Oil spill

ecological damage is possible where chronic spills or spills of national significance occur ("Oil spill preperation," 2010). Oil spill disasters can occur when the crew workers are making mistakes and being careless, when the equipment messes up, hurricanes, and illegal dumpers. Oil floats on salt water and usually floats on fresh water. Oil will usually spread out rapidly across the water surface to form a thin layer that is called an oil slick. As the oil spreading process continues, the…

in Engineering: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (BP 2010) Deepwater Horizon was an oil-drilling rig located in the Macondo well, 41 miles south of Louisiana, and operated by BP (British Petroleum Company). On April 20th, 2010 an explosion in the 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…

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 to…

6000-Year-Old Human Skull Found In Papua New Guinea Likely Belongs To World's Oldest Tsunami Victim In 1929, the 6000-year-old human skull was found in a site at Papua New Guinea. New research analysis has now revealed that the ancient skull likely belongs to the oldest tsunami victim in the world, and the catasthrophic event killed that person. Professor James Goff, the first author of the study and a UNSW Sydney scientist, says that the site where the Aitape Skull was found was once covered…

JANESSA, DALTON, SARAH, ALLY EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Overview of Exxon Exxon provides fuel and lubricants under four brands. The brands that Exxon have are Esso, Exxon, Mobil and ExxonMobil Chemical. Throughout the world, customers have relied on Exxon products for personal and business needs. Exxon is a shipping company based in the United States. Exxon headquarters is in Irving, Texas, United States and the company has been in business for 125 years. Description…

It is more common for the public to hear of disasters rather disasters that were narrowly missed. In “The Fifty-Nine-Story Crisis”, Joe Morgenstern tells the tale of structural engineer William LeMessurier navigating complicated ethical decisions in order to salvage a flawed building. By doing this LeMessurier risked his entire career and could have harmed thousands of people had he not made the right decisions. When LeMessurier had a student question a building he helped design, the Citicorp…

Abstract This paper details the causes and extent of the pollution at Tar Creek Superfund site in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. This Superfund site is a heavy metal-contaminated area that was created by the aftermath of zinc and lead mining operations throughout the 1900s. The pollution has put local inhabitants at risk of different health issues, and while risk assessments have shown that no significant health risks are obvious compared to the rest of the state of Oklahoma, blood lead levels have…

Sweet Crude, is to tell the untold story of oil in the Niger Delta. Coiffi intended to persuade her audience to think deeper and differently about the issue, instigating a fight for global awareness and non-violent political solutions. Joe Berlinger’s film, Crude The Real Price of Oil, attempts to send a very similar message. Examining the case between Chevron and Ecuador, Crude tells a story about Ecuadorian disenfranchisement and exploitation through oil. With its authentic first person…

An Australian member of parliament (MP) has gone to extremes to prove his point: He set a Queensland river -- the Condamine River -- on fire. http://www.care2.com/causes/why-are-we-moving-rhinos-to-australia.html Did he go mad? Why did he do it? Jeremy Buckingham, a representative of the South Wales Greens party, is concerned about the methane http://www.care2.com/causes/5-disturbing-similarities-between-the-porter-ranch-methane-leak-and-flint-water-crisis.html that's been bubbling from the…

harm can store-bought water bottles filled with water and fracking cause? Statistics state that there is more harm done than a person might think. One out of every six water bottles gets recycled; if a bottle is filled up by a fourth of oil, that same amount of oil was used in its production. Fracking actually pollutes water so bad that it is next to impossible to purify. In 'The Curse of Water Bottles' and 'Fracking Threatens Everyone', the authors reveal the harm done by those two 'convenient'…