy day Saturday 8, 1900. Just the day before Galveston was under a storm warning, they claimed a hurricane hit the Gulf Coast and was headed towards them. The first time the hurricane was seen was on August 30th. Little did the people of Galveston know this would turn out to be the worst natural disaster in the American history. Galveston had a population of…

The Chihuahuan Desert is the largest desert in North America between latitude 24° N and 34° N and Longitude 100° W and 110°W. The Chihuahuan Desert is located on the third largest continent, North America. Which is west of the Atlantic 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,…

workers and having many other outreaching effects. The amount of crude oil that was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of approximately three months was 4.9 million barrels of oil and to go along with that, 2 million gallons of chemical dispersants to the Gulf. A major group of crude oil, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) was discovered along the northern shorelines of the Gulf of Mexico. PAH effected several species of wildlife including Dolphins, the Tundra Peregrine…

What if people were fish and someone put oil in our homes? When the oil went into the water, all the fish and other sea creature’s home were ruined. Does the Gulf oil spill affect humanity? Is the Gulf oil spill harmful to the water that we drink today? The Gulf coast, marine life, and human communities were all affected by the oil spill. To people who experienced the oil spill, they know that it is one of the most tragic oil spills in the history of the United States. There were cameras…